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Cash in on recycling your waste! Cash in on recycling your waste!

We all know that recycling is good for the environment. But recycling is not only environmentally friendly; it can also be a good way of making some spare cash without putting in too much effort.  Read More →

Tetra Pak recycling is coming back to the UK! Tetra Pak recycling is coming back to the UK!

This morning, one of our readers, Antonio, sent me a link to a story about tetra pak recycling in the UK. Until 2006, you could recycle these pesky beverage cartons in Fife, but the mill closed down and since then we’ve been exporting our collected... 

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From paper to pens; how to run a zero waste office From paper to pens; how to run a zero waste office
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Success with the salty ham! Success with the salty ham!
No food waste here, this week. Yet!...
Mrs Green needs your help to avoid food waste! Mrs Green needs your help to avoid food waste!
A plea for help to prevent food waste today!...
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Mrs Green returns her junk mail to sender Dealing with Junk Mail
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Are plastic free cotton buds available? plastic free cotton buds (Q Tips)
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Stop junk mail and save 3.5 million trees How to keep 550,000 tonnes of junk mail out of landfill
6 ways to reduce junk mail...
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Reuse your waste

5 reuse ideas that will blow your mind… 5 reuse ideas that will blow your mind…
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How to recycle an aluminium espresso coffee pot How to recycle an aluminium espresso coffee pot
5 ways to reuse a broken aluminium espresso coffee pot......
How to reuse / recycle a trampoline net… How to reuse / recycle a trampoline net…
Mrs Green gets a full time gardener.....
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Recycle your waste

How to recycle vinyl banners Any ideas about recycling vinyl banners?
Can you help a reader recycle vinyl banners?...
How to recycle polystyrene packing peanuts How to recycle polystyrene pellets (packing peanuts)
Is there a way to recycle polystyrene packing material?...
Recycle your glasses and help improve someone else's sight 5 ways to recycle spectacles
What do you do with your glasses once you get a new prescription?...
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