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Bournemouth is a charming city on the South coast of the UK, a perfect location to restart your life. And every new beginning gives you chance to make yourself better and grow a little as a person. The home relocation is the perfect opportunity to start a new more green way of living, to be more responsible for the environment and more aware of the individual impact that your lifestyle has on nature. If you are ready to head on this new eco-friendly path, we can help you with a few tips and suggestions.

Be Part of the Eco-friendly House Movers

You can start your transformation before even leaving your old place. There are so many things that can be done during the packing and preparation of your belongings. You can do all of them, just a few or have completely new ideas on your own.

• Clothes, sheets, blankets, old curtains, etc. do you really need all of this? If you have not used it or wear it in the last three years you don't need it. It has become your own personal hell of fabrics and textures. The house move is the perfect time to liberate your wardrobes. Consider donating everything to a local charity organisation. That way the things that no longer brings you joy, will bring happiness to somebody else.
• Have you noticed how much paper you have been laying around? Well, you will when you start to pack. Old textbooks, notebooks, scrapbooks and all sorts of books from the past ten to fifteen years. Why do you keep them, you don't even remember that you still have them? Come on, be a responsible adult and give everything for recycling or donate it.
• Let's talk about your tv and stereo. They are old, you want new and in the middle of the night leave them near the rubbish bins. Everybody does it right? Don't be that person. You will have lots of electronics that you don't want in your new home. Collect everything and either donate or recycle. It is the right way.
• Plastic, the number one enemy of the environment. Use the opportunity to clear your home of all unnecessary plastic containers and bottles and change them for glass ones. Glass is a very durable and recyclable material, a big plus is that it is not toxic or dangerous in any way to the human health.

Pack Like You Mean It

The house relocation is the ideal moment to try all the funky DIY ideas for an eco-friendly packing. If you have no clue what are we are talking about, here are some good examples:

• Use socks for bedding in the packing containers. This way you don't need to spend money on bubble wrap.
• The Russian nesting doll principal is very useful. If you need to transport something, a food container, for example, think about what can you put inside of it, like a set of dessert forks or spoons.
• You can contact some of the local moving company in Bournemouth and ask about their eco options. Most movers can offer special reusable boxes, that you can rent, so you don't need to waste so much paper and cardboard.

How to Relocate to an Energy Efficient Home

The time for changes has come, so let's see how you can remodel your new place to be more energy efficient and eco-friendly than the old one. The modern technologies have a lot to offer and luckily nowadays it is not hard to go green.

• Replace your lightning bulbs with new, more eco-friendly ones, that will last you for at least five to ten years. Lots of companies offer a variety of products, suitable for every home in the UK.
• Combine the green bulbs with energy-efficient power switches. After that be sure to check your utility bills and compares them with some of your old ones. You will be amazed at what big difference, these little changes can do.
• Lest save not only electricity but water as well. Why don't you instal a low flow showerhead in the toilet? These modern house improvements will decrease the loss of water by up to 80% with no additional loss in the consistency and strength of the flow. Now that is something you need to purchase.