This week, East Coast FM looked at ways to reduce waste at home…
Tips for reducing waste:
- Shop eco-friendly with reusable bags. …
- Ditch disposables in the kitchen. …
- Say so long to single serve – bulk up instead. …
- Say no to disposable water bottles and coffee cups. …
- Reduce food waste. …
- Join buy-and-sell groups. …
- Try a new way to buy (and sell) clothes.
The items most commonly recycled are:
- Glass bottles and jars – recycle lids/caps separately.
- Paper (newspapers, magazines, , office paper, etc)
- Aluminium (soft drink and beer cans, foil)
- Plastic bottles and cartons.
Here’s a few websites if you want to know more