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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

In between the stressful bits, there was time for a pose with the boys from the BBC Breakfast crew in their satalite van What a week! We spent Tuesday and Wednesday with TV crews, filming for BBC Breakfast - both live and pre-recorded. While we were busy doing our thing, Little Miss Green was being filmed for Newsround, where she did an outstanding report on recycling.... 

Food waste Friday

food waste for this week, but the birds will be happy Ok, things will be changing around here on Friday’s from now on. What we usually do is show pictures of our food waste and our weekly weigh in. But now our bin has been emptied and we’re planning on zero waste to landfill for 2010, there won’t be a weigh in (we hope!)  Read More →

UK Rubbish Educates Working Children In The Philippines!

Jane Walker, from the Philippine Community Fund with some recycled products I’m so excited to be sharing this guest post today. Yesterday I told you about Ange and Jane who run the Philippine Community Fund which works to bring children and their families out of poverty. Ange, who wrote our guest post, loves reading; especially science fiction. She adores wolves... 

How to recycle crisp packets / bags and support charity

How to recycle crisp packets and support charity How excited am I to be sharing this news with you? The question on every zero waster’s lips is about recycling crisp packets. Those pesky metallised packs that end up in landfill. Even Mrs A has a crisps habit, and she in great company with Little miss Green who gets attacks of the crisp cravings on a regular... 

Window envelopes - to recycle or not?

Can you recycle window envelopes or not? I had an interesting email from Don, one of our readers, about recycling window envelopes. I remember learning, when we began our site, that we were supposed to remove the plastic windows from envelopes before recycling them. Apparently the plastic could contaminate the load or block the machines.  Read More →

Want more time, more clothes and less landfill?

swap clothes for free and save the landfill You remember I mentioned Swop2Shop a while ago? Swop2shop is a rather funky clothes swapping site. How many times have you sold clothes on eBay only to spend the money on your electricity bill? With Swop2Shop, the emphasis is on getting new clothes without the guilt. Not only do you help to keep clothes out of the landfill... 

The Green’s on BBC Breakfast TV

Mrs green and her bin contents - it's farewell time We’re doing some filming for BBC breakfast today with John McGuire! We’re taking him shopping so he can find out exactly how we created one dustbin of landfill waste during 2009. Tomorrow morning we have to be up at the crack of dawn to welcome the dustbin collection for a live feed to the studio.... 

Is a zero waste shave possible

musing over the razors in the landfill dilemma After being teased horribly by BIC last year about the end to disposable razors ending up in landfill, I’m still trying to fathom the zero waste shave. And the more I think about it, the more confused I’m getting! Take an electric razor. After it’s given up working you drop it in the WEEE recycling,... 

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