Think Greener Shopping! The way we shop and the food that we buy are serious causes for climate change even though we may not think anything of it! Thinking just a little bit about how we shop or what we buy can make a considerable difference for a Greener Living!

The following ideas are a few easy ways in which you can help Shop Greener and reduce some serious problems for the environment!

Reusing Shopping Bags

Each time you shop at the supermarket and bring home numerous shopping bags, keep the bags at home and store them somewhere safe for another day! When you plan on doing another shop in the future, take the bags with you and reuse them! This is a clever sort of way of recycling without actually having to recycle anything at all!

If everyone reused the same shopping bags, then there would be no need to waste energy in making new chemically produced bags, which effect the environment considerably!

Buying Recycled Goods

Buying Recycled Goods is the best way to help keep the environment in shape and is exactly what Greener Living is all about! Recycling! Keep your eyes open for recycled products when shopping, as there are a wide range that you can purchase for daily use, for example, Kitchen Rolls, recycled Paper, Toilet Rolls etc! Recycled goods come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and can seriously help with maintaining the safety of the planet – the more Recycled products that you purchase, the greater the positive effect will be for the future!

Looking for Environmentally-Friendly Product Labels

There are a wide variety of products and goods with different labels and stickers on them, which each have lower negative effect on the environment itself!

• Look out for Energy Efficient Stickers on appliances, i.e. Fridges/Freezers etc that have less energy consumption, which will in turn produce less carbon emission!

• Look out for labels on products that have been specially designed and produced to minimise the negative effect caused to the environment and wildlife!

• Purchase and use sustainable compost or wood, which is perfect for maintaining the safety of the environment and a Greener Living and will counteract climate change perfectly!

Labels are important and give you a great deal of knowledge about how environmentally negative or positive that particular item is to the planet! Look out for labels, read them carefully, and purchase the most environmentally friendly products to help keep climate change at bay!

Purchasing Fresh, In-Season and Unprocessed Food

Purchasing fresh unprocessed Food and Drink when in season is a great way to cut down on energy use and do your bit for the environment, as this means that only a minimal amount of energy has gone into producing it!

The distance in which the product has travelled is important also; the less distance the product has travelled to be delivered, the less carbon dioxide was spilt into the atmosphere in the process!

This may all sound rather petty and pointless but these are small steps to a greater well-being and Greener Life! Every little thing that you do helps significantly!

Reduce the Amount of Food You Throw Away

Did you know that on average, every home in the United Kingdom throws away £424 worth of food every year due to buying too much and throwing away once it has expired?!

When we throw away food, we think nothing of it! Well we shouldn’t! Wasted food has to go somewhere - it doesn’t just vanish. The wasted food ends up at the Landfill, which then produces Methane that is constantly released into the atmosphere! Methane is said to be over 20 times as deadly to the planet as Carbon Dioxide emission and therefore cutting down your shopping list to in turn throw away less food is vital for reducing this deadly substance into the air!

When you’re shopping, think to yourself exactly what you need for the week and don’t buy food or drinks if you know your not going eat or drink them before the sell-by date, as it will just be wasted!