I have reusable shopping bags. I use my own coffee mug for takeaways. I am buying reusable plastic containers, gradually building up my stock of them. I avoid buying fruit and veg that are pre packed

A great read and we have done many of these just trying to do what we can wherever possible.

I am always conscious of re-using and recycling. Every little bit does help.

I need to get better at a plastic-free life and to teach my son to be kinder to our earth! Small steps have been taken like bringing my own cup for drinks and coffees

Must beg to differ about the little plastic table in the pizza box – it is a perfect size to fit in your preserving bottles according to the chefs on TV – I don’t eat pizza so have never had them in the first place. But I do preserve a lot of my produce from the garden to use in times when that produce is no more and often wish I had something to keep my dill pickle gherkins from rising to the top of the preserving jar.

I understand why and its a good idea. Well done on the tips giver here.

I agree with recycling. Good habit to be in but I could never get rid of books.

We love books and they are important for so many reasons.

No no no I’m never going to stop buying books.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 01 Jun 2019 , 6:39 am

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  Me either – love books and love the feel of holding books. We share books with others so it is community minded.

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    • • Sarah replied
      • 07 Jun 2019 , 4:21 pm

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    Agreed I think I’d go mad without the ability to sit down & rewind with a good book! However, some other very good tips I could get on board with ????

I always use reusable plastic containers rather than bags and glad wrap. Also try to recycle what I can.

I recycle what I can’t avoid. No longer use glad wrap and sandwich bags the individual usable containers are my go to now days

I’m trying to reduce our carbon footprint by doing a few of these things however I don’t find all of them practical.

The source bulk foods is a good place to go to. You can take your own containers to fill up. You get things like flours, grains, nuts, rice, honey, herbs, sweet treats, dishwashing liquid, shampoo and conditioner, and many other things. The range is also excellent. For example it is the only place I know where I can get wholemeal bakers flour. It’s a franchise so there are quite a few around the country.

I’ve been looking at getting the stainless steel straws, so long as they come with a pipe cleaner thing. Not sure which ones are decent and not too expensive, though.

I just cant imagine the reusable wipes

I could never stop buying books!

You won’t buy paper books. What are you going to buy for reading. What are you going to buy in their place and what power source do you use to read electronic ones? The original strong plastic shopping bags we used for several months until eventually something heavy split them. A lot of other bags can be washed and re-used, Most people are time poor or too lazy to make the effort. We had good quality plastic lunch boxes that we used for over 50 years. I used them every day in High School, I worked for 40 years and used them afterwards until eventually the lids and the tops of the boxes split after being used in the freezer for stewed home grown fruit to eat between seasons. Glass breaks if it is dropped or bumped against something hard…….We went one better than loot bags. My Mum used the good parts of dresses to make pillow cases….We filled our washing machine with rainwater which would otherwise made the garden too soggy and made it a haven for mosquitoes that bite us. Some misquitoes breed potentially very dangerous diseases. Some places don’t like using byo cups etc as some people don’t clean them properly then if they get sick they blame the shop. The shop also doesn’t know the quantity they hold or how much the heat will penetrate onto peoples’ skin and burn them.

We have re useable bags and cups, straws, containers etc I think it’s everyones responsibility to help the environment and every little bit helps

We are taking small steps and have reusable cups, shopping bags etc, we’re also becoming more aware of our use and cutting down on everything in general. Not books though, books stay.

I always bring my shopping bags and my produce bags when I go shopping.
I get the newspaper homedelivered twice a week and we save it to bring it to a wildlife rescue centre that reuses it to line the bird’s cages. I generally borrow books and magazines from the library, but I occasionally buy some from authors I really love.