Reduce your household waste by bulk buying, choosing foods and stores with limited or no packaging, use reusable cloths to clean and say no to straws and paper or plastic cups.

Take reusable canvas bags rather than using plastic bags every time you go shopping.

Use biodegradable products because that means that the water going down the drains and ultimately often out to sea doesn’t contain harmful chemicals.

Swop to affordable eco-friendly dishwashing products, laundry products, shampoo, body wash, soaps, face wash, toothpaste, tile cleaner, sunscreen, toilet cleaner, bin bags etc.

Encourage your schools, if they don’t already, to have recycling cages for tins and plastic bottles.

Set up recycling bins in your own homes and recycle correctly.

If you eat fish, make sure it’s sustainable by checking the Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative (SASSI) list, which can be found at https://www.sassi.co.za/sassi-list/

Ask questions about the sardines or anchovies you eat – where were they caught?

Challenge your friends to make one eco-friendly change in their lives a month and see who achieves the most in a year.