Green Uses for Waste: Environmentally Friendly Ways to Re-use All Your Waste

You'll discover brilliant ways to give every item a second life with our practical guide to creative reuse. From transforming waste paper into something wonderful to hosting clothes swapping parties, our passionate experts share inspiring tips across your home, garden, office and beyond. Green Uses For Waste is here to help.

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Minimising Food Waste: Composting

Although food waste is organic and will generally decompose, when mixed with other materials and put into landfill food waste can contribute to the productio...

Green Pet Litter

Recently, with environmental awareness on the rise, there have been some concerns about the environmental impact of animal waste and pet litter. The quandari...

Alternative Uses for Old Records, CDs and Tapes

CDs, tapes and records take up a lot of space and they sometimes get damaged. For those having a house clearout, for example moving home or spring cleaning,...

Great 'Green' Ways to Re-Use Your Carrier Bags

Carrier bag waste is a big problem in the UK. We use a lot more plastic bags than we need to and often throw the carriers away after just one use. When they...

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How to Re-Use Wood Ash

If you use a wood stove or have a fire, you may often find that you have bins full of wood ash. Rather than throwing it out, you could put it to good use. De...

What to Do With Old Shoes

If you have shoes lying around that you just know you won’t use anymore, don’t throw them in the bin. There are plenty of other ways to use them up and k...

What to Do With Old Tyres

If you have old tyres that you can’t use on your car anymore, there are a few ways you can re-use them. Using Tyres in the Garden Many people use tyres in...

Uses for Old Scarves

If you have old scarves that you don’t want to wear anymore, don’t chuck them out just yet – there are lots of creative and useful things you can do wi...

Great Uses for Stale Bread

Just because bread has gone stale, it doesn’t mean you should throw it away. There are plenty of ways you can use it up in the waste not, want not spirit....

Ideas for Re-Using Tin Foil

Did you know that you can re-use tin foil? You can and many people do, finding that it saves them money and is kinder to the environment than using something...

Tasty Ways to Use Up Leftover Rice

It’s easy to end up cooking too much rice and it’s a waste to just throw it away. Using it up in other recipes will save you money and is less wasteful....

Using Up Leftover Liquids in the Kitchen

It’s not just food leftovers that can be used up. There are lots of ways to use up any leftover liquids as well, such as tea, coffee and wine. Using up Tea...

My One Week Waste Experiment: A Case Study

Sarah, 31, spent one week trying to put what she had learned from this site into practice. Here’s how she got on. I would definitely like to be less wastef...

Re-Using Old Cuddly Toys

As your children grow older, you may end up with lots of cuddly toys that they no longer play with. Discarded cuddly toys such as teddy bears add to landfill...

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