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Waste Less South Yorkshire

@wastelesssyorks

Enthusiastic, local professionals with a passion for food trying to help people save money and reduce the amount of waste in homes.

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Repairing what we already have keeps our items working for longer, cuts waste and saves money, materials and energy used to make a brand-new item 🛠 Some repair cafes are popping up all across South Yorkshire and beyond and are great way to socialise while learning to fix your

Repairing what we already have keeps our items working for longer, cuts waste and saves money, materials and energy used to make a brand-new item 🛠

Some repair cafes are popping up all across South Yorkshire and beyond and are great way to socialise while learning to fix your
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Celebrate world book day this week with a book swap! A book swap is a great to share stories, promote reading and an easy way to reduce waste 📚 Find out about more ways to reduce waste by reusing: wasteless-sy.co.uk/what-can-i-do/…

Celebrate world book day this week with a book swap!
A book swap is a great to share stories, promote reading and an easy way to reduce waste 📚

Find out about more ways to reduce waste by reusing: wasteless-sy.co.uk/what-can-i-do/…
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Toothpaste tubes are often made of different types of plastics, as well as containing a metal layer. This means that they cannot be recycled easily 🪥 Please put them in your general waste bins at home. Alternatively, look at if they can be recycled at your local Boots store

Toothpaste tubes are often made of different types of plastics, as well as containing a metal layer. This means that they cannot be recycled easily 🪥

Please put them in your general waste bins at home. 

Alternatively, look at if they can be recycled at your local Boots store
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Making some easy swaps to reusable items can make a big difference to our planet. Here are some ways to get started. 💧Water bottles – help reduce the amount of single use plastic bottles thrown away (estimated to be around 7.7. billion in the UK each year!) ☕ Coffee cups –

Making some easy swaps to reusable items can make a big difference to our planet.

Here are some ways to get started.
💧Water bottles – help reduce the amount of single use plastic bottles thrown away (estimated to be around 7.7. billion in the UK each year!)
☕ Coffee cups –
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One-third of all food produced globally goes to waste! 🍽️ By reducing our food waste at home, we can make a huge difference. Both for the planet and our pockets💚 Here are our top tips to reduce food waste: 1️⃣Plan ahead: Create a meal plan and shopping list to avoid impulse

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Food residues left on our tins, cans, jars, and other recyclable items are contaminants. Too much of these will cause whole loads of recycling to be rejected. Remove as much food as possible by rinsing any bottles, jars, tins, and cans and ripping any greasy parts off any

Food residues left on our tins, cans, jars, and other recyclable items are contaminants.
Too much of these will cause whole loads of recycling to be rejected.

Remove as much food as possible by rinsing any bottles, jars, tins, and cans and ripping any greasy parts off any
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#FoodWasteActionWeek is back! And so is buying loose! 💚 Go back to the OG way of shopping and pick up your fruit and veg loose. It reduces the amount of food that ends up in the bin and means that you can choose exactly what you want. Learn more 👉 lovefoodhatewaste.com/FWAW

#FoodWasteActionWeek is back! And so is buying loose! 💚

Go back to the OG way of shopping and pick up your fruit and veg loose. It reduces the amount of food that ends up in the bin and means that you can choose exactly what you want.

Learn more 👉 lovefoodhatewaste.com/FWAW
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Potatoes are for mash not for the bin! 🥔 Even though they are one of our most versatile veggies, 46% of potatoes we buy end up wasted 🤯 By buying loose, we can make sure we only buy what we need. This #FoodWasteActionWeek help us share why buying loose is best!

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78% of UK adults would be likely to buy their usual fruit and veg loose if they were sold that way, according to #LoveFoodHateWaste's latest survey. It showed that for 19 out of 21 common fruit and vegetables, UK adults would prefer to buy them loose over packaged. 60,000

78% of UK adults would be likely to buy their usual fruit and veg loose if they were sold that way, according to #LoveFoodHateWaste's latest survey. 

