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Wotton Area Climate Action Network
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Low carbon diet
  • Focus areas
    • Land use and trees
      • Tree survey
    • Plastics
      • Plastics reduction tips
    • Re-use and recycling
    • Transport
    • Home energy
      • Retrofit, PV and air source heat pumps
    • Biodiversity
  • Tools & links
  • Contact Us
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Reducing single use plastics

Single use plastic accelerates climate change through greenhouse gas emissions at every stage of its lifecycle, but within our local community there are ever-increasing ways to reduce your reliance on it. This group helps champion ways we can reduce single use plastic in our homes and local businesses. 

 

Areas where you can make a difference include:
  • Carrying one a reusable shopping bag
  • Using a water bottle when out and about, and using one of the ‘re-fill’ participants
  • Shopping with your own plastic container at the following shops - A C Partners butchers, Walkers the Baker, Wotton Farm Shop
  • Buy loose goods by weight and packaging free (local suppliers include: 'Leaf and Ground' in Dursley, 'Good Food on the Edge' fruit and veg shop, 'Loose' in Stroud)
  • Cook as much of your own food from scratch as possible
  • Pick up alternatives for single-use plastic, including beeswax wraps, glass kilner jars and bamboo cutlery

 

Contact our Plastics team

Plastic-free recipe ideas

Easy homemade flatbreads

Easy homemade flatbreads

Simple and tasty, these flatbreads can be used for wrapping food or scooping it up, so you don’t need knives or forks if you take them on a picnic!
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Creamy, zesty Coleslaw recipe

Creamy, zesty Coleslaw recipe

Delicious, homemade coleslaw and another great way to avoid single use plastics.
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Hummus Recipe

Hummus Recipe

Delicious homemade hummus in 10-minutes and a great way to reduce your single use plastic.
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Yoghurt recipe

Yoghurt recipe

Easy, homemade yoghurt and a great way to avoid single use plastics.
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