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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What a wonderful hour I spent on the phone yesterday. You know how it is when you talk to someone you’ve never met before and you just ‘click’? Well I had that pleasure when talking to the lovely Clare from one of my favourite sites, veg box recipes.
It seems that over 125,000 unique visitors a [...]
Yes, yes, I’m late. I know.
There are two reasons for that. Firstly shame. I mean, can I really bear to tell you what went into our bin this week?
Secondly, and much more fun, I had something rather exciting in the post this morning, which has meant other things have taken the priority slot over my [...]
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Loading ...Graph shows weekly weigh-in for grams of kerbside waste since 11th June 2008
we update this weekly.
