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.
Tips for reducing waste include:
- When buying food and drink, keep in mind your local recycling facilities, like avoiding food in packaging that cannot be recycled in your household bins
- Save more money by taking your own shopping bags
- Grow some of your own fruit and vegetables, or buy from local farm shops and farmers markets
- If you are taking material to a recycling centre by car, don't make it a special journey: double it up with another errand such as the grocery shopping
- Try to buy products made from recycled materials, such as bin bags and toilet rolls. The more demand there is for recycled products, the more manufacturers are likely to produce.
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