Top Tips for Recycling

Every one of us can make a difference in our daily lives. As well as using environmentally responsible eco-products around the house and garden try the following to make all those things that have been produced last longer.

Reduce

• Avoid buying unnecessary or overly packaged goods
• Instead buy food products 'loose' and re-use any plastic bags
• Take a packed lunch to work or school in a re-usable container
• Donate magazines to waiting rooms at your hairdressers or dentist

Reuse

• Re-use carrier bags or buy and use your own bag each time you go shopping - see our range of Natural Jute Shopping Bags
• Re-use envelopes especially 'jiffy' bags with re-usable envelope labels - see our stationary section to purchase these
• Re-use containers especially in the case of cleaning products which are refillable

Recycle

• Compost vegetable peelings, cut flowers, shredded newspaper, and grass cuttings - we sell the UK’s best selling composter in our gardening section
• Take unwanted clothes, shoes, books and eyewear to charity shops
• Recycle any laser/Ink printer cartridges - visit www.cartridges4charity.co.uk
• Take aluminium foil, old phone books, glass bottles and jam jars to your local recycling point

Buying Recycled Products

• Look for products made from 100% Post Consumer Waster Paper Or with a high content of recycled post consumer waste paper - see all our stationary, calendars, diaries, greetings cards and wraps
• Use bin liners made with high recycled content
• Cat litter made from paper or sawdust
• Use a non-peat soil which contains composted waste such as straw and coir(coconut)