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RECYCLING

Recycling our waste is a good way of reducing our carbon footprint. Most packaging can be recycled and used again. This means that new card and paper is not used, reducing pollution from factories making the packaging. We can recycle glass and metal containers such as drinking bottles.
We can recycle rainwater by collecting it on our roofs and using it for washing clothes, showers, baths and for flushing toilets.

TRANSPORT
Cars, and planes are responsible for much of the carbon we ‘pump’ into the atmosphere and environment. If we reduce the journeys we make by cars and planes our carbon footprint will also be reduced. This is also the case if we take public transport rather than using our private cars. Cycling and walking is also a healthy option for ourselves and the environment. We could also use environmentally friendly fuels such as hydrogen in our cars.

HOLIDAYS AT HOME
If we stayed in this country for our annual holiday instead of flying abroad our carbon footprint would be reduced. Aeroplanes produce a large amount of pollution, especially carbon which damages the environment and contributes to global warming.

BIO FUELS
Bio fuels are fuels that are produced by growing crops that can be processes to give us fuel that is more environmentally friendly than fossil fuels. Sugar cane is used to produce ethanol which can be used to power cars and yet is less polluting than petrol or diesel. Animal waste can be used to produce methane gas which can be used to power vehicles. There are many more bio fuels which are alternatives to oil, petrol and diesel. Using these fuels in place of fossil fuels would help reduce our carbon footprint.

HOME GROWN FOOD
Most large supermarkets import cheap food from abroad. Supermarkets are stacked with foods that could easily be grown in this country and locally. Often food is transported from countries far away. In some cases it has been transported thousands of miles to the supermarket. If home grown food was purchased by the supermarkets this would dramatically reduce the amount of fuel used and consequently the amount of pollution created.
We are spoilt for choice in the supermarkets. If we consumed locally produced seasonal foods instead of out of season foods - again this would reduce our carbon content.