Conscious Shopping
Shopping
If you want to do some ethical shopping you can get some good pointers from the following organisations;
- Ethical Consumer
- Ethical shopping guide - The Guardian
- A beginners guide to conscious shopping
- Conscious shopping guide
Community Shopping
- Find a local charity shop through the Charity Retail Association
- Source ‘pre-loved’ and free items at Freecycle or Freegle
- Bradford Council’s ‘New to Me’ reuse shop is based at the household waste recycling centre at Bowling Back Lane and offers various household items
- Furniture reuse organisations have a wide variety of affordable items, not just large furniture - CHAS at St Vincent’s Bradford, Newlands furniture Service Bradford, New4U at Sandale Trust Bradford, Keighley Furniture Project, Sue Ryder Bradford
- Painting and decorating on a budget - Bradford Community Repaint, Seagulls Reuse Leeds
- MCF Bikery for bicycle repairs and fully refurbished, used bikes
- Leeds Wood Recycling
Electrical appliances
Household appliances which use less energy during use are good for your bank balance and the planet;