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Save money, save waste this Christmas

Follow our festive waste-saving tips and put pounds in your piggy bank!

 

    • Save £50 on food bills over Christmas by making a shopping list, storing food properly and using up leftovers. Visit lovefoodhatewaste.com for tips and recipes.
    • Swap expensive wrapping paper for furoshiki, a Japanese style of wrapping presents with reusable material. Watch the video.


    • Send e-cards instead – they’re cheaper and will help reduce the estimated one billion Christmas cards that end up in our bins every year. Visit Recycle Now.
    • We spent £69 billion on Christmas shopping in 2010. Why not pass on a gift you no longer want or make something special for your loved one?
    • 13,350 tonnes of glass bottles and jars are thrown out in the UK over Christmas, recycling them all would save CO equivalent to taking 1,300 cars off the road for a year.
    • Compost your winter veg and satsuma peelings to create a free nutrient-rich soil improver. And remember to use your council’s Christmas tree collection scheme!
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