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The facts:
- On average, UK households waste around £33 each year by leaving appliances on standby. Across the UK the electricity wasted is as much as the annual output of two 700MW power stations.
- Households in the UK are estimated to spend around 8% of their electricity bill just powering appliances in standby.
- UK households spend £3 billion every year on electricity used in consumer electronic products.
The solutions:
- If everyone boiled only the water they needed every time they used the kettle, we could save enough electricity in a year to run the UK's street lighting for nearly 7 months.
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