REDUCE • Buy goods with no packaging, such as bread, fruit and vegetables, from markets stalls • Turn off unwanted lights, computers, televisions and DVD players when not in use. • Limit the amount of water you use by taking showers instead of baths, using a cup of water to clean your teeth and putting a water reduction bag in the cistern of your lavatory. • Make sure your home/office is well insulated. Does it have cavity wall insulation, or roof insulation? Are the pipes lagged?. Use draft excluders and extra curtains to keep the heat in and the cold out. • Only use dishwashers and washing machines when you have a full load. • Instead of buying new tools, share with a neighbour.	REUSE • Give unwanted or outgrown clothes to charity shops • Use old CD's or DVDs as bird scarers in your vegetable garden. • Old bed linen can be used as floor cloths and to cover surfaces when decorating • Find a furniture recycling scheme in your area and pass on all the furniture that you no longer need. This can include fridges and freezers as well as duvets and pillows, but will vary geographically. • Plastic containers can be reused at plant sales and for potting on; polystyrene containers can be broken up and used for drainage in window boxes. • Take plastic bags with you when shopping • Cardboard boxes can be used for storage or to package presents. • Don't buy padded envelopes or bubble wrap; reuse what you receive or give it to a small business.	RECYCLE • Local authorities often recycle the following: glass, paper, scrap wood, garden waste, drinks cans, aluminium foil, plastic bottles, newspapers and cardboard. Some also take unwanted furniture. Call your local authority for details. • If you have an open fire, use newspapers and small cardboard boxes to form the base of the fire; collect twigs from the surrounding area rather than buy kindling. • Start a compost heap or bin in your garden. It can take; fruit and vegetable leftovers, crushed eggshells, tea bags and coffee grounds, garden waste, grass clippings, dead and dried flowers, ash from open fires, and even vacuum cleaner dust. • Give your old bread, pizza crusts, bacon rinds and apple cores to the birds in your garden. • Send rinsed or flattened Tetra Pal cartons (used for milk, juice and soup) to : Smiths Anderson and Co, Fettyki Mills, Leslie, Fife, KY6 3AQ. For information: www.drinkcartons.com