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The Daily PollTHE UK GOVERNMENT urged people earlier this week to make “simple, everyday choices” to reduce their water use, as five areas in England have officially reached drought status.
What could a simple, everyday measure be, you ask? Clearing out your email inbox, according to the government and the National Drought Group.
Along with deleting old photographs, the group says this could help ease demand on data centres – which use large amounts of water to cool their systems while storing information.
Helen Wakeham, chair of the National Drought Group, said that even small actions like clearing out piled-up emails can contribute to a “collective effort to reduce demand”.
So, we want to know: Do you delete old emails?
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