How she cuts down waste

Tries to avoid buying packaged food

Takes plastic tubs to butchers and fishmongers to save on bags

Makes toothpaste and deodorant from organic oils and bicarbonate of soda

Gives egg boxes and jam jars to friends to reuse

Grows apples, pears, blackcurrants, hazelnuts, tomatoes and beans

Wraps Christmas gifts in scarves rather than paper

Uses a rucksack rather than plastic bags at the supermarket

Buys her clothes from charity shops

Avoids coffee and beef as they are bad for the planet