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As you start to plan your festivities and you purchase your Christmas food and gifts. There are some simple steps we can take to make Christmas more sustainable
This Christmas, the Environment Agency is sharing 24 simple steps that we can all take to make more sustainable choices.
More than 1,000 products being tested from major online marketplaces to ensure Christmas gifts are safe.
The Office for Product Safety and Standards has launched ‘The 12 Rules of Christmas’, to help consumers shop safely for children’s presents this Christmas.
Local Government Minister Marcus Jones encourages households to recycle.
We now recycle more than we send to landfill. Keep this up over the holidays and ensure as much or your rubbish is recycled as possible.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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