Reduce
Reducing waste is to use less, resulting in smaller amount of waste
and less waste being added to landfills
Buy what you need, use what you buy
Buy in bulk, buy the large size and use concentrates
Choose products with less packaging
Use tap water in clean reusable bottles rather than buying bottled water
Print and copy on both sides of paper
Instead of throwing away potentially useful items away, instead do a car
boot sale or donate them to charity
Reuse
Reuse materials in their original form instead of throwing them away,
repair them or pass them on to others who could use them. One mans trash
is another mans treasure!
Use reusable shopping bags
Reuse envelopes and make note pads out of scrap paper
Reuse containers for storage and glass jars for odds and ends like nails
and paper clips
Use refillable containers for your cleaning products
Reuse wrapping paper and wrap gifts in comics, outdated maps or fabric
Use food packaging and pots for growing seedlings
Recycle
Save and take re-usable materials to a recycle point where they can be
made into either the same product or new products
Recycle all cardboard and paper
Recycle electronic equipment
Recycle metal and building materials
Recycle chemicals, oil and paint
Recycle glass and plastic
Buy recycled products
Respect
Stop littering
Litter shows a lack of personal and environmental pride. It attracts pests
and disease, clogs waterways
and flows into the sea spoiling beaches and killing sea life.
Keep litter with you until you get to a bin
Politely explain to others why they shouldn’t litter
Keep the street area outside your home free of litter
Clean up your property and dispose of any unsightly litter and clutter
Make use of the free community drop off facilities
Old Tin Can Ltd. supports
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