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Recycling and using less plastic

In the past 2 years i have gone veggie and now vegan. I only buy clothes from charity shops and give old clothing a revamp if it needs it. I cycle or walk whenever i can and of course recycle!

l have nt bought any new clothes since lockdown. Try to dry laundry outside and only use the washing machine when l have a full load. l have a compost bin in the garden and three water butts.

Once a week I scoop up any food that’s nearing the end of being at its best and make soup. It’s a different flavour every week. I also add any left over stock or tiny scraps or meat, poultry or fish. Bulk it out with a can of chick peas (so cheap). The worst thing is when the kids say can you make it again! Cos I can’t repeat it!!

We try to recycle as much as possible. I dry clothes outdoors or use a ceiling airer, kinder for the environment than using a dryer. I have been vegetarian for 45 years, and other household members are cutting down on meat and dairy as well.

I always recycle everything I can, I only buy new appliances etc when my old one is beyond repair and I buy a lot of my clothes in second hand shop and only buy these when i need them. I try not to buy products with packaging. Food never goes to waste and left overs are used to make another meal.

I have changed my shopping habits by only buying loose veg and fruit nothing prepacked and only the amount I need to save any waste.This year I have even grown a small amount of new potatoes in the small garden that I have and will do so next year with some other veg that suits the space I have.
Replanted some wild flowers at the bottom of my garden to attract the bee's etc as well as adding colour and hopefully they will spread.
I have very little waste now as most is either recycled or donated.

I grow my own tomatoes in old soil & veg compost and feed it with nettle tea. This year I used one bought tomato and have had many tomato plants & tomatoes from just that one!

Flush the loo as infrequently as possible. No longer buy meat, still eating fish and cheese. Rarely buy new clothes. Put on an extra layer rather than turning up the heating.

Recycle all we can. Try not to buy produce encased in plastic. Keep the heating on as low as possible. Growing some veg in the garden. Only use the car when absolutely need to.

We pass on or sell unwanted items and we buy just about everything secondhand. We walk rather than drive when possible and try not to waste any food.

Think before you buy.
Think before you jump in the car.
Think about our grandchildren's future.

Using my car only for essential journels and recyling rather than throwing away.

Recycle all paperish items, tins and glass.

We recycled a lot before but I'm trying to do more now, I never realised how much my you could put in the recycling bins! I also did a lockdown tidy/clean everything so did a lot of donating and repurposing too... also trying to avoid unnecessary packaging too! I have been thinking about growing my own veg, so that is the plan for next summer!

Got rid of my car years ago. I re-use, recycle etc. and buy the majority of my clothes from charity shops.

I also (reluctantly I admit) gave up my favourite Molton Brown products because of their plastic packaging. Still in mourning to be honest and my hair's gone to pot because their shampoo was the BEST, but I've made the sacrifice willingly because I have grandchildren who will be around to reap the whirlwind that previous generations have sown.

I have never flown and never intend to, I try and walk as much as I can to reduce my travel by car . Think before I buy !

I think the main thing is trying to avoid as much plastic packaging and bags as possible. I love bottled water but I only drink Costco as both the packaging that the bottles come in and the bottles themselves (including the caps) are all recyclable. I drink a lot of water so this, for me, makes a huge difference

I recycle cardboard, paper, batteries, used light bulbs, plastic, metals, glass, used carrier bags and loaf wrappers. I no longer buy single use carrier bags, but have loads of multi use ones in my house and in my car. Tetra paks and coffee cups are recycled at my local tip. I have reusable coffee cups but many places have suspended use of these due to Covid. I use mostly long life light bulbs even though he materials in them are worse than the old style bulbs - we can't win.

Like most people, I have recycled for a while, but I now recycle nearly everything - even egg-shells and food prep leftovers go into my compost bin, and I am growing veg with the compost. I am on my second generation of pumpkins.

In many ways lockdown has kicked started this for me, I'm walking much more, driving much less. I've cut down on what I buy and have donated lots of items not being used to charity. We've also been growing some veggies in the garden and cooking from scratch more so less food packaging waste.

I think trying to reduce our environmental footprint and therefore do our bit to slow climate change is easier for people like me who were born during or just after World War II. Our parents lived for years with making do and mending, never wasted anything which could be used for something else. I was trained by mine to do the same.

So, I grow what I can, re-use what I can and don't replace anything just for the sake of it. I don't buy plastic tat and rarely use plastic bags - except in the big kitchen pedal bin.

We eat vegetables in season and have cut down meat consumption drastically, and only eat locally reared outdoor animals. Bullocks and chickens which lived their lives on meadows encourage biodiversity and mean that farmers can maintain the grasslands rather than plough them up. Sheep which eat the beet tops off and free range pigs both of which muck the fields naturally cutting down on chemical fertilisers.

I have started to recycle properly, if it needed washing upbi used to chuck it in the bin! I have also mended and adapted clothes I already had to avoid buying more ,with lockdown I also realised that idont need to drive anywhere. We dont waste foodxanymore ,I had a little bit of steak mince leftover today, with a bit of veg and making some pastry I made 6 beautiful pasties, it's good now I am a fat environmentalist with really crappy clothes but it is so worth it for our future and generations to follow .

Recycle everything where possible.
In the garden I grow my own veg and herbs and make my own compost and use my water from the water butt.
We cook from scratch and reduce waste by freezing left overs and batch baking bread.
I dry clothes in the garden whenever possible.
I make my own masks from remnant materials.

I have recycled the usual cardboard, paper, plastic, glass and metals with my council for years, and my local supermarket now allows me to recycle batteries and used carrier bags and loaf wrappers. My local tip gets my cleaned tetra packs, and they now accept cleaned take away coffee cups as many outlets have stopped me using my reusable takeout cups. Composting of my vegetable waste, and a water butt also reduce my waste, and a water meter encourages me to use less water.