You will begin your quest to reduce waste at the shop or supermarket. If you consider the problem of waste as you make your shopping list you will be able to make a significant difference. As well as resisting those impulse purchases and large “bargain” sizes you’ll never be able to eat there are some further ideas for reducing waste in the home:
• Buy products that you can reuse
• Such as jars that you can reuse, rechargeable batteries
• Buy just one all-purpose product
• Buy only one household cleaner to use for all your cleaning tasks. Or make your own from vinegar or lemon juice,
• Ensure unwanted items are reused
• Give away to friends, sell them on a car boot sale and make some money or take them to a charity shops
• Cancel unwanted mail – find out addresses from which or the Direct Marketing Association
• Reuse wrapping and packing materials as wrapping and packing materials !
• Reduce Hazardous Waste by buying non-toxic products or find safer alternatives to hazardous products

Reducing non-biodegradable waste that has to be put into landfills is also crucial in the overall landscape of waste reduction, though few of us really know how to recycle items not collected by our councils or with bins or collection skips at our recycling centres. It is worth looking on line, there may well be a local charity recycling old computers or facilities for recycling other equipment such as printer cartridges but you will probably have to transport your stuff to them, or pay for postage etc. It is worth checking before throwing away something that is could well have a renewed life.