| The summer is not only a great opportunity to | | | | garden every five minutes. |
| recycle, help the environment and save money it | | | | 3. Catching up with your recycling. While recycling |
| is also a fantastic time to have some fun and | | | | bins can be used any time of year we tend to |
| there is no reason why you can't enjoy the | | | | through more rubbish out in the warmer months. |
| sunshine whilst helping the environment too. Here | | | | Specially adapted trio recycling bins are a great |
| are ten great eco-gift ideas to help you make the | | | | idea that divides a normal kitchen bin into three |
| most of the sunshine: | | | | colour coded section which makes recycling so |
| 5. Preparing for winter. The summer is a great | | | | much easier. |
| opportunity to begin preparing for an eco-friendly | | | | 2. Clothes shopping. Everyone loves shopping for a |
| winter. Recycled paper can be turned into slow | | | | new summer wardrobe and dressing fashionably |
| burning eco-fuel for open fires by using a log | | | | doesn't have to mean we can't dress green. |
| maker. These compact logs can then be kept dry | | | | There are huge ranges of eco-fashions and |
| until for the colder months and kept in a log store | | | | organic clothing for women, men, children and |
| providing lots of free and green heating for the | | | | babies available. |
| winter. | | | | 1. Drying clothes. The sunshine is a great |
| 4. Composting. Keeping your garden fed and | | | | opportunity to dry an air clothes completely free |
| healthy can be both green and free when you | | | | of charge. However, Mother Nature doesn't |
| start composting. Large wooden composters | | | | always respect laundry day but there are plenty |
| (choose one made from recycled wood) can be | | | | of eco clothes airers on the market that allow |
| kept in the garden but those food scraps from | | | | clothes to be dried indoors without turning on that |
| the kitchen can be kept in a ceramic compost | | | | wicked tumble dryer. |
| crock to save you running back and forth to the | | | | |