Reducing Packaging
- Reduce packaging - through buying food from markets, weigh & save type shops, farm shops, organic box schemes, bulk buying schemes and other smaller shops.
- Reuse the plastic bags from supermarkets that are used for loose fruit and vegetables
- S.N.U.B – Say No to Unnecessary Bags! Reuse carrier bags or use strong bags/baskets etc. You could also use the plastic “bag for life” bags, available at most supermarkets
- In Bournemouth farmers markets can be found at Cardigan Road, Winton, on the third Saturday of the month 9am-3pm and bi-monthly on Sundays at Castlepoint Shopping Centre 10am - 3pm.
- Pick-your-own fruit farms provide the opportunity to get frsh produce with minimal packaging
- Buy non-perishable goods in large containers where possible. It reduces packaging waste
- Buy concentrated products and refills where possible
- Use the milkman for deliveries of milk, fruit juice and soft drinks. The bottles are refilled many times. You can find a local milkman at FindMeAMilkman.
- Solid shampoos avoids plastic waste. You can buy this from Lush stores via mailorder on 01202 668545.
- Try to buy unpackaged soaps
Reducing Waste Paper
- Visit our Junk Mail page for advice and information on preventing unwanted mail and circulars coming through your door
- Stop unwanted free newspapers – phone the companies concerned. A discreet notice on your door refusing circulars, free newspapers etc. will help
- Reduce paper associated with bills. Pay them by direct debit and ask for bank statements less frequently or online.
- Use e-mail or the phone in preference to letters and faxes wherever possible
- Use both sides of a piece of paper before recycling.
Together we can reduce, reuse, recycle!
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