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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.

Mrs Green declutters her sentimenal items

Mrs Green attempts to recycle and declutter her past I knew this moment was imminent. In the back of the garage were a few items belonging to me. A large fish tank, a pile of vinyl records (they are so not being thrown away) and the most difficult item of all: a small crate of ‘things’ that belonged to my Grandmother. It’s easy to be ruthless with... 

Reusing hedge trimmer parts

Mr Green takes apart his hedge trimmer This is what I mean by hoarding! To be fair, I’ve started to look at Mr Green’s habits in a new light because I’ve learned, over the years, how useful his stash can be. After all, it’s only the equivalent of a seamstress cutting buttons from clothes before putting them in the textiles bank or me scraping... 

Biodegradable plastic bags carry more ecological harm than good

Biodegradable carrier bags - the solution to the issue of plastic or ecological time bomb? This is an issue I’ve wondered about for a long time. My understanding of biodegradable bags was that they simply broke down into tiny slivers, much like the ones lining the ocean floor. As litter they can be ingested by animals with devestating effects. Beth, over at... 

Help support our site with an exclusive recycled shopping bag during WRAP Recycle week

ReSACKel recycled bags for sale! One of the pledges for WRAPs Recycle week is to use your own bags instead of taking disposable carrier bags. Giving up plastic carrier bags was one of the first things we did here at Chez Green when we decided to challenge ourselves to a zero waste lifestyle. It’s an exciting pledge because I know from experience, that this tiny... 

Recap of Day 2 of our WRAP Recycle pledge

have you taken the pledge? Join in with WRAPs Recycle week! The garage was unrecognisable when we went to it again in the morning! I’ll put up a photo later of the insides of it for you to see. Fortunately the weather was kind to us over night. We had left everything out, uncovered on the patio because by 8pm on the first night we were too tired to do anything... 

Tetra pak ‘How do you squash yours’ competition to recycle cartons!

How do you squash yours? Enter the Tetra pak recycling competition Tetra pak are launching an exciting YouTube competition tomorrow entitled ‘How do you squash yours?’ to encourage consumers not only to recycle, but squash their tetra pak cartons! The aim is to educate householders about the importance of recycling their tetra pak cartons in the most eco... 

How to recycle paint (or not)

Old paint - how do you recycle yours? I promised some more details on paint recycling in my post this morning about our visit to the local recycling centre. In my mind I could see a specially designated area for paint recycling. I knew I had seen it before, near to the household chemical area. Now either I was exceptionally tired or someone had stolen the paint recycling... 

What you can recycle at your local civic amenity site

Mr Green Recycles cardboard Yesterday at 5pm, we trundled off to our local recycling centre with the car stacked to the roof with garage goodies. Poor Little Miss Green was sandwiched in between boxes, bags and buckets of baggage. By the end of the evening; the garage was unrecognisable from the one we had opened the door on at 9am that morning. Mr Green worked like... 

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