WRAP's Top Ten Environmental Tips

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1. Recycle your garden waste, such as grass cuttings, prunings and leaves.

Many local authorities offer a doorstep collection service or if not, you can take it to a local collection point. Log onto www.recyclenow.com to find your nearest recycling point.

2. Use peat-free compost containing recycled materials, such as grass cuttings, prunings and leaves.

Did you know that enough garden waste to fill the Royal Albert Hall more than 70 times over is buried in landfill sites every year? Log on to www.recyclenow.com/garden for more information.

3. Add colour to your garden with plant pots and hanging baskets planted in peat-free compost containing recycled materials.

Using these specific composts means that you are helping to close the recycling loop. Valuable green waste is diverted from landfill, where it creates methane as it decomposes, and is instead made into nutritious compost that will help your garden to bloom. If you are not sure which compost to buy, log onto www.recyclenow.com/garden and download the free compost buying guide for stockists' details.

4. Make use of all your kitchen waste by composting it at home.

Did you know that you can compost vegetable peelings, tea bags, the cardboard inside of your toilet roll and even shredded confidential paperwork? Home composting diverts waste from landfill sites and provides you with a great free fertiliser for use on plants and gardens. Log on to www.recyclenow.com/home_composting for more information about how to get started.

5. Try growing your own fruit and vegetables in peat-free grow bags - they don't have to take up a lot of room and you can be as adventurous as you like!

Why not start with some simple tomatoes or peppers, just water little and often, make sure they are in sunlight and watch them grow! Log onto www.recyclenow/garden for tips on how to get started.

6. Buy recycled products for your garden.

Such as benches made of recycled plastic or quirky bird boxes made from 'for sale' signs. For more information log on www.recyclenow.com and click on shopping.

7. Join your local Britain in Bloom initative.

If your community does not have one why not start one? How much you do is up to you; it could be a spot of gardening, cheering up local flowerbeds, cleaning and greening up streets or starting a larger project for local regeneration. Log on to www.rhs.org.uk/britaininbloom for more information.

8. Set a trend in your office by taking a plant to work for your desk.

Not only will you have a nicer working environment, but also all the extra plants will help produce oxygen and absorb harmful carbon dioxide. Log on to www.treeforlife.org.uk for more information.

9. There are lots of local producers who sell their recycled compost products back to the local community.

Recycled compost makes a great soil conditioner, helping to improve the structure of the soil, retain moisture and providing nutrients for healthy plant growth. Log on to www.recyclenow.com/garden to download the regional buying guide for the compost and soil conditioners sold in your area.

10. Why not get involved in composting in your local area?

The community composting network has lots of advice about how your local area can be involved in the management of the organic waste it produces. Whether its your local allotment group, you personally or the whole town. Log onto www.communitycompost.org for more information.