Refuse means avoiding the production of waste. You can reduce your waste by making small changes:
Reducing what you waste and reusing items where you can is a great way to minimise climate change impacts.
There are many ways that you can start making a real difference by looking at the way you consume and the lifetime of your products.
To reduce:
Reusing items is a great way to save both money and the planet. It can also help you to purchase less single-use or disposable goods.
Repairing items instead of buying new is a great way to save money and avoid unnecessary waste.
If you have an item that is need of a repair, pop along to one of Elmbridge’s repair cafés:
As a nation we need to make recycling best practice, to make a better world for future generations.
We recognise with so many different rules on what you can and can’t recycle, it can be a bit overwhelming. We have partnered with Rethink Waste and created Greenredeem, which provides hints and tips on recycling and also enables you to earn rewards for your efforts.
For information about your recycling collection, including what can and can’t go in your blue-lidded recycling bin see recycling collection. Soft plastics, plastic films, plastic bags and wrapping and flexible plastics can now all be recycled at your local supermarket.
For further help and information on how to recycle specific items that cannot go in your recycle bin, please see:
Plastic is everywhere! It’s in the water we drink, the air we breathe and in the food we eat. It’s not always obvious, but the lifecycle of plastics can have indirect negative impacts on climate change.
To avoid plastic:
Methane from food waste can have a greater impact on climate change than CO2, with 1 tonne of methane being equivalent to 27 tonnes of CO2.
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