Experts sharing tips for sustainable Christmas

FIVE Loughborough experts are sharing their tips and tricks for making your home more sustainable this Christmas as part of a new video series.

The ‘Sustainable Home’ videos feature academics from different research backgrounds and members of the university’s Sustainability team.

The series focuses on five key areas: food waste, energy use, fashion waste, recycling, and unsustainable packaging and products.

The videos share tips that can be used all year round but is hoped launching the series in December will lead to viewers having a more environmentally friendly Christmas and a greener 2020.

Dr Elliot Woolley, a senior lecturer in sustainable manufacturing, is kicking off the Sustainable Home series by sharing his tips for reducing food waste.

Dr Woolley said: “The average family throws away about £700 worth of food each year. This is not just a drain on our finances, but also has significant environmental impacts – both in terms of production and waste management – and Christmas is no different.

“I have shared some practical approaches that you can take to reduce your food waste this Christmas (and the rest of the year), which will also save you money and reduce your carbon footprint.”

The ‘Loughborough Food Planner’ showcased in Dr Wolley’s video was launched earlier this year by Dr Rhoda Trimingham and the PR team and can download for free at https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/ news/2019/april/loughborough-food-planner/