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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.

Decluttering missions without the landfill waste

Rummage through your herbs and spices and use them up! I’ve been busy decluttering again, under the watchful gaze of Colleen over at 365lessthings. My aim is to declutter without creating any landfill waste - so far so good, but let’s see what I’ve been up to this week. I know some of you are decluttering your own homes; let me know how you are doing... 

Reduce, reuse and recycle stories of the week

Mrs A celebrates three years of talking rubbish over at The Rubbish Diet Welcome to my round up of some of the best reduce, recycle, reuse stories! Each one will inspire us to take another step towards a more sustainable and zero waste future.  Read More →

Thumbs up to Mr Green

Mr Green - a man who puts his money where his mouth is... Last week Mr Green and I had to make a visit to London and it included an overnight stay. We stayed in a lovely hotel with the biggest bed you’ve ever seen. It was wider than it was long and took up most of the room. I arrived, trusty hot water bottle in tow (I don’t go anywhere without my hot water... 

Families rationed to 80 bags of rubbish a year

How many bags of rubbish does your family produce? How many black rubbish bags do you and your family need each year for landfill waste? If a new scheme is introduced throughout the UK, families may be rationed to 80 bags of rubbish per year! Follow the rest of the story below, then jump to the Daily Mail to read the rest. As ever, I’d love to hear your comments... 

Grandma’s fat free sponge cake - Frugal War Rations Recipes Wednesday

Fat Free Sponge Cake Today’s war time rations recipe comes not from Marguerite Patten, but from one of our readers! Jean left a comment on the site and shared her Grandma’s fat free sponge cake recipe for me to try. Containing only 3 ingredients we put it to the test:  Read More →

Decluttering without landfill waste - week 3

Keys can be recycled as mixed metal Welcome to week three of my decluttering mission. I’m following the advise of Colleen over on 365lessthings and using her weekly mini missions for inspiration. My personal goal, of course, is to declutter my home without creating any landfill waste. I’ve been doing this by recycling things at our local bring banks and... 

Reduce, reuse, recycling stories

Kristina recycles her stamps into bookmarks It’s that time of the week again where I share the link love. Below you’ll find three of my special chosen stories from around the internet. Each one features a great recycling, reuse or reducing story with the odd inspirational recipe thrown in for good measure.  Read More →

plastic free cotton buds (Q Tips)

Are plastic free cotton buds available? Last week I had an email from Rachel who is as proficient at putting on mascara as I am! She wrote “I wonder if you know of a supplier of biodegradable ear buds? (or Q-tips as our American cousins call them). I know I probably shouldn’t use them, but I do, nothing else is as adept at rectifying the mess that I make... 

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