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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.

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MyZeroWaste has been up and running for six months now. Yes, dear readers six months of fun and frolics as we slim our bin to a size zero.  Read More →

Sunday round up twenty eight

Welcome to our Sunday roundup. It’s a grey drizzly Sunday here, but the sun is always shining in our hearts. We began the week by sharing some ideas for zero waste Christmas wrapping. Some of you came up with some lovely ideas, so have a browse, get some inspiration and share some of your own ideas.  Read More →

Mud puppy stainless steel bottles from one green bottle

I am so doing a happy dance over here. I’ve been looking for a stainless steel drinking bottle for YEARS. I found the Kleen Kanteen ones in the US, but the shipping cost was pretty absurd and since then I’ve found nothing.  Read More →

Mrs Green recycles her Christmas cards

Now don’t panic. You haven’t fallen into a drink-induced coma for three weeks and missed the big event; I’m a bit ahead of myself that’s all. Or behind myself; I can’t tell which these days. Yesterday afternoon I thought I’d do a spot of card writing. I haven’t bought any cards this year, so I rummaged around in my trusty... 

Weekly weigh in twenty eight

I’ve not been around much since the weekend. Little Miss Green, always one to share freely and lovingly, shared her viral thing with me and I’ve been unwell So much so, I took to supermarket delivery of convenience meals in order that Mr Green could keep himself and LMG alive during my culinary absence. I didn’t want to come down to an assortment... 

December’s dustbin demon - Dell packaging

I was a bit uninspired for this month’s Dustbin Demon, but then Mr Green took receipt of his new laptop. He spent many months looking into the recycling policies of companies and decided upon Dell. Dell pride themselves on ‘industry-leading recycling’ and claim they have ‘built environmental consideration into every stage of the Dell product... 

zero waste Christmas - wrapping paper

We’ve been talking about some zero waste ideas for Christmas over the past couple of weeks. We’ve talked about crackers and advent calendars so far. This weekend I was thinking about the huge amount of wrapping paper we use.  Read More →

I’ve been tagged again!

The lovely Poppy from A Life Less Simple has tagged me. I’m happy to take part in tagging (most people who tag me are unsure), but I will save them for a Saturday, when I don’t normally post. This time I have to list 6 things that make me happy! Being a bit of a rebel I’m listing 8 and even this is way too short…….  Read More →

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