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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.

Wednesday’s ‘use it up!’ recipe

Mrs Green's 'lush nice meat pie' This week’s zero waste recipe comes courtesy of a craving Little Miss Green’s had. Each Wednesday I’m covering a recipe that is either from an old cookbook which shows people how housewives cooked during the time of war rations, or it will be another similar ‘use it up’ meal from ingredients... 

Happy National Tin Can Day!

Yes you can recycle your cans! As you know, there are various awareness campaigns throughout the year - everything from National Zero Waste Week (hurrah) to Vegan week to Aids awareness days. But did you know that tomorrow was National Tin Can Day? It might seem a little silly to have a day in praise of the tin can, but look at how it’s increased our ability... 

Decluttering sans waste!

One of Mrs Green's bugbears - a fridge covered in magnets Last week I shared that I was doing some zero waste decluttering, following Colleen’s mini missions over on 365lessthings. This week, she’s not let up and had a series of decluttering plans ready to keep us on our toes; one for each day of the week. You can check them out in all their glory... 

Reduce and recycle stories

the zero waste home in California Morning all, I hope you’ve had a wonderful week. On Sundays I share some reduce, reuse, recycle link love from around the world in the hope that some of these stories can inspire us all to live a more sustainable and zero waste lifestyle.  Read More →

Recycle your medicines and save lives

Recycle medicines for Africa Following on from our story, the truth about wasted medicines, Jane sent me an interesting link. As you might remember, every year tons of out of date, surplus or redundant medicines are returned each year to pharmacies and GPs. According to the story we published, unwanted medicines cannot be reused or recycled and have to be destroyed... 

Save your seeds and help stop world hunger

save your seeds and make a difference to others Our guest post today is from Sandie Roach. Sandie is a waste hating, student of life, being home educated by her kids in Perth Western Australia. A year ago we shared a guest post from Safia Soliman about her seed savers project. The article moved Sandie so much that she has been saving and sending seeds ever since!  Read More →

Wacky cake recipe - Frugal war rations Wednesday

wacky cake - my frugal war rations recipe for this week Last week I announced I would be sharing one frugal ‘war time’ or ‘rations’ recipe per week. This isn’t because I fear World War III is about to break out, but because the times of rations were a time of ‘waste not want not’ in the kitchen. Zero food waste wasn’t... 

Decluttering the zero waste way

Decluttering the zero waste way Over on 365lessthings, Colleen has been cracking the decluttering whip. I like a bit of accountability; it keeps me, erm, accountable and I’ve been joining in with her mini missions for the beginning of this year. Good (new year) intentions and all that. If you’ve done any serious decluttering yourself, you’ll know... 

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