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Reuse What You've Got

We mean it. Reuse what you've got! Its easy once you get the hang of it. Almost anything can have an alternative use or can be repurposed into something else. Here are some top tips for reusing what you've got!

Composting gives your waste a purpose!

#1 Composting


Food waste makes up to 25-50% of waste that people throw away. By composting that waste you feed all of those wonderful nutrients back into the soil.

Grow Your Own Food, You'll Love It

#2 Grow It Yourself!

Growing your own produce means you know exactly where your food comes from, it’s chemical-free and it is the best feeling to have a plate full of something you grew with your own hands. We promise you will reap the rewards!

Banna peel is a natural fertiliser

#3 Use Those Banana Skins

Bananas are full of potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, and nitrogen, so they provide SO much nutrition for the soil. Leave banana skins to soak inside water for 3 days and voila, you've got your own organic fertilizer. Pour it onto your plants, then cut the skins and bury them in soil.

We reuse our tin cans as plant nursery

#4 Use Empty Tin Cans

Reuse your food and drink cans into something more purposeful, and you’re saving money too! We turn them into seed nurseries, toothbrush holders and decorations.

#5 Use Reusable Water Bottles

British people use more than 38 million water bottles on average, PER DAY. At least half of that is recycled, and the rest is taken to landfill, burnt, or leaked onto land or ocean. So, make the investment, we promise it will be worth it - you will save money and the planet!

Use a water bottle
make soap from cooking oil

#6 Make Your Own Soap

Did you know that you can use your cooking oil to make soap? Its fun to do too! Learn How Here.


Always bring a bag

#7 Always Bring A Bag

An estimated 300 million plastic bags end up in the Atlantic Ocean every year, remember that next time you go shopping. Don’t forget your reusable bags!

We reuse old glass bottles in our garden

#8 Reuse Glass Bottles

If your local area doesn’t have the facility to recycle glass, reuse them into something decorative!

Sustainable tips: Used Paint Cans Make Great Plant Pots

#9 Repurpose Old Containers as Plant Pots


Have you got old buckets/ containers or pots hanging around? Fill them with a plant and even give it a lick of paint!






old paint cans make perfect plant pots
old plastic bottles make the perfect plant nursery

#10 Make A Plastic Bottle Nursery


If you have any single-use plastic bottles collecting dust; cut them in half, they make great seed nurseries. Just remember to poke holes in the bottom to drain the water.



#11 Make A Tyre Nursery



Ask your local mechanic if they can donate any unwanted tyres to you. They make great nurseries for plants!


tyres make the perfect nursery for seedlings

#12 Homemade Bird Feeder

Make your own bird feeder, its easy
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