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Join the Resistance!

How you can get involved
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How to reduce waste
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Where to recycle
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Kerbside collections in Gwynedd
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Kerbside collections in Machynlleth
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Composting guide
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Why bother?
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Projects: recycling
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Projects: real nappies
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Projects: schools
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Projects: waste audit of the valley
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Useful websites - for home, business, school and children
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Useful contacts
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About us
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Project home page
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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.

Charity shop2. 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.