Precycle! is about recycling BEFORE you buy and is packed full with recipes for everything you would usually buy in the shops, from bleach to beer, from detergents to disinfectants. Don't throw that plastic bottle away - Precycle it!

This is the book supermarkets want to ban!In an age where the consumer is getting more and more conscious of chemicals not only in food but in everyday cleaning products "Precycle!" is packed full with recipes for everything you could possibly need in the kitchen, the bathroom, the utility room and even the bedroom.This handy reference book gives tips and recipes on how to make everything you buy in the shops, from sauces to sausages, bleach to beer and detergents to disinfectants so that, instead of buying products which are often heavy on chemicals and then throwing away or recycling the packaging or tin, you can miss out that entire stage and make the contents yourself, saving a fortune, getting better, chemical-free products and saving the planet in the process.

Paul Peacock is editor of Home Farmer Magazine, the monthly magazine aimed at anyone who wants a slice of the good life, whether they live in the city or the country. He has written several books on smallholding and self-sufficiency and is a regular presenter on Allotment TV and the Country Channel.