8) Hold on to glass jars and containers Many community groups make jam for foodbanks so hold onto your glass jars and then donate them to community groups and op shops once the lockdown is over. Check out this Jamie Oliver recipe online. It will reduce your recycling significantly and save you money as well. 7) Create your own homemade baked beans with dried beans Buy dried beans of any variety instead of tinned beans and knock up the family baked beans on toast classic, just without all the tins. 6) Ditch the plastic bottled water Many of us are exercising more than ever during the lockdown so take a reusable water bottle with you instead of buying single use water bottles. You'll save postage and packaging, and can start enjoying them immediately. Order e-books, e-magazines and electronic greetings cards or use your library to download free audio or e-books. 5) Go electronic Check what mail you are still getting through the post and see if you can sign up for an e-newsletter instead or sign up to receive your bills online.

If you don't have a compost set up yet, here's the Sustainability Trust's guide to making your own. Egg cartons, toilet rolls, newspapers and writing paper can all be torn up into smaller pieces and placed in your compost. Paper and cardboard can be home composted or, in colder regions, used as a fire starter in your fireplace. Purchase items in paper or cardboard packaging where possible. Check out these tutorials from Spotlight.

It looks like masks will be in our lives for a while now so if you didn't quite get around to making one last year, now is your chance. So why not buy dried milk powder and make your own milk? It will save you lots of space in your fridge and it means you won't need to brave the supermarkets so often. Although they're highly recyclable, milk bottles are big and bulky and take up loads of room in your recycling bin. Right now some councils around the country are unable to process recycling due to health and safety restrictions, it is now more important than ever to think about what you can do to reduce not just your rubbish, but also how much recycling you create. In these extraordinary times it is important to remember when you throw something into the rubbish or the recycling, that is not the end of things.

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