Eco Hints & Tips

Daily tip 1 of 7 for WRAP'S Food Waste Action Week 2021...A collection of uses for your used coffee grounds to avoid waste! Tips include how to use them on your plants to repel slugs, how to use them on your skin and even how to use them in the kitchen. Take a look at our Eco Hints and Tips page throughout this week to see daily advice for reducing your food waste. Make sure you are using #FoodWasteActionWeek and tagging @lfhw_uk in your social media posts to help spread the word and also any useful tips you have come up with to reduce your food waste!

Trying to reduce your carbon footprint? Ever wondered which vegetables grow in autumn and which in spring? This is the ultimate guide to buying seasonally. A list of which vegetables are grown month by month throughout the year in the UK, so that you can buy by the season and when your food is most sustainably sourced!

Who knew banana peel has so many uses? Turns out it does! Here are a few tips on how to use your banana skins instead of throwing them away, including the benefits banana peel on your skin to reduce wrinkles and even acne!

1st In season foods - Artichoke, Asparagus, Aubergine, Beetroot, Chicory, Chillies, Elderflowers, Lettuce, Marrow, New Potatoes, Peas, Peppers, Radishes, Rhubarb, Rocket, Samphire, Sorrel, Spinach, Spring Greens, Spring Onions, Strawberries, Watercress 2nd Steam your veggies and retain more of the natural nutrients. If you do boil, try using the leftover water as a tasty stock for soups. Or let it cool and use it to water plants  3rd Use hole punch to make confetti out of leaves for weddings 4th Star Wars day – buy durable toys that will last years and be passed down.  You know the sort that are...

If you missed of our social media posts then below are the eco tips posted out in April.  Follow us on @greenalternativesuk on Instagram or Facebook to get these daily. 1st In season foods Artichoke, Beetroot, Cabbage, Carrots, Chicory, New Potatoes, Kale, Morel Mushrooms, Parsnips, Radishes, Rhubarb, Rocket, Sorrel, Spinach, Spring Greens, Spring Onions, Watercress 2nd Pay bills on line/switch to online statements - Cuts out on paper and carbon footprint                3rd Walk to work  4th 8 Rs - Rethink - Do you need item? Is there a more eco alternative? What is...