Low-Carbon Shopping
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3) Save when shopping
Top 3 money saving tips
The average UK family spends £189 per year on fuel on food shopping.
It is possible to save in average 25 pence per mile by following three simple rules.
Sustainable living and shopping are closely linked.
The products we purchase costs energy to produce and transporting them to the shops releases CO2, which contributes to global warming.
Walk or bicycle to the local food shop
Always drive to the nearest supermarket
Avoid making many small food trips
From the real world
Rene and Britta live in Denmark. In March 1995 they changed the way they food shop.
They did not have a local food shop, but started to make a single weekly visit to a supermarket, which was 4.5 miles closer to their home.
By December, they had saved ~£35.00
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