Category: Fighting Waste

Fighting waste is the battle of our ages. Let’s first talk about food waste: do you know that UK households throw away 7.3 million tonnes of food every year, around 19% by weight of that purchased? Preventing food waste could save the average family £700 a year and deliver significant environmental benefits in terms of landfill avoidance and mitigating climate change.

And then, there are other types of waste: throwing away your mobile without recycling it or getting it repaired is one. Another common one is old furniture that could be donated away but instead end up in landfill.

Here are some ideas how we can reduce waste.

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Phone Repair Kit

When one of your electronics goods breaks down, why not repairing it yourself. There are excellent web sites that will help you fix anything (try FIXIT). Just one example: your Phone battery. Phone batteries are notoriously flaky. Yet, they can be changed easily using this Phone repair kit. By doing it yourself, you get the additional option of buying much better batteries that will increase phone functionality in a sometimes spectacular way.

Click on the picture below and purchase from Amazon through our charity’s Amazon associate/affiliate link.