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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.

Review of Bumba the panda learns to recycle

Bumba the panda learns to recycle by Greenfly books This week a copy of  ‘Bumba the panda learns to recycle’ plopped through the letterbox at zero waste towers for us to review. The book is by a student Enterprise Company called ‘Greenfly books‘ and on the back cover Bumba the panda hopes you enjoy keeping the planet green. Well, Bumba, we... 

Should we ban the plastic bag?

Should we make a charge or ban the disposable plastic carrier bag? What a great discussion on the Bob Walmsley show this afternoon. Bob, from Radio Northampton asked his listeners, whether we should ban the plastic bag. As you might imagine, it was quite a lively debate with all sorts of opinions! If you want to listen in, you can ‘listen again’ on the... 

Mrs Green on the radio this afternoon

Is a 15p charge for disposable plastic carrier bags acceptable? This afternoon between 1pm and 2pm, Radio Northampton will be dedicating their show to the plastic bag issue. They’ll be asking us whether we should ban disposable plastic carrier bags, make a charge, use biodegradable or ignore the issue and continue as before. I’ll be on at around 1:45 to... 

Zoe’s Waste Free day for WRAP’s Recycle week

Zoe from Rekindled and her Waste free day pledge I met Zoe on Twitter and she pledged to go waste free for a day in honour of the WRAP’s Recycle week! She discovered some interesting things about the ‘green dot’ symbol, which we are sure has caught most of us out at some point. Zoe lives near Canterbury with her husband and 2 cats. Her interests... 

Mrs Green’s six stories on Sunday

One of my favourite looks from 'The Uniform Project' Gather ’round dear readers, it’s time for some story telling. On a Sunday morning I take a break from writing and share some great stories from around the world to do with reducing, reusing, recycling or composting our way to a zero waste future. If you ever have any suggestions then please contact... 

Weekly weigh in; year 1, week 4

Landfill waste for this week - larger than life! The landfill bin seems to be overflowing this week. It’s clear that while the cats were in the garage decluttering, Little Mouse Green was helping herself to crisps a-plenty! There is also some meat packaging that I don’t normally buy. I ended up buying prepacked meat from the supermarket because by the... 

Food waste Friday (on a Saturday)

Mrs Green's very sad brown banana You’ll forgive me for being late with our Food Waste Friday post this week. After a week of decluttering the past 10 years of our life, I’m a bit behind. I’ve also got rather a small behind after burning off all those calories with lifting, sorting, dragging and decision making. I posted yesterday about our need... 

Convenience food during our WRAP’s Recycle week

Fresh strawberries from the local orchard; you can't get better zero waste convenience food than that! I mentioned that we would be looking for zero waste convenience food, using up freezer stores and keeping our Food Waste to a minimum whilst declutteirng our garage during WRAP Recycle week. It’s been easier than anticipated and we’ve eaten well.... 

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