31 Tips to Reduce Waste
31 Easy tips to Reduce your waste
Pick and choose what can work for you
why 31 tips?
31 is a big number but there was a reason I put this list together. Have you heard of Plastic Free July? It is a yearly campaign that, funnily enough, occurs in July and is growing from strength to strength as more people sign up to take the challenge. It started in 2011 in Australia and in 2019 a whopping estimated 250 million people took part from 177 countries! 9 out of 10 people who took part have also made changes that have now become a habit which is incredible.
Before that scares you into thinking you will fail on day one, it doesn’t mean you are expected to live plastic free for the whole of July. It is more the idea of becoming aware about your waste and committing to make even just one change in the month. The hope is that the one change will turn into a habit and lead to two or three more changes, as well as helping you kick start your awareness to the waste generated every day by items we may not even realise. When you sign up, they share tips via email as well to keep you motivated and give you some ideas.
In honour of Plastic Free July, I have been sharing 31 tips on my instagram page (sustainable.ideas) from the well known to the not so known, in an attempt to show how even the smallest change you make will have a positive impact. Basically, a tip for every day for the month of July.
31 tips to give you inspiration
Below is a highlight of the 31 tips. I will expand on these more in later posts. If you want any further information about any of these, please also just let me know. Always happy to have a chat.
Here is the list! How many are you already aware of / doing? Are there any on this list that you haven’t heard of?
Image by John Cameron
Tip 1: Reusable water bottles
Tip 2: Reusable kitchen towels
Tip 3: Reusable shopping bags
Tip 4: Reusable masks
Tip 5: Soap vs shower gels
Tip 6: Safety Razors instead of single use
Tip 7: Naked fruit and veg
Tip 8: loose leaf Tea
Tip 9: Bring your own cutlery
Tip 10: bamboo and palstic free Loo paper
Tip 11: Bidets to wash your behind
Tip 12: Wax wraps instead of cling film
Tip 13: Reusable Cotton wool pads
Tip 14: reusable or wooden Cotton buds
Tip 15: plastic free Chewing gum
Tip 16: Refills
Tip 17: plastic free Deodorant
Tip 18: plastic and nasty chemical free Sunscreen
Image by Volodymyr Hryshchenk
Tip 19: Freebies - should we take them?
Tip 20: Phone cases
Tip 21: Facial routine
Tip 22: plastic free Chocolate bars
Tip 23: plastic free Periods
Tip 24: Reuse what we have
Tip 25: reduce Water waste
Tip 26: plastic free Make up
Tip 27: Composting
Tip 28: Homemade baking, gifts and cards
Tip 29: Straws suck
Tip 30: Recycling
Tip 31: go on a Litter pick
Good luck and look out for more information on each tip
Simply Sustainable Ideas xx