• Plastic bags
• Glass and plastic containers
• Nappies
• Furniture
• Clothes

• Using durable coffee mugs
• Using cloth napkins or towels
• Refilling bottles
• Donating old magazines or surplus equipment
• Reusing boxes
• Turning empty jars into containers
• Purchasing refillable pens and pencils
• Participating in a paint collection and reuse program
• Bring your own old carrier bags when shopping or even better a canvas shopping bag or basket
• Use your old shopping bags as a bin liner
• Use organic waste as compost
• Try to buy recycled paper
• Take old clothes to a charity shop
• If you have any good quality furniture that you no longer require, donate them to local charities, e.g. Hounslow Furniture Project or Shaftesbury Resource Centre
• Use modern washable nappies, find out more about the Real Nappy Project and you can save money and the environment

Hounslow Green Drinks
On the first Tuesday of every month green people meet up for a beer at The Magpie & Crown in Brentford from 8pm onwards. The social gathering – part of a global network – is known as Green Drinks.