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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.

Happy Easter!

A rather delightful Easter Bunny No, really, I haven’t lost the plot. 2010 is nearly over and surely we can look forward to Easter with all the lovely chocolate goodies it provides. Go on, admit it - you can’t wait to buy more stuff and fill your faces with more chocolate…  Read More →

The shocking truth about Wasted Medicines

prescribed medicines being wasted and incinerated Many of you on the site have asked about responsible disposal of medication packaging. Lots of medicines come in plastic packaging with a foil laminate and it’s virtually impossible to recycle. While I’ve been aware of the packaging issue, I’d never stopped to think of the amount of medicines we... 

Mrs Green says “Get off your a***!”

One of Little Miss Green’s bugbears is seeing litter. She’ll often don a pair of rubber gloves and go off into the village gathering up the rubbish that other people have thrown from cars or left in the hedges. She’s worried that animals might get hurt and says Mother nature feels uncomfortable with all that stuff on her face which is her motivation... 

Using up Christmas food

Turkey and leek pie - the perfect 'leftovers' meal Morning all, I hope you had a fantastic Christmas spent with loved ones. We celebrate Yule, so we’ve been busy using up leftovers since last Tuesday. I tend to be much more frugal when it comes to planning food, but it’s the one time of year where Mr Green maxes out. Last year we got caught out... 

4 ways to recycle floppy disks

Notepad made from recycled floppy disks One of our readers has asked about recycling floppy disks. As she says “There must be millions of them floating about in a world where technology is now USB dominated”. I’ve done a bit of research and while options for recycling are limited there are heaps of creative reuse ideas flying around the net. Here... 

Mr Green has a rant about our disposable culture

Mr Green with his disposable item As you may remember from the other week, I had a bit of a bee in my bonnet about a couple of excessively packaged items I found. First was a pomelo. These citrus fruits come with their own packaging - a tough skin designed to withstand damage. But Lidls saw fit to shrink wrap it, put a net around it and attach a plastic handle. Excess... 

Win a SodaStream and Reduce plastic packaging!

Win a SodaStream and reduce plastic packaging! I’ve just been pouring (geddit?) over “Soft Drinks: Hard on the Environment“; a report commissioned by SodaStream to assess the environmental impact of soft drinks packaging. Since doing our own zero waste challenge I’ve given up drinking water bottled in plastic. I used to drink it all the time... 

Mrs Green says “Recycle your Christmas!”

Remember to reduce, reuse, recycle Morning lovelies, now without meaning to sound like your mother, I need to have a quick chat with you about recycling your Christmas. My local council tell me that 10 per cent of the year’s total rubbish is produced during the Christmas break, with 30,000 tonnes of waste produced during the festive holiday. More shockingly,... 

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