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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Guardian community team

Tell us about your most unusual solutions to combat waste

National Trust harvests homegrown kitchen ‘sponges’ to cut plastic waste.
National Trust harvests homegrown kitchen ‘sponges’ to cut plastic waste.
Photograph: Liz Abdey/PA

We would like to hear about your innovative, homegrown solutions to reducing waste, whether it be food, plastic, electrical goods or anything else.

While companies are implementing their own methods, others are coming up withcreative ways to help solve the issue.

The National Trust encouraged gardeners at its Knightshayes estate in Devon to make their own sponges in order to reduce plastic waste, by growing loofah plants and Andrew ‘the Gutter Gourmet’ Mayers is a diabetic who ate food from bins to do his bit.

Share your solutions and experiences

Whether you sew your own sanitary pads, make your own cleaning utensils, or do something truly creative with your food waste we would like to hear about your most unusual solutions to combating waste at home.

You can get in touch by filling in the encrypted form below. Only the Guardian will see your responses and one of our journalists may be in touch for more information if we decide to publish your response as part of an upcoming feature.

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