It’s raining outside, the bin’s full of packaging, and the kids are orbiting the sofa like bored satellites. You’ve got a living room, two restless pairs of hands, and more cardboard than a small shop ...

“Reduce, reuse, recycle” is one of those unforgettable chants. It makes its way into our brains and can affect our actions in the real world. All of us would readily admit we’d like to reduce waste.