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450 years to break down. By

what can and can’t be recycled.

carrying a reusable bottle, or
a reusable bottle with a filter

4) Limit your plastic

we will significantly reduce the

consumption: Look for everyday

environmental impact of bottle

items and food products that

water.

don’t contain plastic packaging.
Instead of buying the bananas
3) Recycle

from the store covered in plastic,

Everything

buy the ones with no packaging.

you can:

Buying food in bulk from co-ops

Landfill is

is another great way to reduce

reaching a

your plastic and packaging

tipping point

consumption. Bring your own

worldwide.

mason jars to the store and fill

There is

up. It’s cheaper for you and better

not enough

for the environment.

space for us
to dispose of

5) Save electricity: just by

our rubbish

turning all our unused electrical

healthily and

sockets to the ‘off’ position and

we therefore

switching appliances off instead

need to

of leaving them in the ‘standby’

recycle as

mode we can save between

much as

20- 40% on our electricity bill

possible.

and usage. That’s an incredible

Separate

savings and reduction in coal

waste into individual bins within

usage. Unplug appliances that

your household and get your

are not in use and switch the

family in the habit of knowing

usage of hot water systems and
dec2013

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