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Reduce Your Waste

There are a number of ways to reduce the amount of waste.

• think about what you buy
• choose to re-use
• try composting
• recycle all you can

Think about what you buy. Consumer pressure can make change for the better

• Try to buy only what you need
• choose a products that have less packaging
• remember your re-usable shopping bag!

Try to buy only what you need. Did you know that in the UK we throw away 6.7 million tonnes of food each year?

Plan you meals so that you don't waste food. Visit www.lovefoodhatewaste.com Opens in a new window
The "Love Food, Hate Waste" campaign aims to raise awareness of the need to reduce the amount of food that we throw away, and how by doing some easy and practical things in the home we will benefit our purses and the environment.

Have a clean plate at the end of meal.
To throw away less is a far better deal

 

Choose to re-use. Bags, bottles, trays and tubs- can all be re-used.
Do you need to throw it away ?
Is it broken and battered, totally beyond repair...?
Or is it in good condition and can be re-used elsewhere.

Try composting. Think about composting your fruit and vegetable peelings. Visit www.recyclenow.org Opens in a new window for further information. If you already compost and need some help getting the balance right click here for more details.

You could have a wormery - just remember, worms don't like onions or citrus fruit!

 

Recycle all you can. There are lots of opportunities to recycle a whole variety of materials. Paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, cartons, foil, textiles, shoes, glass bottles & jars to name but a few!

• Find out which materials you can recycle
• Recycling Centres in Surrey Heath

 

Useful Information

• Domestic Refuse Collection
• Green Waste Club
• Composting

Throw away less
There is no 'away'- all the rubbish has to go somewhere - recycle or re-use.