How to Reduce Waste

The best way to manage our waste is to reduce the amount we produce in the first place!

So... try and remember the 3 Rs.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

The amount of rubbish we produce in Gloucestershire is increasing every year.

We can reduce waste by trying to buy products with less packaging, reducing the amount of food we waste and buying products that are more durable or built to last. In addition, we can opt out of junk mail, reduce our paper usage and use real nappies!

Paper, furniture, clothing and computers are just some of the items that can be reused. Repairing broken appliances, setting the computer printer to print on both sides of a sheet of paper, donating old clothes and shoes to charity are all easy things we can do to help others and to reduce waste.

Reducing the amount of household rubbish that we send to our landfill sites by recycling can help to save energy and resources. The possibilities are endless! To find out how and what you can recycle go to where you live.