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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.

Shipping waste around the world

Me and my girl enjoying native bluebells this spring This week we’ve been following the 8 part “Wasteful World” series recorded by Al Jazeera. We’ve seen how Cairo’s highly efficient recycling system comes with a human cost. After that we travelled to Beijing where we met the people who made 15 cents per kilo for recycling plastic... 

US military waste in Iraq

We’ve seen the human cost of recycling in Cairo and Beijing. The third report in Al Jazeera’s eight-part series called ‘Wasteful World’ comes from Iraq where the US military has been accused of leaving behind a legacy of toxic waste. On one waste site a man sifts through metals purchased from dismantled US military bases such as abandoned body... 

How to recycle at work

Julie Day shares tips for recycling at work This week’s guest post is from Julie Day who, until recently, worked at Guy’s campus. She has published short stories in small press magazines, and letters in health and writing magazines.  She had her first children’s book published in April 2009 called Rosie and the Sick School about healthy eating at... 

15 cents to recycle in Beijing

Yesterday we told you that Al Jazeera English have recorded a series of 8 programmes called “Wasteful World” looking at how we deal with waste around the globe. Yesterday’s programme was about Cairo and how their highly efficient recycling system; where 80% of their waste is recycled and sorted by hand; comes with a human cost.  Read More →

Recycling in Cairo on Al Jazeera

Recycling in Cairo Al Jazeera English, the 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel, is headquartered in Doha, the capital of Qatar. The organisation is the world’s first global English language news channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. They’ve recorded a series of 8 programmes looking at how we deal with waste around the... 

Mrs Green’s new dining table

My beautiful 'new' dining table I wish I had a ‘before’ photo of our old dining table. You might remember me talking about our dining table before; we managed to get a large pine table from Freecycle. The lady told me the legs had been nibbled by her dog, but to be honest, it added to the charm of the furniture. With three cats and a dog ourselves... 

My 7 links post

Kristen, over on Frugal Girl, celebrated her blog’s 2nd Birthday recently and did a ProBlogger style post. I thought it was great, so I’m unashamedly borrowing her idea for my post today.  Read More →

It’s amazing what’s on your doorstep

Refill your bottles here No, this isn’t a Yellow Pages rant. It’s much more positive than that! You might remember I found a farm that would happily let us use our own reusable containers? I’ve been buying sliced meat, coleslaw and cheese from Over Farm whenever I go past the door now. In Newent, one of our closest and favourite little towns, I was... 

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