Here are some wonderful and simple things you can do to save on packaging and do your bit for the environment:
1. Don’t buy tea bags. Go back to the old-fashioned teapot – and put the used tea leaves on your compost or in your worm farm. You’ll also save money.
2. Buy at your local butcher/greengrocer, where you can take your own bag and get your meat in paper rather than plastic trays.
3. Instead of buying little packets of individually wrapped snacks for kids, get a big bag and give them a single portion each day in greaseproof paper or reusable containers.
4. Buy yoghurt in a large container and redistribute into reusable containers for your kids’ lunches.
5. When you buy an ice cream, get it in a cone not in a cup with plastic spoon, etc.
6. Say no to junk mail.
7. Go paperless – many banks and companies now allow you to receive bills and statements by email.
Take a look at how to clean a washing machinehere.
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