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How Can I Reduce Waste?

Reduce Waste when Shopping:

• Take your own bags or shopping basket to reduce use of plastic bags.
• Buy your fresh food and vegetables loose, avoid the use of freezer bags in your supermarket. Avoid pre-packaged fresh foods.
• Cut packaging - buy in bulk.
• Buy concentrated products.
• Don't buy things that you don't need.

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• Order supplies in bulk to minimise packaging waste and return damaged materials instead of throwing them away.
• Reduce energy costs by developing a policy to ensure that the most energy efficient equipment is purchased.
• Reuse old supplies and equipment, or consider donating or selling them to schools, thrift stores, etc.
• Recycle office equipment by sending photocopier and printer cartridges and printer ribbons to a remanufacturing firm for recycling.
• Reduce paper waste by photocopying double sided, printing double sided or using singled sided waste again as notepaper or for drafts.

In the lunch room at work

• Avoid disposable products (eg polystyrene cups) and buy bulk supplies.
• Reuse items as much as possible such as reusable containers, coffee mugs, permanent dishes and cutlery, cloth towels, reusable coffee filters, etc.
• Recycle aluminium, glass and plastic drink containers.
• Avoid generating excess waste by using e-mail as much as possible, circulating one copy of a memo and have people sign it after reading, and editing rough drafts on computer.
• Reduce paper waste by photocopying double sided, printing double sided or using singled sided waste again as notepaper or for drafts
• Reuse old binders, file folders, report covers and general office equipment.