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- Food & Drink
- Sustainable Living
How to Store Tinned Food
One thing to remember when using tinned food is that storage is important. When you open a can of food and you're not going to use all the food straight away, empty the leftovers into a bowl, or another container, and put it in the fridge
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- Food & Drink
Dinnae waste a morsel of your Burns Night Supper
Want to make the most of your Burns Night food?
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- Construction
- Sustainable Business
Maximising re-use in construction
Re-using materials on construction sites can save project costs by reducing the demand on new building materials and reducing waste disposal costs.
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- Fashion & Beauty
How do our clothes impact the climate crisis?
When it comes to household waste in Scotland, clothing and textiles are even worse for the climate crisis than plastic.
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- Food & Drink
Four tasty waste-free pancake recipes
As the perfect food to use up staple fridge ingredients, pancakes deserve the love they get each year ahead of Ash Wednesday.
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- Reuse
- Sustainable Living
5 ways to go green this Valentine’s Day
Roses are red, violets are blue
Help save the planet when you say ‘I love you’.
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- Sustainable Living
An easy guide to throwing a Burns Night celebration
Every year on the 25th of January Scotland raises a dram to celebrate national bard, Robert Burns.
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