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This blog is inspired by the people who live sustainably. In a house filled with 6 people (9 people at the worst of time), it is easy for recycling to be pushed aside and for everything to be chucked into two bins.Yes, the only bins we use are red and yellow. Most of our rubbish isn't distributed properly and this is something I want to change, and inspire you to do the same

This blog is essentially an experiment with my family to see how well we can recycle and live more sustainable. I have challenged my family. So let's call us the ‘Wasteful’  as we try to waste less and decrease our impact on the environment. 

Ill hit you up with a few facts which inspired me to try and change my habits and create this blog to show people just like my family how easy or hard it is to do so. But how every little bit counts! And helps in the fight towards to a cleaner future.

  • Half the amount of household and business food waste that goes to landfill is organic waste.When waste goes to landfill it produces methane gas, which then produces greenhouse gases and pollutes our waterways 
  • Less than 12% of plastic is recycled
  • Plastic products can take between 20 and 500 years to decompose. For example, plastic straws take up to 200 years to decompose



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