Enhancing and protecting the environment has a huge impact on our quality of life.
Our councils do so against a backdrop of increasing financial constraint. 
Constant service innovation has positioned Wales as the highest recycling nation in the UK and fourth in the world. Improving performance further is challenging. We all need to share the way forward. 
Here are some simple things that you can do:​
  • ​ DON’T LITTER!
  • Teach children to respect nature and the environment.
  • Encourage your family and friends to follow suit
  • Write your MP/MS about conservation issues in your community.
  • Donate or Volunteer your time to conservation projects. 
Shop with mother nature in mind 
  • Bring your own bags
  • Buy eco-friendly cleaning products or make your own
  • If you must use non-stick pans, do it correctly safely
  • Avoid buying all  plastic
  • Do you really need another pair of shoes?
  • Buy natural fibers instead of synthetic
  • Buy local, organic food
  • Eat less meat
Reuse and recycle
  • Re-use bread bags and produce bags.
  • Store food in re-usable containers.
  • Host a clothing swap
  • Donate unwanted goods to a local charity.
  • Use scrap paper for informal notes to yourself and others.
  • Print or copy on both sides of the paper.
  • Use smaller paper for smaller memos.
  • Re-use manila envelopes and file folders.
  • Never purchase disposable products
  • Take extra plastic and rubber pots back to the nursery.
Conserve energy!
  • Don’t use electrical appliances, if you can do it by hand.
  • Turn your heat down and wear a sweater.
  • Turn off the lights and electrical appliances.
  • Buy only energy-efficient bulbs
  • Buy only energy-efficient appliances.
Modify your water usage
  • Use cold water in the washer and wash less often
  • Flush the toilet less often.
  • Don’t leave water running..
  • Get a waterbutt
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Make your garden eco-friendly
  • Grow your own
  • Design with wildlife in mind
  • Design with drought in mind
  • Put up birdfeeders, birdhouses, and birdbaths.
  • Pull weeds instead of using herbicides.
  • If you must, use only organic fertilizers.
  • Take extra plastic and rubber pots back to the nursery.
  • Plant short, dense shrubs close to your home’s foundation for insulation
  • Use mulch to conserve water in your garden.
  • Compost 
Make your journey as green as possible
  • Keep your car tuned.
  • Carpool.
  • Use public transit.
  • Ride your bike or walk.
  • Buy a more fuel-efficient car (such as a hybrid or bio-diesel).
  • Recycle your engine oil.
  • Keep your tires properly inflated to save gas.
  • Keep your wheels properly aligned to save your tires.