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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.

The ‘Green’ road to Zero Landfill

Mandy from Cawleys talks to us about Eco Eating I first heard about Eco Eating on Twitter and have been fortunate enough to get in contact with Mandy Jacob who joined Cawleys in 2007 as a Business Development Executive. She deals with the day to day running of the food waste collection service. Having gained a degree in Advertising & Marketing Communications,... 

Minimise food waste with one easy step

organising your 'fridge to reduce food waste I’ve talked about this before, but it really is one of my number one tips for reducing food waste. For a naturally non-organised person, even I can achieve this and if I maintain this one simple step, food waste is virtually eliminated. It’s all about ‘fridge organisation.  Read More →

Update on my luffa

my gorgeous luffa seedling, complete with stylish soil hat You remember I said I was growing a luffa? Well I am indeed the owner of the cutest luffa seedling you ever did see. According to the knowledgeable people over at “Luffa info“, these creatures are a bit fussy.  Read More →

Mr Green saves the landfill, for £1

Mr Green saves the world for £1 The other day we were participating in one of our favourite family pastimes … Browsing the charity shops! Little Miss Green’s pocket money was burning a hole and she just had to spend it.  Read More →

Sunday Roundup

Mrs Green, Little Miss Green and the rather famous and lovely Wesley Smith Another week has passed at my zero waste. We’ve had a great time. In between watering our luffa seeds, we’ve been off to the BBC for a radio interview and counting crisp packets. Here’s a round up of all the reduce, reuse and recycle stories from our site for this week  Read More →

Food waste Friday and dustbin demon

leftover rice - our food waste for the week We have some food waste this week which proves to me that communication is one of the keys to successful zero waste living. Last week Little Miss green had a friend over for tea. They asked for vegetable rice which was eagerly eaten, but there was some left in the frying pan. I offered it to Mr Green who accepted my generous... 

A day in the life of …

hannah gray, waste education officer from Gloucestershire County Council Hannah Gray is the Waste Education Officer for Gloucestershire County Council. I was fortunate enough to meet her one day in a library where she was running a recycling workshop for children during the holidays. Hannah has always recycled and composted but has recently got into wormeries. As... 

From bags to riches

It takes this many empty crisp packets to make one handbag How excited are we? You remember we launched crisp packet recycling in our local Tesco store, in association with the Philippine Community Fund? Well a month after we launched the scheme, we trotted back to meet our Community Champion, Glynis, to see how many empty crisp packets she had managed to collect... 

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