Other things you can do
- Buy products with a high recycled content, even if they cost a little more.
- Reduce the volume of packaging you buy, reuse what you can, and recycle the rest.
- Tell the cashier "I don't need a bag".
- Use your own reusable canvas bag or backpack at the store.
- Buy quality products and keep them for a lifetime.
- Give old toys and CDs to second hand shops
- Buy locally produced food
- Shop at Farmers' Markets or farm shops
- Wash and squash tins and keep them in a bag until you next go to the Recycle Bank.