Avoid Christmas food and gifts with excess packaging. Buy food, such as fruit and vegetables, loose. Try to buy packaging that you can recycle locally.
Refuse any clothes hangers that you don't need when you buy new clothes. Some stores may be able to reuse or recycle their old hangers.
Choose reusable glasses, crockery and cutlery for parties, instead of disposable alternatives that generate more waste.
Use a compost bin or food waste digester to compost your green waste, such as fruit and vegetable peelings, at home.
More...Choose mechanical toys as Christmas presents to reduce waste from batteries. Find charity and toy shops in your telephone directory or online.
More...Choose 'low' or 'no' waste presents such as gift vouchers and gift experiences as alternatives to large, packaged presents.
More...Hire party accessories, such as drinking glasses, instead of buying brand new. Find hire companies in your telephone directory or online.
Repair bicycles, clothes, electrical items, shoes and toys, instead of throwing them away. This also helps to save you money at Christmas.
More...Choose durable items, such as toys, that last longer and are less likely to break.
Send e-cards to friends and family instead of traditional paper cards. This helps you to save money as well as waste at Christmas.
More...Refuse unnecessary carrier bags when you go shopping to avoid waste.
More...Choose reusable glasses, crockery and cutlery for parties, instead of disposable alternatives that generate more waste.
Choose to buy Christmas cards, gifts and wrapping that are made from recycled materials.
More...Choose to buy Christmas cards, gifts and wrapping that are made from recycled materials.
More...Donate, exchange or sell any unwanted books, games or music after Christmas.
More...Remember to reuse bags when you go shopping. Most bags can be reused including the carrier bags given out by stores.
More...If you choose to wrap your Christmas gifts, you can use recycled wrapping paper and gift bags, or reuse these again to avoid creating more waste.
More...Use rechargeable batteries for Christmas gifts that use batteries. These are good for frequently used items, such as children's toys.
More...Recycle your Christmas cards with the Woodland Trust at branches of Marks & Spencer, Tesco, TK Maxx and WH Smith throughout January.
More...When you can't reuse them anymore, recycle your plastic bags at larger branches of supermarkets. Find your nearest
plastic bag recycling point on Sort It.
Avoid Christmas food and gifts with excess packaging. Buy food, such as fruit and vegetables, loose. Try to buy packaging that you can recycle locally.
Refuse any clothes hangers that you don't need when you buy new clothes. Some stores may be able to reuse or recycle their old hangers.
