Eco-Tip 5

Every week we'll post another easy tip to help you be environmentally friendly.

Eco-Tip 5

Use your microwave. Heating food in the microwave is faster and much more efficient than using a stove or oven. Think about it: an oven must heat up all the air inside the oven - and keep it hot - to cook for food; a stove releases heat onto a pan or pot or whatnot, but it loses a significant amount of energy into the air. Microwaves (which you should remember from the electromagnetic spectrum in Foundations of Science!) heat the water inside the food and nothing else, cooking from the inside rather than the outside, making it much faster and more efficient. Why boil excess water in a kettle when you can get perfect cuppa tea or instant coffee from the microwave in two minutes? It is not recommended to experiment with what will and will not explode, catch fire etc in the microwave as this can destroy your microwave and possibly your home which is very wasteful.