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Gardening offers lots of opportunities for you to reduce and reuse, for example, composting your garden and kitchen waste is one of the easiest ways to reduce waste.
If you would like to find out more please call 0845 602 3350 |
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Garden waste such as grass clippings, plant cuttings, branches, twigs and flowers can all be composted. You can also compost some food waste, shredded cardboard and paper.
For more information visit the home composting section of the website |
By choosing to buy or borrow second hand tools that might otherwise be thrown away you could save money as well as helping the enviroment.
- Car boot sales are great places to find second hand tools such as spades, wheelbarrows or lawnmowers.
- Many auctions also sell a variety of garden tools.
- The classified section of you local paper might list second hand gardening tools available for sale.
To find out about what’s available in your area visit the reuse section of Sort It.
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Some gardening tools such as saws and hegde trimmers tend only to be used occasionally. Why not consider hiring these tools or sharing them between friends and neighbours?
For information on hire shops in you area visit the reduce section of Sort It. |
| Reduce & reuse plant pots |
 Every garden shed probably has a few (if not many) plant pots hiding in the corner and at the moment they can’t be recycled in Tayside. Here are some ways to help you reduce the number you use:
- Biodegradable cups made from corn starch can be used a number of times before either being planted out or composted. Here are just a couple of the places that you can buy them from:
www.thegardensuperstore.co.uk
www.organiccatalog.com
- Paper potter is a device which allows you to make your own pots out of newspaper. Visit
www.cat.org.uk for more information.
- Toilet and kitchen roll tubes can be used instead of plant pots. The tubes should be cut, filled with soil and stood in a tray. Seeds can then be planted in the tubes which can then be planted directly into the soil.
- Remember to reuse any pots you do have.
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| Grow your own fruit & veg |
You can help to reduce food packaging by growing your own fruit and veg.
- Herbs can be grown in small pots on a window sill or planted in the garden.
- You can grow a variety of vegetables in tubs, or if you have enough room in your garden why not consider having a vegtable plot?
- Allotments may be available in your area. Contact your local Council to find out more or click here for more information.
There are a variety of places that you can find out more about growing your own food. Why not visit your local library to borrow gardening books or search the web?
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