A third of the food we buy gets thrown away and ends up in landfill to reduce this try to plan your shopping trips and use up leftovers. Visit Love food hate waste for more tips on how to reduce your food waste.

Smart shopping

It is important to reduce the amount of packaging you buy. Consider packaging alternatives when buying food and try to avoid buying items that appear over packaged. Over three million shopping bags in the Anglian region are handed out weekly. Re-use your carrier bags or you can buy strong re-usable shopping bags from most supermarkets, or use a cloth bag.

Visit Suffolk Recycling  for more smart shopping tips and advice.

Junk mail

Junk mail is something most of us would prefer to do with out. The Mail Preference Service is a free service that will remove your details from company databases and prevent some unsolicited mail coming through your door. However this service will not stop unaddressed mail from getting through to you.

To stop unaddressed mail delivered by the Royal Mail please see Opt out for further details. You can also prevent Yellow Pages from being delivered to your doorstep, an especially useful service if you tend to use the Internet. Please phone 0800 671444 to stop future deliveries.

Do you have a question which is not covered above?

If so please email: waste.management@stedsbc.gov.uk or phone 01284 757320