Millions of Easter eggs will be sold and consumed this Easter, producing tonnes of cardboard, plastic and foil. The most obvious way towards making Easter a little more environmentally friendly is to recycle the waste from your Easter eggs and Easter gifts: but it’s easy to do more, and so here are a few tips to help make your Easter as eco-friendly as possible..
Buy unboxed Easter eggs (and buy eggs in recycled packaging).Make your own Easter eggs with a mould and some chocolate.
Buy chocolate eggs from ethical chocolate companies and those that stock Fairtrade chocolate. Dorset-based company Chococo sells handmade dinosaur chocolate Easter eggs with chocolate dinosaurs & ammonites nestled inside. They also have the Giant Jurassic Half Kilo Bar of chocolate studded with white & dark chocolate Jurassic coast "fossils".If you’re cooking a family Easter meal use organic locally-sourced ingredients where possible.
Give non-chocolate gifts – for example, you could make up a child’s gardening kit with a small watering can and easy to grow seeds such as sunflowers, sweet peas and nasturtiums. Many wild flower seeds are best sown in the autumn, but some can be sown in spring and will attract bees and butterflies later in the year. Dorset Wildlife Trust has useful information on how to create a wildflower meadow.Get crafty and make your own Easter decorations:
make an Easter basket from fabric scraps;re-use egg cartons to make Easter egg carton chicks;
create an Easter garland made from paint samples;make your own decorated Easter eggs using natural dyes or masking tape, and put them in papier-mâché nests.
Make your Easter break an eco-friendly one and stay in a location that supports sustainable tourism. Here at Chesil Beach Lodge we offer a choice of delightful and sustainable bed and breakfast and self-catering accommodation in a stunning location on the Jurassic Coast. Please contact us for more details, or to book accommodation.