The Co-operative Bank works in partnership with Climate Care to help reduce global warming and offset carbon dioxide emissions. Paul Rumbold, Head of Mortgages, at The Co-operative Bank, says:

"We can all do our bit to reduce energy. Using a kettle to boil only the amount of water needed each time would save UK householders over £1 million a week."

The DETR ran a campaign aimed specifically at encouraging UK electricity users to be more aware of their kettle usage. They worked out that the UK alone drinks a staggering 229 million cups of tea and coffee every day. That's enough to fill 22 Olympic-size swimming pools. It works out at an amazing 9.5 million cups every hour, 159,027 cups every minute and 2,650 cups every second."

The DETR said:
"...each time we boil the kettle we use more water than we need, we also waste valuable energy and contribute to climate change. On average, we could all save 90 seconds each time we boil a kettle - by putting in only the amount of water we need. Such a simple action would also cut household electricity bills - overfilling each time we boil wastes enough energy in a week to light our house for a day or run a TV set for 26 hours."

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