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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.

Myoo Create collaborate to innovate

Myoo Create; rallying the crowd to change the world I recently came across an amazingly passionate bunch of people who have set up Myoo Create. The idea is that if we club together and share ideas, we can find solutions to current environmental and social challenges. Working with organisations, it’s our opportunity to create a happy and healthy planet. I know... 

Response from Tropical Wholefoods

Tropical Wholefoods packaging This is part of a new section on the site. At the top menu, you should now see a menu called ‘packaging’. Inspired by Maisie, this will be the section where I’m going to record any responses I have from manufacturers about their packaging. Little miss Green is partial to her dried fruit - mango and banana in particular.... 

We are finally listening - compostable coffee packaging

Suzi Ambrose from Pistol and Burnes coffee Suzie Ambrose has several passions in her life; coffee, writing and photography. Put them together and you’ve got a blogger for Vancouver, B.C. coffee roaster under the name “Coffee Joe Says”! Suzie lives in the Cariboo in northwestern B.C. The countryside provides fresh fodder for her camera, written observations... 

National Vegetarian week 2010

national vegetarian week 24th may I’m not going to enter a debate about whether or not a vegetarian diet is better for the environment, but needless to say it is National vegetarian week this week and it happens to be my Birthday today as well! I’m a pretty tolerant gal when it comes to the way people choose to live their lives. In our household we have... 

Do you have UFOs in your freezer?

It's time to sort out the freezer It’s a good time of year for a spring clean and one of my procrastination jobs is defrosting the freezer. I hate doing it - it’s messy, time consuming and fills me with dread every time I think about it. But I have a couple of inches of ice on one two of the shelves, so something clearly needs doing about it.  Read More →

Local waste and recycling sites

Recycle for Gloucestershire schools has a new website In the Forest of Dean we have a new Council website which has updated waste and recycling pages. The pages have been expanded to cover topics most enquired about by residents and includes recycling collections, kerbside recycling collection service, plastic recycling, real nappies, waste reduction, where does your... 

Our first harvest

freshly picked mint Even the simplest harvest fills me with joy. I’m always in awe at the power of mother nature. You chuck in a few seeds, give them a bit of water and hey presto, things grow! With some things you just let nature take care of itself; once the plant is in, it’s established for life. We haven’t planted much outdoors yet; our clay... 

Tetra pak recycling; how you can make a difference

tetra pak carton recycling Some of you have been writing to me or commenting on the site recently about Tetra Pak recycling. Some local authorities collect them from kerbside, while other areas don’t even have a Bring Bank to take them too. As with most recycling facilities in the UK, the differences from one area to another vary tremendously. I’ve been... 

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