We have become a throwaway society, contaminating the environment with our junk while using up more energy and natural resources to replace the things we throw out. Yet simply composting and using council recycling services and bottle-banks can eliminate three-quarters of your rubbish. Dont waste, instead reduce, reuse & recycle....
Key Steps to handle Waste:
Reduce:
The best way to avoid waste is to buy less stuff in the first place.
Reuse:
Keep plastic bags and takeaway containers, cut up old clothes as cleaning rags, etc.
Recycle:
Use your recycling bin and bottle banks. Pass things on to family and friends. Give them away to charity shops or jumble sales. Sell them at car boot sales, in local classified adverts, loot. com or ebay.com.
Compost:
More than half of household waste, including kitchen scraps and paper, can be composted.
Want to do More..
- Use cloth nappies.
- Reduce paper waste: Read newspapers online, give magazines to doctors’ waiting rooms, exchange books at second-hand bookstores.
- Steam-clean carpets and get furniture reupholstered rather than throwing them out.
- Use handkerchiefs and napkins instead of paper tissues and serviettes.
- Avoid junk mail: put a No Junk Mail sticker on your letterbox, tell the Post Office you don’t want unaddressed leaflets.
- If you often buy takeaway food/drinks, carry a small day-pack with reusable cup, container and cutlery and ask vendors to use them instead of disposable containers and cups. Carry a reusable water bottle for tap water instead of buying bottled water or soft drinks.
- Recycle computers and mobile phones.
- Use rechargeable batteries.
- Use biodegradable bin-liners.
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