Get your hands dirty and try growing some of your own herbs, fruits and vegetables. The more you can avoid the grocery store, the more you’ll help reduce emissions related to shipping and refrigerating all of that food. And if you don’t have a garden, don’t fret: Many food items, from scallions to celery to herbs, can be grown on your windowsill, or rent an allotment through Letham Climate Challenge.
Buy locally produced food whenever possible. The farther away your food was grown or raised, the more greenhouse gases were likely emitted in shipping it to your grocery store.
JANUARY- Leave some garden areas uncut to provide shelter for wildlife in your garden
FEBRUARY- Prune winter-flowering shrubs that have finished flowering
MARCH- Plant summer flowering bulbs
APRIL- Protect fruit blossom from late frosts
MAY- Check for nesting birds before clipping hedges
JUNE- Be water-wise, especially in drought affected areas
JULY- Deadhead repeat-flowering perennials to ensure continuous flowering
AUGUST- Collect seeds from garden plants
SEPTEMBER- Plant spring-flowering bulbs
OCTOBER- Raise containers onto pot feet to prevent waterlogging
NOVEMBER- Move tender plants into a greenhouse or conservatory
DECEMBER- take hardwood cuttings
Before you jump to re-cycling, please check what can be re-used by checking our Donations page.
View this interactive map which highlights community projects within Perth and Kinross focussing on Reducing, Reusing, Repairing and Recycling.
BATTERIES - Household batteries can be recycled with LCC. Bring your spent batteries to 39 Garth Avenue, Perth, PH1 2LG for recycling.
INK CARTRIDGES - LCC collect used ink cartridges to be recycled by Recycle4Charity who in turn donate proceeds to LCC.
Mattresses in good condition can be taken to the mattress container at Friarton Recycling Centre Centre or directly to PUSH.
Used postage stamps are collected at your local library - link not working within the allocated postage stamp collection box. Please remember to leave approximately 1cm of envelope or packaging around each stamp.
You can recycle glass bottles and jars, at your local Recycling Centres or Glass Recycling Points. Collect your empty glass coffee jars, glass jam jars, glass condiment jars, glass sauce bottles, glass beer bottles or glass wine bottles.
Recycling Points are often located at community halls, supermarkets, car parks, etc so it's easy to fit in a stop at a Glass Recycling Point with other day-to-day activities such as the school run, going to work or doing the food shop. Plus there are several Mini Glass Recycling Points in housing estates across Perth and Kinross, to make it even easier to recycle. There is even one outside Letham Climate Challenge on the corner of Fortingall Place.
Find your nearest recycling Centre here.
