You can reduce your environmental impact by:
- buying less
- repairing broken products
- sharing and reusing what you already have
- avoiding items you will only use once
The impact of consumption and waste on the environment
- 16% of a Camden resident’s environmental impact comes from buying new items for the home
- every year Londoners throw away 2 million tonnes of waste, enough to fill the Thames
- the government estimates that 5 million tonnes of plastic is used in the UK every year, nearly half of which is packaging.
What can you do?
Borrow items that you need to use instead of buying them
Repair broken belongings instead of throwing them away
- North London Waste Authority's guide to reusing and repairing
- Londoner's guide to repair
- North London Waste Authority's guide to second hand items
Share, lend and borrow rather than buying items that you only need occasionally
Donate good quality reusable furniture
Repair broken electronics, and rethink how we consume them
- Free Fix and Do events
- Fixing Factory Camden
- The Restart Project
- NLWA’s Electrical Repair Map
- Free large electrical item collection
- Recycle small electrical and electronic items
Refill empty food and drink containers to create less waste
Reuse and recycle items
- Reuseable period products - discount codes and information available
- Reusable nappies - vouchers and information availabile
- Camden Eco Points
- Items you can recycle
- Reuse and recycling centres
- Composting
- Community paint reuse scheme