... descale your kettle!
"The UK is the second highest producer of e-waste per person. And it takes lot of CO2 to make appliances 🧵
From an environmental point of view, it's not worth replacing most small appliances for a more efficient model until they're 6-9 years old.
Perhaps better advice would have been not to boil more than the water you need. You can't go wrong with that, regardless of your kettle's age.
Another energy saving must for kettles is descaling. No need for expensive descalers, citric acid will make your kettle shiny like magic. And there's an added bonus: pour the water down the toilet afterwards, leave it for a while and it'll clear any limescale." The Restart Project
How do I descale a kettle with citric acid?
Yes, you can buy special kettle descaling things. But a better way for the environment (and without any vinegar smell) is to use citric acid. Buying citric acid in a packet works out much cheaper than pre-mixed proprietary things in bottles and sachets.
Kettle: Citric acid (white crystals): 80g + Nancy also uses a spent lemon.
Coffee machine: 50g citric acid + 100ml boiling water, allow to cool, then follow the "usual" instructions to descale machine.
Where can I find citric acid? Wilko, Buy Wholefoods Online..... anyone know somewhere locally? Please add to the comments!
Here's living legend Nancy Birtwhistle showing us how...
Descaling a kettle with vinegar
Thanks to BBC Good Food, they tested how to descale a kettle with white vinegar, here.
(It does smell quite a bit though.)
[1] The Restart Project (tweets September 2nd)