To celebrate National Recycle Week (18-24 June), we reveal 10
handy tips to help you live a greener way of life Choose
homegrown. Try your best to buy homegrown produce. Britains
farmers produce some of the most tasty food around but too often
we neglect them prefering the convenience of a supermarket. A
typical basket of 20 everyday grocery items from a supermarket
chain can clock up over 100,000 ‘food miles’, a major
contriubutor to global warming, a better reason than any to
stick to UK-grown food when you can. Re-use aluminium foil
rather than chucking it straight in the bin. Recycling just1kg
of aluminium can save up to 8kg of bauxite, the mineral used to
make it, as well as 4kg of chemicals and 14 kilowatt hours of
electricity. Take things that you no longer use to a charity
shop. That way you can get rid of some unwanted clutter and make
some space in that wardrobe. There are also a number of websites
you can donate to: Draws full of old bras? Go to
www.breasttalk.co.uk/bra-appeal/ to put them to good