Resist waste - reduce it at source!

Ways to cut down:

1. Resist packaging!

• Avoid heavily packaged products
• Buy products sold in refill packs or concentrated products
• Reuse plastic bags or use robust shopping bags.

2. Resist consumerism!

• Buy less - do you really need it? Can you use something else? Can you make one?
• Ask around - does someone have one they don't want? Use the Local Email Swapshop - a weekly email list for the Valley where people post their wants and offers. Ask ecodyfi and we'll tell you about how to contact it.
• Reuse things - adapt them for a new purpose - make art - reuse components
• Pass them on - to family and friends or to second hand shops
• Buy in charity shops and CRAFT.

3. Value what you have!

• Buy things that will last
• Maintain things properly
• Repair things when they break.