One of the principal environmental challenges we face is finding ways to reduce our demand for natural resources while at the same time cutting the amount of waste we produce. In England, we already have a shortage of landfill space, and this is set to worsen as EU environmental rules demand that we dispose of less waste via this ecologically damaging route (and not a moment too soon).

A lot of the rubbish that goes into holes in the ground or incinerators
needn’t be thrown away, if only new owners for everything from carpets to chairs, curtains, toys and doors can be found. One good way to divert household material away from landfill and to a new home is via the Freecycle Network. Freecycle is a web-based community of people who use the internet to swap perfectly good items that might otherwise be thrown away. Read More→