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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.

Recycling - a modern form of alchemy

Environment minister, Lord Henley This week’s guest post is by Environment minister, Lord Henley. His portfolio includes Environmental regulation, Air quality, Climate change, sustainable development, Bee health and waste and recycling. Today he explains how, in amongst all his briefing materials, one particular ‘inverted triangle’ caught his... 

Who wants more for their money?

Get more for your money The other week I saw an intriguing hashtag on twitter: #MMM (In case you’re a Twitter virgin, a hash tag is simply a way for people to search for tweets that have a common topic; a bit like using an index in a book.) I enquired what this was about, as I picked up it was something to do with one of my personal favourites - reducing food... 

How to recycle your cat

One of Natasha's bundles of joy Last week, Antonio challenged me to recycle without use of my car, kerbside collection or compost. This week, Natasha has a challenge of the feline sort for me. As you may be aware, I’m a cat lover. To me a house is not a home without a cat and although I love our cute bunny, I do miss our cats. I’ve not been without... 

Recycling WEEE without a car

Mrs Green and her broken kettle for WEEE It’s the final day of my ‘zero waste with little emissions‘ challenge. So far this week, without the use of a car, kerbside collection or home composting I have successfully recycled some cardboard, rubble, a bag of broken wood and some garden waste. Today Antonio wants me to recycle a small WEEE item and... 

Recycling cardboard without a car, compost or kerbside

Mrs Green has lots of reuse ideas for cardboard Welcome to day five of my “zero waste with little emissions” challenge. Set by one of our readers, Antonio, I’ve been challenged this week to recycle without the use of kerbside collections, a car or a compost heap. I have to responsibly dispose of the following items:  Read More →

The results are in!

food and waste packaging has reduced according to WRAP Five years ago, WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) set up the Courtauld Commitment; a voluntary agreement for finding solutions to the problems of food waste and excess packaging.  Read More →

Recycling rubble without a car

bricks and stones at Chez Green Welcome to day four of my ‘zero waste with little emissions challenge‘. One of our readers, Antonio, has challenged me to recycle without the use of car, kerbside collections or home composting. So far I’ve had to responsibly dispose of 3 bags of garden waste and a bag of broken wood. I think I’ve done really... 

Tourist region bans plastic bottles

Cinque Terre region of Italy bans the plastic bottle One of our Facebook fans shared this inspiring story today. Just imagine if we did this across the world! Visitors to the Cinque Terre region of Italy have been banned from carrying plastic bottles to stop the area being transformed into an ‘open air dustbin’. Instead, tourists will have to pay one euro... 

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