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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.
Reduce, reuse and recycle stories of the week
Will you be taking the green tour? Welcome to another week of zero waste goodness. Each week I feature 3 stories from the net designed to get your reducing, reusing and recycling like never before! Read More →
Recycle your inhalers!
Recycle your inhalers at the Co-Operative After our stories recently about the 250 tons of out of date, surplus and redundant medicines that are destroyed in an incinerator each year and the slightly more up beat story about the ability to recycle your unwanted medicines to help people in developing countries, I was interested to hear another recycling story shared...
zero waste recycled Mother’s Day cards
March 17, 2011 by Mrs Green
In category Blog, Guest Posts
Some of Sian's recycled mother's day cards As you know, when it comes to arts and crafts I was at the end of the queue for the gene. However, our guest poster today was definitely at the front! I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Sian and her family and when I met her Sian’s table was strewn with all sorts of wonderful creative projects from Morsbags...
I made marmalade thanks to Abel and Cole
March 16, 2011 by Mrs Green
In category Blog, Product reviews
shredded orange peel for marmalade There’s nothing like learning a new skill. Over the past couple of years I’ve made chutneys of all sorts using up the glut of vegetables from our garden. We’ve had red tomato, green tomato, marrow and even beetroot - all of which were lovely. Something I’ve never done before however, and decided this would...
The Emporers new clothes
sainsburys milk bags to replace plastic bottles It’s ok, I haven’t been on another clothes shopping spree, but I’m beginning to feel I see the world through a completely different pair of eyes to the rest of the world. I seriously feel like I’m swimming upstream right now. As you know, I’m a friendly gal, I don’t ruffle feathers...
zero waste stories of the week
Does wine taste as good from plastic or tetra pak Welcome to this week’s roundup of reduce, reuse, recycle stories. This week we’ve got everything covered from drinking wine to getting your glass clean afterwards! Read More →
What’s in the landfill bin for February?
The Green's landfill waste for February You might remember January was a successful zero waste month with nothing at all for landfill. We had 5 packaging products to send back to manufacturer for them to dispose of and to comment on. I’ve since had 2 responses; one canned and one fairly reasonable, which I’ll share on the site another day. This month...
Bristol council plan to send zero waste to landfill
March 10, 2011 by Mrs Green
In category Waste News
Bristol council are aiming for zero waste to landfill (gorgeous illustration from http://www.sallyelford.co.uk) I just picked up this story from “This is Bristol”. Apparently, Bristol council has plans to stop putting rubbish into landfill sites! Have a read of the story and let me know what you think - is there anyone on the site living in Bristol? I’d...
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
