Smart Shopping

You can be a smart shopper in no time by following this simple guide, helping you to save time, money and waste.

Save Money

• Try using a lunchbox instead of sandwich bags.
• Tea towels are a washable alternative to paper towels.
• Plastic bags can be reused as bin liners or as an alternative to bubble wrap.

Save Time

• Buy high quality goods that will last.
• If possible buy milk from a milkman in returnable glass bottles.
• Try using non-disposable items such as rechargeable batteries and real nappies.

Save Waste

• Take your own shopping bags with you – and refuse to use lots of plastic carrier bags.
• Buy large drink bottles, detergent bottles etc instead of lots of smaller ones.
• Alternatively buy cleaning products in re-fills where possible.
• Close the loop by buying goods made from recycled materials.

Avoiding disposable items:

• Try using rechargeable batteries for your gadgets, they are always at hand and you can avoid buying lots of disposable batteries (which no doubt you will be out of just when the TV remote dies!)
• Disposable or single use cameras are expensive and produce poorer quality images than a compact camera that you can keep for many years.

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