Buy Nothing New Month

Emdad Rahman

Could you buy nothing new for just one month?
From the water and energy used in production, to the fuel used in delivery, every new item we buy comes with an environmental price tag.

Buy Nothing New Month returns this month to boycott the culture of impulse buys. Instead, we want to waste less, make the most of the stuff we already own, and cut our carbon footprint by buying nothing new – excluding essentials like food and medicine – throughout November.

How it works
Sign up to take part in Buy Nothing New Month and get ready to waste less, make the most of the stuff we already own, and cut your carbon footprint by buying nothing new – excluding essentials like food and medicine – during November.

Throughout the month, Keep Britain Tidy will share expert tips to help us shift to a ‘buy less’ mindset. Together, we’ll swap the way we shop, find creative ways to reuse the things we own, and clear the clutter by rehoming the things we no longer need.

Why Buy Nothing New?
If everyone on Earth lived like people in the UK, we would need over two and a half planets to regenerate and absorb our waste. As a society, we need to move to a circular economy that wastes less and puts more value on the things we already have.

Buy Nothing New Month is an opportunity to re-think our resource usage and live more sustainably.

Buy Nothing New Month won the 2024 National Award for Education, Training, and Communication at the National Sustainability Awards, and was the recipient of the Silver Award for Behaviour Change Campaign of the Year at the 2024 Global Good Awards.

The campaign is part of a growing, global movement to reduce consumption and create a circular economy, sitting alongside Buy Nothing Day – celebrated internationally in November.

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