Use Less Stuff

1)________ a compost heap in the garden with fruit and vegetable material – it will decompose and make good fertiliser for your plants.

You can also switch off the cooker a few minutes earlier – there will still be 3)__________ heat to finish cooking the food.

One large box of cereal, for example, uses less packaging than 6)________ smaller ones and is usually a lot cheaper too!

Try the 30-day rule – only buy it if you 4)________ want it 30 days after you first saw it.

If you buy a replacement for something you already have, 2)_______ the old item to someone who can use it.

At the supermarket, 5)__________ buying things you do not need by writing a shopping list before you go and making sure you keep to it.

Use a computer and proofread your writing on the screen 7)_______ you print it out.

Last but not 8)________, encourage your friends to cut down on waste too!