more than 900,000 tonnes of CO2 is produced every year by people in the UK choosing to use tumble dryers rather than hanging their washing outside to dry. To create this amount of CO2 you would have to drive around the world nearly 130,000 times!

Over a quarter of the CO2 produced in the UK comes from the fuel we use in our homes, so cutting the amount of energy each of us use would have a major impact