Listing all articles in

Follow our progress in the zero waste challenge. The good, the bad and the downright rotten (usually back of the fridge) stories. We blog our daily events, tips and experiences to show that reducing your household waste is possible, it saves you money and helps to protect the environment.

Sunday round up twelve

Good morning, good morning, It’s our last day of frivilous plastic packaging consumption before our zero waste week. Are you joining in with our challenge and putting yourself forward for winning lots of prizes? All you have to do is sign up to pledge to reduce your rubbish, carry out the action and come back to our site next week to tell us how you got on. People... 

Zero waste media work

As I mentioned in Wednesday’s post; we had an ‘open house’ for the media. We wanted to try and get some local coverage for next week’s zero waste week. Little Miss Green thought media work sounded easy and decided to demonstrate how to use our home made can crusher. She forgot to mention the word ‘can’ at any point, so talks about... 

Preparations for zero waste week

Some good news for me regarding zero waste week. Recently I’ve been having a bit of a tussle with my conscience. I’ve been vegetarian for around 20 years, believing it to be better for me, better for animals and perhaps better for the environment. However, my focus has been on the packaging of foods recently and I’ve been discovering a rather uncomfortable... 

Weekly weigh in twelve

T’was the weigh in before our zero waste challenge (Roll up, roll up and join in the fun). Last week was pretty, well, rubbish with a rather gruesome 177gms. This week, however, we have earned ourselves gold stars, fairy dust and smiley faces all round. I found myself hearing, ‘Well, this looks pretty good’, as I peered into the landfill box in... 

How to recycle books the zero waste way

Photo Credit (and a great way to keep books from the landfill!) Better World Books Further to my post last week about recycling books, I’ve been having a think about the best ways to find them new loving homes, zero waste style. People mentioned a couple of my favourites in the comments section, so I thought it might be helpful to pool our ideas here. Here’s... 

How to pack a reduced waste lunch box

How NOT to produce a zero waste lunch When I was standing with my foot helplessly on the first rung of the ladder of my bank job many years ago, my packed lunch consisted of: Sandwiches wrapped in cling film or a plastic sandwich bag A chocolate bar or individually wrapped biscuit A yogurt, or similar, in a small plastic pot A packet of crisps A piece of fruit A... 

Sunday round up eleven

We have a week to go before our zero waste challenge and our pledge and win competition takes off. We already have a number of people signed up. So eager are they to save the world that they’ve started already and are sending in their experiences and feedback! There’s still time to sign up and if you do, you can be in with a chance of winning a fabulous... 

Why ‘green’ men are more sexy

If you’re a slob in your pad, you maybe missing out in your bed. In a survey in Nuts Magazine, women were asked what they found most attractive in men. Surprisingly, they put caring about the environment top of their list, above a good sense of humour. Mmmm. It’s true that men who show more care and concern for their environment and home are more likely... 

Next Page »