And it allows me to go into the kitchen to prepare other items, or hang out by the pool with the kids, while the meal cooks to perfection.

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"Anytime you go into a kitchen, the first thing you do is see how it is designed, " Salerno says.

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From July, aerosols and textiles will be accepted for recycling and kitchen towels can go into the food waste bins.

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At the Rain Centre, Mr Sekhar, a physics professor, demonstrates that rain falling on a typical Chennai flat roof can be gathered for use by the household in the kitchen and bathroom, and the rest channelled into wells where it can be used or go to replenish the water table.

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