Tag: reuse
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The Waste Management Hierarchy
The Defra waste management hierarchy is a framework that ranks waste management options by their environmental impact. It guides businesses and public bodies to follow five steps, from most preferred to least preferred. They are: Guidance on applying the Waste Hierarchy | Defra June 2011 Post. Category waste management, tags EfW, reuse.Click on a link to Read more
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Buy clothes from a reselling platform (or a charity shop)
A vow to “buy nothing” is hard to keep. A vow to “buy second hand” gives you a treasure hunt. A garment spends 2.2 years on average in a UK wardrobe, while fashion remains one of the biggest polluters – that’s why buying lots of outfits from the high street is problematic. Resellers such as Read more
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Don't buy wrapping paper
A few years ago I took the decision not to buy wrapping paper, not just at Christmas but for birthdays, Valentine's Day and the rest. Using something else instead would test my ingenuity, I thought. Here is a set of wrapped gifts waiting dispatch for Christmas 2019: you can see packaging from your favourite brand Read more
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Support your Refill Shops
Almost the refill shops that I know of have gone now or have had to move to a corner of a garden centre; those that remain are an endangered species and they need our support. While the benefits of carrying lentils home in a jam jar are pretty marginal, buying shampoo and laundry liquids from Read more
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Refill shop locator
WRAP has provided an online tool to help find refill shops. Read more