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- Buy organic produce. The cultivation of non-organic produce involves the use of damaging chemicals such as pesticides, which can pollute waterways and the rest of the environment
- Buy fruit and vegetables that are in season to help reduce enormous transport costs resulting from importing produce and, where possible, choose locally produced food
- Don't buy products with excessive amounts of packaging and, where possible, choose products with re-useable containers
- Buy recycled or recyclable products such as toilet tissue and stationery
If you are going to the supermarket by car, take a friend with you - one car journey is better than two - Take your own bag or re-use plastic carriers when shopping
- Buy in bulk wherever possible - it saves packaging and money
- Don't buy bottled water if you know your tap water is safe - transporting water from its source to the supermarket shelves is an expensive waste of energy. And the plastic and glass bottles add to the already-high mountains of rubbish that we produce. Buy the most energy-efficient household appliances you can afford.
- Don't buy head lice shampoos that contain pesticides.
- Choose biodegradable cleaning products so that the chemicals have fewer negative impacts on the soil and water system.