en Environmental protection and saving energy 3 Environmental protection and saving energy 3.1 Disposing of packaging The packaging materials are environmentally compat- ible and can be recycled. ▶ Sort the individual components by type and dispose of them separately. 3.2 Saving energy If you follow these instructions, your appliance will use less power. Only preheat the appliance if the recipe or the recom- mended settings tell you to do so. Ў Not preheating the appliance can reduce the en- ergy used by up to 20%. Use dark-coloured, black-coated or enamelled baking tins. larly well. Open the appliance door as little as possible during operation.
Ў These types of baking tin absorb the heat particu- Ў This will maintain the temperature in the cooking compartment and eliminate the need for the appli- ance to reheat. When baking multiple dishes, do so in succession or in parallel. Ў The cooking compartment is heated after baking the first dish. This reduces the baking time for the second cake. If the cooking time is relatively long, you can switch the appliance off 10 minutes before the cooking time ends. the dish. Remove any accessories that are not being used from the cooking compartment. Ў There will be enough residual heat to finish cooking Ў Accessories that are not being used do not need to be heated.
Allow frozen food to defrost before cooking. Ў This will save the energy that would otherwise be required to defrost it. 8