You can give the environment a helping hand by reducing, recycling or reusing things you would normally throw away,
Reduce
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The average household spends £60 a month on food they throw away, over a year that adds up to £700. To start saving money and reducing the food waste visit Love Food Hate Waste.
Get composting
Composting can help turn your kitchen and garden waste into a soil improver that’s perfect for your garden.
We have teamed up with getcomposting.com to provide you with exclusive offers on home compost bins, water butts and other green products.
How to order
You can order your composter by:
- Visiting getcomposting.com
- Calling 0844 571 4444
To find out the benefits of home composting and how to set up your compost bin click here.
Reuse
Many items get thrown away when all they need is a little love and imagination to create something new through reuse. For ideas and inspiration visit RecycleNow
Recycle
You can get the most of your rubbish by using RecycleNows A to Z.
Find your nearest other recycling facility - (Just enter your postcode in the 'Recycling locations').
Plastic Film & Wrapper Recycling
Many supermarkets are now collecting plastic bags and wrapping, bread bags, crisp packets and toilet roll wrapping for recycling at store collection points.
Find your nearest store collection point.
Bra recycling
Bravissimo have a bra recycling scheme where you can donate unwanted or old bras. For every kilogram of bras received, they donate to Coppafeel breast cancer charity. Find out more here - https://www.bravissimo.com/bra-recycling/