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A good way to reduce your waste is to keep in mind the 5R’s: Refuse - leaflets (in shops, in the mail - put a “No junk mail” sticker on your mailbox), freebees, plastic bags... Reduce - waste, use of single use plastics, unnecessary clothing... Reuse or repair - what you already have, think about borrowing before buying... Recycle, Rot, put a compost bin or a worm farm in your home, it’s even possible indoor (https://www.thespruce.com/tips-for-indoor-composting-2539618). If y

There is way to reduce our waste, but first you need to get to know your rubbish! For a week or two, write down or take pictures of everything you put in your bins (general waste AND recycling). Food packaging? Left overs? Single use items? Plastic/glass/cardboard?... Once you know what your main source of waste is, you can try to find an alternative for it. Share it here and we will find a way to reduce it! . . . . #virtualassistant #virtualassistantuk #sustainability #women

In the next few weeks, we’ll be giving you tips to reduce your waste but first you might want to know what impact it can have. Reducing your waste and changing your consumption habits is also a way to fight climate change. The responsibility should not only be put on us, as customers, but we have the power to make bigger companies change by changing how, what and where we buy our food, our clothes, our electricity… Here are a few articles/documentaries you might want to have