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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.

Sunday roundup

Happy Christmas to all our readers! Morning lovelies; we hope you had a joyeux noel, a happy Yule, a beautiful Solstice and a great week! All the festivities didn’t stop us bringing you the latest on the 3 Rs from Chez Green! So let’s see what’s been hot news on the site this week.  Read More →

“Enegy from waste” A christmas story

"Energy from Waste" - A Christmas story God, ah, yes. We’re talking about a creator of ingenious qualities. He makes the world in seven days, but a bit of a rush job by all accounts. Let’s take a look. Puts a couple of inexperienced humans on the earth to rule and have dominion over everything. Anyway, they have lots of fun with the easy stuff... 

Swappit clean keep plastic from the landfill

David filling a bottle up at swappit's refill station Today my guest post is from Ingrid, who set up Swappit Clean! David is MD of a large agricultural business and always on the lookout for the greener option. Ingrid has a background in IT and design with an interest in environmental issues. Together, they created Swappit Clean because they were concerned about... 

Ready, steady, Cook!

How to make a plastic free curry in minutes I’ve been slaving in the kitchen for you again, dear readers. This time I’m exploding a myth about our zero waste lifestyle. Lots of people say they could never do what we do because they don’t have enough time. Point taken; it’s a pain in the derrière to swill out the cans and Tetra Pak cartons... 

Prevention (of landfill waste) is better than cure according to West Sussex

Waste Prevention Advisor training in West Sussex I recently heard about a Waste Prevention Advisor course for volunteers in West Sussex from one of the ladies on the Green Parent forum. It’s a great initiative which has been running since 2006. Its aim is to train members of the community to help promote waste prevention and reduce landfill waste.  Read More →

Dispose of your WEEE responsibly this Christmas

Dispose of your WEEE responsibly this Christmas It’s estimated that around 150 million small electrical products are bought each year in the UK for Christmas. Items such as new toys, gadgets, power tools and kitchen appliances are popular choices;  yet most will end up in the landfill once they have fulfilled their useful life. A campaign to raise awareness... 

Sunday roundup

zero waste Christmas crackers Morning all - I hope you’re keeping warm. We’ve had some beautiful mornings with the ground covered in frost. Fortunately, we had a tonne of seasoned wood delivered the day before temperatures dropped and little flurries of snow had Little miss Green jumping up and down with joy!  Read More →

Food waste friday and weekly weigh in year 1, week 28

apple and blueberry puree complete with fur jacket Ooops, we didn’t quite manage zero food waste this week, but our landfill waste is pretty impressive; especially as we swapped Yuletide / Christmas gifts with Grandma and Granddad Green yesterday. Grandma and Granddad Green are pretty much into the plastic free way and dutifully took off as much excess packaging... 

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