This Week's Eco Tip from St Mary's: Reducing Waste

Several of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s recent reports confirm that climate change is man-made, could soon be catastrophic, and requires drastic reduction of our carbon dioxide emissions. The reports are hard going, so don’t feel you have to read them. Instead think about lifestyle changes for you and your family.

A recent eco tip mentioned stopping flying, driving or eating meat as good emission reducers. A gentler start, in preparation for the ‘circular society’ we have to be, would be to reduce household waste, particularly of food and plastic. A useful American website for both is zerowastechef.com