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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.
How to chit potatoes
Everything you've wanted to know about chitting potatoes! Here’s a bonus post for you this week! Growing some of your own food is a great way to reduce packaging waste and one of the easiest and most delicious crops to grow is potatoes! Contrary to popular belief you do not need a lot of space to grow potatoes - if you live in a high rise flat with only...
Decluttering without landfill - week 6
decluttering without landfill waste Good morning! How is your decluttering mission coming along? Each weekend over on 365lessthings, Colleen sets us missions for the week. My own addition is that MY decluttering has to be done without creating landfill waste - I’m recycling or reusing as much as I can. Now Colleen is a delicate mix of task master and cheering...
Roundup of reduce, reuse, recycle stories
Planning a zero waste valentine's day Welcome to my roundup of some of the best reduce, reuse, recycle stories on the net. Each story will help us take steps towards a zero waste future. Read More →
Plastic free combs are here!
Mrs Green and her glossy hair after using a bone comb One of my least favourite childhood memories is of having a plastic comb ripped through my hair every morning before school. I know my hair isn’t the easiest to manage and maybe my grumpy face wasn’t easy to manage on a school morning either. I have lots of very fine hair; it looks thick, but actually...
Important annoucement about recycling crisp packets
February 10, 2011 by Mrs Green
In category Blog, Waste News
Local people will have noticed a lack of crisp packet recycling in Tesco recently. Before Christmas Tesco appointed a new store manager who decided the crisp packet recycling container was not ‘professional enough’ so it was removed. Unfortunately, we weren’t told about it and the first we knew was when we had several enquiries as to where it had...
Frugal War Rations recipe Wednesday - Salad cream
How does a wartime salad cream taste? One of our facebook fans shared the title of a recipe book with me, and after a successful second hand purchase on Amazon I’ve been delving into the quaint pages ever since. Published in 1947, this politically correct book written by Dorothy Anne Adamson is ‘especially written for Brides and Bachelors’! Ms Adamson...
How to reuse and recycle calendars
Creative ways to reuse your calendar Can you believe we’re well into February already? It’s been a whirlwind year for us. At the beginning of the year I didn’t make new years resolutions, but decided on a word to infuse the year with. The word was ‘balance’. Read More →
Zero waste decluttering - week 5
Cutlery - should it stay or go Good morning declutter buddies; how is your mission to declutter without creating landfill waste coming along? Once again, I’ve been following in the footsteps of Colleen from 365lessthings, who sets her readers a mini mission for each day of the week. Here’s what I’ve been up to over the past 7 days: Read More →
Getting Top Dollar when recycling your mobile phone
Never judge a book by its cover
Mrs Green recycles breakfast
Do solar panels really work during the winter?
is zero waste fuel here?
Recycling in the garden
Mrs Green reflects on E.ON Innovation
Reducing waste at work
