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Cookie Policy
This policy explains how Rethink & Reuse uses cookies and similar technologies on this website. It covers what cookies are, which ones may be set, and how you can control them.
Rethink & Reuse is an editorial resource for UK households, publishing guides on zero waste living, upcycling and sustainable lifestyle habits. We do not sell products.
On this page
- What cookies are
- Essential cookies
- Analytics cookies
- Third-party cookies
- How to control cookies
- Changes to this policy
- Contacting us about cookies
A plain-language summary of each section follows, written for readers who want the short answer first.
First, the basics
What cookies are
A small file your browser keeps on your behalf, so the site remembers what you just did.
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They let the site remember your actions and preferences over time — that you already dismissed a notice, that you asked to stay signed in, or that you sorted a list a particular way. Without them, each page load would treat you as a stranger.
Some cookies are essential for the site to work. Others are optional and are used for analysis or similar purposes. They are not programs, they cannot read other files on your device, and they cannot install anything. If you have read our guide to controlling cookies, you already know the practical half of this page.
Always on
Essential cookies
Essential cookies are needed for the site to function, for example to remember form input or to keep the site secure. They cannot usually be switched off without affecting how the site works.
They do not track you for advertising, and they are not used to build a profile of what you read. The guides on zero waste tips for beginners, low waste home routines and creative upcycling ideas are served the same way to every reader.
If your browser blocks essential cookies entirely, sections of the site may stop behaving as expected — search fields and any saved form entries are the first to notice.
Optional
Analytics cookies
Counting which guides get read, so we can write the ones that are actually useful.
If analytics are in use, they help us understand which pages are visited and how readers move through the site. The information is aggregated — totals and trends rather than a record of who you are — and it is used to decide where to spend our writing time next.
If an article on composting food scraps at home is read end to end and the plastic free alternatives page is not, that tells us something worth acting on. Analytics cookies are optional, and you can decline them where a consent option is provided.
Declining them
Choosing not to accept analytics cookies does not lock you out of anything. Every guide, from the zero waste starter kit pages through to the upcycling vs recycling difference explainer, stays open and complete.
Set by others
Third-party cookies
Some features, such as embedded media or analytics services, may set cookies from third parties. We do not control what those services store on your device.
Where a third-party cookie is set, we aim to describe its purpose clearly, so you can decide whether to allow it before you play a clip or open an embedded post.
Embedded media
Clips and players
If a video or social post is embedded in a guide, the platform serving it may set its own cookies once the embed loads. Playing the clip is what triggers them.
Measurement
Readership counts
Analytics providers may set cookies that record page views in aggregate. These help us see which parts of the low waste home guide readers return to.
Their own rules
Separate policies
Third-party cookies are governed by the third party's own policy, not this one. Their help pages are the reliable place to check what a given service stores.
You can block third-party cookies in most browsers without affecting the guides themselves.
Your hands on the controls
How to control cookies
Every mainstream browser has a settings page for this. It takes a couple of minutes.
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you block cookies entirely, allow them only for sites you trust, or be notified each time a cookie is set. The wording differs between browsers, so look for the privacy or site-data section of your browser's settings rather than a cookie-named one.
Blocking essential cookies may affect how the site works. Clearing stored data also removes saved preferences on every site you use, not only this one, so it is worth deciding what you want kept before you start deleting. For details of each option, see your browser's own help pages.
Step one
Open your browser's settings and find the section covering privacy, security, or site data.
Step two
Review the list of stored cookies and decide which sites you still want to remember you.
Step three
Delete what you do not want, then reload this page to confirm the guides still work as you expect.
Kept current
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy if our use of cookies changes or if the law requires it. A change might come from adding an embedded clip to a guide, or from swapping the service we use to count page views.
The current version is always published on this page, and it replaces any earlier wording. If a change affects what is stored on your device, the section it touches will say so rather than leaving you to compare drafts.
If something is unclear
Contacting us about cookies
For any question about this policy, use the contact page on this site. We will respond as required by UK law.
Questions we can answer directly include which cookies are essential, whether a specific guide embeds third-party media, and how to ask us to correct something in this document.
- [email protected]
- Phone
- +44 20 7946 0821
- Post
- 42 Bramley Road, London, N14 4HD, United Kingdom
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM; Saturday, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Where to go next
The rest of the small print, in one place
Two short documents cover how we handle your data and what you agree to when you read the guides.
Rethink & Reuse
An editorial resource for UK households, covering zero waste living, simple upcycling projects and the everyday swaps that keep a home running with less waste. We publish guides rather than sell products.
42 Bramley Road, London, N14 4HD
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This cookie policy is published by Rethink & Reuse and reflects the site as it stands in 2026.