An important way to tackle waste problems is to reduce the
amount of material that we throw away. So the city council is
promoting the ‘reduce and re-use’ philosophy while also increasing
opportunities for residents to recycle materials.
For example, many people are opting for re-usable shopping bags
rather than single-use, disposable plastic bags. People can
take good quality clothing to charity shops and other fabrics to
clothing ‘bring banks’.
UK residents throw away one third, or 6.7 million tonnes, of the
food they buy annually – equal to £420 for an average family. Fruit
and vegetables, such as apples, potatoes, bananas, tomatoes and
oranges, represent 40 per cent of the total. Careful buying
and storage of food will reduce waste and could save you money.
More information is available at http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/
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Our award winning WEEE Re-use scheme repairs electrical goods
and recovers components for re-use.
Using reusable bags and only buying food we really need helps to
reduce waste.