We would like to hear about your innovative, homegrown solutions to reducing waste, whether it be food, plastic, electrical goods or anything else.
While companies are implementing their own methods, others are coming up with creative ways to help solve the issue.
The National Trust encouraged gardeners at its Knightshayes estate in Devon to make their own sponges in order to reduce plastic waste, by growing loofah plants and Andrew ‘the Gutter Gourmet’ Mayers is a diabetic who ate food from bins to do his bit.
Share your solutions and experiences
Whether you sew your own sanitary pads, make your own cleaning utensils, or do something truly creative with your food waste we would like to hear about your most unusual solutions to combating waste at home.
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