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Eco Tips

Each month we will be sharing ideas of things you can do to shrink your carbon footprint and combat climate change. They will range from easy and cheap challenges to really life-changing ones.

We hope you’re up for the challenge, but please do what you can as it all helps. If there’s anything you’d like to know more about, or a topic you’d like us to cover in future, do let us know.
 

Liz Francis

Cleaning Supplies Bucket

This Month's Eco Tips: Cleaning

  • ​Buy reusable kitchen roll or just use washable cloths

  • Use one good multi-surface cleaner for all cleaning jobs to reduce the number of plastic bottles you buy

  • Choose ecological and biodegradable products

  • https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/home-garden/shopping-guide/ethical-household-cleaning-products

  • Check product ingredients for microbeads, especially items that claim to polish, add extra shine, or shimmer, because they are made from plastics. The most commonly used plastics to look out for:

    • polyethylene (PE)

    • polypropylene (PP)

    • polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

    • polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)

    • nylon (PA)

If you have any of these products already at home, strain the product by pressing it through a coffee filter to capture the beads. You can dispose of the beads in your refuse bin, and use the remainder of the strained product plastic-free! 

Cosmetic Powder Jars

This Month's Eco Tips: Cosmetics

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