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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.

Weekly weigh in 53

weekly weigh in 53 It’s our favourite time of the week when we bare all the sins in our bin. We’re celebrating a zero waste food waste, so let’s see whether our bin lets us down. In the bin this week we have:  Read More →

Food waste Friday!

help me use up a cauliflower for a zero waste food week! It’s Friday and there’s not an item of food waste in sight! Breakfast is porrage (fresh, not reheated; you’ll be pleased to hear!) with fruit and yogurt. There is half a tin of pineapple which needs using up, left over from the curry I made last night. For lunch there is a tiny scraping of... 

Reheating porrage - zero waste food gone too far?

You can reheat porrage to prevent food waste! Wahee - on to day four without so much as a wilting salad leaf to be found. And guess what I discovered - you can reheat porrage LOL! Oh my, it took a leap of faith I can tell you, but then I thought - what difference is porrage to rice pudding. Except oats vs rice of course. Essentially it’s the same idea though... 

Pay as you throw - will it increase recycling and reduce landfill waste?

Mrs Green and Stuart Linnell talk rubbish on Radio Northampton Back in March 2007 the Housing Minister Yvette Cooper announced that the Government would consider plans for eco-towns put forward by local authorities. We are yet to see an ‘eco town’ being built, although 15 potential locations are being assessed for suitability across the UK. In the Daily... 

Response from BIC about recycling disposable razor blades

You might remember last month, we asked ‘have BIC solved the razor in the landfill dilema‘ The short answer is ‘No’. I wrote to BIC and asked them to expand more on the landfill waste created by their razors and whether we could recycle the blades. Here is what I wrote:  Read More →

Day two of creating zero food waste

Vegetable soup - a perfect zero waste meal Yesterday; after the shock of last week’s food waste mountain confession, we began the first day of a zero waste food week. It all ran smoothly and we didn’t create anything for landfill. The fish pie was gratefully eaten, grapefruit was wolfed down and there wasn’t so much as a crumb to put out for the... 

Monday food watch

Fresh fruit for a zero waste breakfast After our rather large confessional last Friday about our food waste mountain, you can guess what I’ll be writing about for this week. You’ll be back in the kitchen with us, sitting around the table, cavorting through our cupboards, foraging through the fruit bowl and ferreting through our ‘fridge. Today will... 

Food waste Friday and weigh ins 51 & 52

Some of our food waste for one week This is a true confession of a disorganised woman. Prepare to be shocked. I was. There’s a mighty mountain of food waste this week. After my fall and subsequent ’sitting-on-my-arse-with-my-leg-in-the-air-for-a-few-days’ scenario and relying on Mr Green to feed himself and Little Miss Green, sadly, we created lots... 

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