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A folded shirt with a newly sewn-on button and a threaded needle, surrounded by thread spools, scissors, pins, a jar of spare buttons and jeans with a stitched patch on the knee.

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Mend your clothes: easy repairs that cut textile waste

Sew on a button, fix a hem, close a seam and darn a hole by hand. Small repairs keep clothes in use and out of the waste bin.

October 24, 2026

Illustration of hands rinsing an empty jar at a kitchen sink next to a green recycling bin holding loose, clean jars, cans, a bottle, cardboard and newspaper.

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How to prepare recycling so it actually gets recycled

Check local rules, empty and rinse containers, keep items loose and keep batteries out: simple recycling habits that stop good material going to waste.

October 24, 2026

A bowl of bananas, apples and a pear with tomatoes on a kitchen counter, beside an open fridge holding parsley in a jar of water, berries in a container and a crisper drawer full of leafy greens, broccoli, carrots and cucumbers.

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How to store fruit and vegetables so they last longer

Keep ripening fruit away from greens, use your crisper drawers and know what stays out of the fridge to waste less fresh produce.

October 24, 2026

A cloth shopping bag of loose apples on a kitchen counter next to carrots, bananas, glass jars of pasta, rice and oats, a steel water bottle, a reusable coffee cup and a glass container of leftovers.

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Cut packaging waste with reusable swaps

Reusable swaps that cut packaging waste at home, and how to switch without buying a lot of new things.

October 16, 2026

Illustration of a cutaway garden compost bin filled with alternating layers of fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds and grass cuttings and of cardboard, paper, straw and dry leaves, above dark finished compost.

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Start composting at home: a beginner's guide

How to start composting kitchen and garden waste at home, even with little space.

October 16, 2026

A pan of fried rice with egg, peas, carrot, red pepper and spring onion cooking on a stove, beside open glass containers of leftover rice and vegetables and a chopping board with half a red pepper.

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Five easy ways to waste less food at home

Plan, store and use up food better with five small habits that cut household food waste.

October 16, 2026