Community Eco-Challenge, Southern Group Environmental Health Committee, Riverside House, Armagh, BT61 9EG. Tel:02837515800  Fax:02837515801  Email:info@communityecochallenge.com

Calculate your Ecological footprint! Click here      Calculate your Ecological footprint! Click here      Calculate your Ecological footprint! Click here      Calculate your Ecological footprint! Click here REUSE This is one of the best ways of saving resources, and often we do it without realising it e.g. refilling a bottle with water, re-heeling shoes, buying a second hand car. By re-using goods, we are preventing them from entering the waste stream, so they don’t have to be disposed of in landfills or even recycled. Some good ways to re-use items include: Buy a re-usable shopping bag that can be used over and over again Use re-chargeable batteries Refill your computer cartridges (it can be cheaper too!) Use old bottles and jars for storage Use envelopes again by sticking labels on the front of them Take old clothes and furniture to charity shops Use a ‘nappy laundry service’ or ‘real nappies’ instead of disposables—in Northern Ireland 100 tonnes of them go to landfill every day! Buy milk form a local delivery service in glass bottles