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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.

Response from Weetabix about packaging

Weetabix choc chip minis Over on our sister site;  Zero Waste Shopping, one of our readers asked about Weetabix Choc Chip minis. She wrote: “this comes in a cardboard outer with an inner which looks and feels very much like 2-HDPE but the packaging states “Inner is plastic and not recyclable at present”. Not very helpful information from Weetabix... 

A zero waste Birthday in the Green household!

Sunrise examines her Birthday presents The other week we celebrated a very special day at zero waste towers. You heard all about Grandma Green’s Birthday at the beginning of November where I saved food waste from landfill. In the middle of the month, Sunrise the bunny was one years old. Fortunately, bunnies don’t create quite as much landfill waste as... 

Zero waste doughnuts!

No laughing please; Half a doughnut, half a fairy cake Ahhh, donuts. Gorgeous things that you can’t eat without licking your lips and unless you’re lucky enough to find them fresh at the seaside presented to you in a paper cone, they come in all sorts of horrible plastic packaging too. At best you’ll get them in a plasticised bag from the bakery... 

Gloucestershire becomes the first 10:10 county!

The Greens at the Gloucesteshire 10:10 Awards ceremony Yesterday, we joined some amazing people at our local Shire hall for the presentation of Gloucestershire’s 10:10 Awards It came as a complete shock a couple of weeks ago to discover one of our readers had nominated us for ‘Most Green Household‘ which we were humbled and thrilled to hear about. From... 

How to recycle anything, anywhere in the world

How to recycle anything in the UK and US Well, almost anywhere in the world. Over here in the UK, we’ve got a great resource for finding out how to recycle basic materials in your area. On Recycle Now, all you have to do is type in your postcode to find out what you can recycle at home via kerbside collections or at your local recycling bring bank. To give you... 

Remember to feed the birds and reduce food waste!

Mrs Green with zero waste high energy bird food This week I found a zero waste way to feed the birds! I always put out scraps for our feathered friends which is a great way to stop food ending up in landfill. However, it’s been particularly cold lately and I wanted to give the birds a treat. I scoured the shops and found most wild bird seed came in number 7... 

All I want for Christmas is a community reuse centre

I’ve been a big fan of the Co-op for a number of years. They do a lot of work in the community, are owned by their members (and we get some lovely vouchers off our shopping just in time for Christmas) and have some pretty decent policies in place. They are big into climate change, have a strong fairtrade policy and use ideas like e-brochures to send to customers... 

How to keep 550,000 tonnes of junk mail out of landfill

Stop junk mail and save 3.5 million trees It’s coming up to Christmas and I don’t know about you, but I’ve started to get more junk mail. Catalogues filled with pages of stuff I don’t want or need, people offering me deals on car and house insurance and magazine subscription offers. I’ve been sending it back with ‘return to sender’... 

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