Waste minimisation refers to the efforts we should all make to minimise waste, in other words to make sure we don’t create it in the first place.
Waste minimisation sits at the top of the waste hierarchy and should be considered as a sustainable form of waste management before recycling, energy recovery and disposal to landfill.
We should refrain from buying goods that are overly packaged and avoid buying more food than we need, which creates leftover food that invariably goes to landfill.
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