You may know from my social media feeds, that I care passionately about our planet and the future our children face.
I strongly believe that we need to make changes to our lifestyles, to help secure a liveable planet for our children to inherit and grow up in. You can read into this as you choose, but every change you make will make a difference. You don’t have to become a strict vegan, living off grid and never using your car. Each step towards reduce, reuse & recycle can help with this.
Every wave is born from little ripples.
I don’t think that we can simply recycle our way out of climate change, we need government action and change from big companies too. This should not all be landed on your plate, especially if you are trying to navigate being a parent too. You could join a group like Parents for Future, who offer may different ways to take action. Our local group can be found here.
However, to help make things a little easier, here are some simple local ways to recycle and create change.
Reduce
Refill Shops
Here is a list of many of the Refill Shops in Hertfordshire, with some of our favourites mentioned below
Graces – Tring High Street
Healthfare – Tring High Street
Acorn Pharmacy – Berkhamsted
Green Stores – Croxley Green
Peterley Manor Farm – Great Missenden
Pantry at 51 Ethical Otter Refill – Prestwood
Clothes Rental Companies
Lula Loop – Baby Clothes Rental
Reuse
Various Repair Cafes are situated locally and run across the month, click here for a list of those in Hertfordshire
Tring Repair Cafe – 3rd Saturday of every month
Pitstone / Ivinghoe Repair Cafe
Chesham Repair Cafe – 4th Saturday of every month
Repair Cafe – Amersham
We also have a number of Reuse Shops within Hertfordshire where you can take old items and donate them for others to reuse.
Recycle
Blister packs – Aylesbury on Bicester Road – there is a box by the pharmacy
Old bras – High Street Baptist Church, Tring and The Refill Project, Chesham
Candles – you can post your old candles for recycling – The Recycled Candle Company
Childrens Clothes – Jojo Maman Bebe or Totstogz
Coathangers – Amersham Dry Cleaners & Bluebell Dry Cleaners, Amersham
Contact Lense cases – Opticians, Boots & Eyecare, Berkhamsted
Corks & blue & green milk carton tops – High Street Baptist Church, Tring
Light Bulbs – Robert Dyas, Amersham
Make Up & Jewellery (no nail polish, aerosols or make up brushes) – Boots in Berkhamsted & Boots in Aylesbury and Tesco’s in Jarman Park & Tesco’s in Ayesbury
Pens etc – High Street Baptist Church, Tring & St Pauls Church, Chipperfield
Stamps – High Street Baptist Church, Tring
Toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes etc – St Pauls Church, Chipperfield
Trainers / Sports Shoes – Sals Shoes