It showed that for 19 out of 21 common fruit and vegetables, UK adults would prefer to buy them loose over packaged.

60,000
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We carrot believe it 😢 Join us this #FoodWasteActionWeek and spread the word about buying loose! Buying loose is the original and best way to shop - you can choose exactly what you want and the exact amount you need. Head to our website now for more information:

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The best way to shop🙌 If we could choose all our fruit and veg loose, it could reduce food waste by 60,000 tonnes every year. That’s equal to 8.2 million shopping baskets! Buy loose, waste less. #FoodWasteActionWeek Learn more 👉 lovefoodhatewaste.com/FWAW

The best way to shop🙌

If we could choose all our fruit and veg loose, it could reduce food waste by 60,000 tonnes every year. 

That’s equal to 8.2 million shopping baskets! 

Buy loose, waste less. 

#FoodWasteActionWeek

Learn more 👉 lovefoodhatewaste.com/FWAW
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It’s just what you need🤩 Buying your fruit and veg loose means you can choose exactly what you need. Want super red apples? Where you can, pick them up loose. Just one potato needed? Pick it up loose. Join us this #FoodWasteActionWeek - Buy loose, waste less. Find out more

It’s just what you need🤩

Buying your fruit and veg loose means you can choose exactly what you need. Want super red apples? Where you can, pick them up loose. Just one potato needed? 

Pick it up loose. Join us this #FoodWasteActionWeek - Buy loose, waste less.

Find out more
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Thank you for helping us to support #FoodWasteActionWeek! Buying loose and vegetables mean that we can help reduce food waste and cut down our packaging 🥕 If your supermarket doesn’t offer loose produce, consider checking out local markets and greengrocers instead! 💚 More

Thank you for helping us to support #FoodWasteActionWeek!

Buying loose and vegetables mean that we can help reduce food waste and cut down our packaging 🥕

If your supermarket doesn’t offer loose produce, consider checking out local markets and greengrocers instead! 💚

More
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Giving items a second life is easier than you think especially when it comes to our kids' old stuff! 👶💕 Here’s how you can pass on or donate those outgrown treasures: 👕 Clothes: Make sure they’re clean and damage-free before donating. 🧸 Toys & Games – Donate items in good

Giving items a second life is easier than you think especially when it comes to our kids' old stuff! 👶💕

Here’s how you can pass on or donate those outgrown treasures:
👕 Clothes: Make sure they’re clean and damage-free before donating.
🧸 Toys & Games – Donate items in good
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Compost takes around 9-12 months to be ready🌱 You know your compost is ready to use when it’s dark brown with a slightly damp, crumbly texture and smells really earthy. You can use it all over your garden too. Check out our suggestions 👇 bit.ly/3vcK0iI

Compost takes around 9-12 months to be ready🌱

You know your compost is ready to use when it’s dark brown with a slightly damp, crumbly texture and smells really earthy. 
 
You can use it all over your garden too. Check out our suggestions 👇

bit.ly/3vcK0iI
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The BDR waste treatment facility takes in up to 250,000 tonnes of general waste from Barnsley, Doncaster, and Rotherham with the aim of diverting as much as possible from landfill. Find out more and book on a site tour here: bdronline.co.uk/site-visits

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💰 Want to save money without sacrificing flavour? Try this delicious fakeaway Vegetable Satay Noodles! It's the perfect family-friendly dish that's quick, easy, and way faster than waiting for a delivery! 🙌 Plus, it’s a great way to use up any leftover veggies you have in the

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Binning vapes instead of recycling them correctly can cause fires. This is dangerous for our waste and recycling workers and can cause extensive damage to our bin lorries and waste treatment facilities. Never bin your vape at home. All retailers that sell vapes are legally

Binning vapes instead of recycling them correctly can cause fires.

This is dangerous for our waste and recycling workers and can cause extensive damage to our bin lorries and waste treatment facilities.

Never bin your vape at home. All retailers that sell vapes are legally