Eco Friendly Living – 5 Easy Steps To Greener Shopping
Here are some quite simple steps to help you keep on the green road…….
If you are having trouble starting your year as green as you had hoped, then take a quick peep at the things listed below and get back into the swing of it!
1) Find Your Nearest Store:
Don’t drive miles to a store to get the cheapest prices on a few main things – visit a store you can walk to and just grab your essentials.
If you do a little shop every so often in your closest store, not only will it be there when you need it, but you will get to talk to your neighbours and maybe find some new products you never see in a larger store.
2) Find Your Nearest Products:
Apples are apples at the end of the day – but were they brought from down the road or from the other side of the world?
If they were from a local farm, then in buying them you are helping to keep parts of your local area free from urban development and new roads – keeping wildlife close to your own homes.
3) Take A Little Less:
Always buy a bit less than you normally would of the fresh items, as we never eat everything we buy before it goes rotten! So the less you buy in the first place, the more chance you have of eating it all when it is still nice and fresh!
It may be cheaper to buy bulk and save on packaging when ordering the larger pack sizes, but the cost of transporting and throwing away our food is just as costly!
4) Expect A Bit More:
Make sure you choose the products that are wrapped in compostable packaging. There is no reason why vegetables these days are not packaged in compostable tray and wrapping.
If one vegetable can be presented and stored effectively using compostable wrapping, then so can nearly all others! Make your choice right in the aisles.
If you tell the store what products you want to take home by buying them over others, then you don’t have to write in or attend meetings to get your point across.
5) Be Nosy:
Make sure you go up every aisle at least every month or so – allowing you too see new products and make new choices. Don’t be put off by everything else in that area as you may find some tasty treasures and some eco friendly ideas.
There is more than 1 way to create the same meal – so check out frozen vegetables and canned fruit, pizza base mix and organic alternatives! You never know what you can find hidden amongst the huge number of products in your local stores.
Going, going green…..