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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.

Food waste friday

It's food waste Friday and we have one casualty Ok, a prize for the first person who guesses it right. Mr Green found this lurking in a tin in the kitchen and threw it into the compost heap before I realised. But I know how much you love a good gander of my food waste, so I dutifully took a deep breath, held my nose and went in to photograph my evidence for this... 

A day in the life of Mrs Green

A buzzy day at chez green Or should that read a home educating, blogging, decluttering, planet saving Mrs green. One of the trends on the internet at the moment is to let people into your lives a little more. We all love the fly-on-the-wall stuff; the ‘real life’ situations, tragedies and celebrations. So I thought I’d document a ‘typical’... 

Don’t trifle with my food waste

Preventing landfill waste through reusing food You might remember that disaster struck my kitchen (and Little Miss Green’s tummy) yesterday. I used the wrong tin to bake a cake and ended up with an inedible mess. I was just about to throw it out for the birds (and whatever might come along to feast) but then I thought of having to declare it on Friday as ‘food... 

A first for Mrs Green

Mrs Green's disaster in the kitchen this week. Food waste? I think not! I can’t believe this just happened! I’ve been baking cakes for years and rather pride myself on the fact that I’m a bit of a Nigella Lawson when it comes to baking (apart from bread you might remember). I hardly even need scales any more. And I heartily agree that a  bad... 

Results of Gloucestershire zero waste week

Gloucestershire zero waste week; results are in! You may remember at the beginning of the year, Gloucestershire county council ran its zero waste week. 1,300 residents, schools and communities signed up for Gloucestershire Zero Waste week with 270 monitoring forms being sent back in. During the challenge week, residents reduced their waste by an average of 3.8kgs... 

Mrs Green’s sunday stories

Nestle to ditch plastic packaging for Christmas It’s time to share some stories from around the internet. Stories about reducing, reusing, recycling and composting our way to a greener, zero waste future. It’s a great way to share the link love and highlight some important issues in the manufacturing world and to keep you, as consumers, up to date with... 

Food waste Friday

Mouldy pears - our food waste for this week Despite setting ourselves, and some of our readers, a ‘no spend’ food challenge this week, there has still been some food waste. Admittedly I found it last Sunday evening. Our fridge was emitting one of those smells. You know the ones?  Read More →

Mrs Green makes baked beans!

Fartastic - Mrs Green's beans You might remember that yesterday, thanks to Charity reminding me, I set myself the challenge of making baked beans. Little Miss Green adores baked beans, but, as she can’t eat sugar, we are limited to what we can buy for her. I end up buying them from the health food shop, where they are sweetened with apple juice, but they... 

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