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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.

Is plastic free toilet paper here?

Plastic free toilet paper thanks to Akiyo As you might remember, we’ve been on the search for plastic free toilet paper for a long time. It’s not a huge issue that toilet paper is wrapped in polythene because we can recycle it along with carrier bags at our local supermarket, but we still like to reduce plastic use as much as possible. One of our readers,... 

Vivienne Westwood shares her tip for reducing food packaging waste

Find out where Vivienne Westwood gets all her energy! I’m delighted to share a guest post today from Vivienne Westwood. Vivienne shares many ‘ecological’ and human rights passions which she weaves into her business and personal life. She is ‘fur free’ in her collections and has a range of vegan shoes. In 2008, one of her collections called... 

Any ideas about recycling vinyl banners?

How to recycle vinyl banners While I admit recycling a vinyl banner isn’t something I need to do every day, these things catch us out from time to time, especially in the work place after conferences or promotions. I had an email from Andrea who wrote “We’ve been doing a bit of a clear out at work and have some vinyl banners that we no longer need. As... 

Get snap happy for Recycle Week

Shedwyn wants you to Stand up for recycling - out on the street Recycle week takes place 20-26th June and marks the 3 year anniversary of the launch of My Zero Waste! This years theme is ‘Recycling - Home and Away’. It’s all about the positive cumulative effect we can all make by recycling just a little bit more; whether it’s doing more of... 

Mrs Green’s recycling stories of the week

Morning folks, I hope you’ve had a good week. Here is my round up of this week’s zero waste stories - focusing on reducing, reusing and recycling our way to a more sustainable future!  Read More →

The Greens on Galileo TV, Germany

Mrs Green and the team from Galileo Pro TV You remember last month we spent a couple of days with a German TV crew? They followed us around for a couple of days scrutinising our every move to see how we managed to reduce our waste so much. Eva and the crew from Galileo TV spent time filming the ‘one bin family’, as we seem to be called, for her ‘Green... 

‘Bin’ Shopping Lately?

Perfectly edible food dumped in skips and landfilled I’m thrilled to be sharing a guest post today from Davina Dean. Davina has the courage to do something I’ve never done and her courage pays off because it means she gets to eat for free! Imagine that?! Imagine having your food bill reduced by 100% AND being able to help save food waste at the same time…  Read More →

Seriously?

It's time to brighten up your trash! Come on, you know me by now - the friendly face of zero waste but every now and then, something REALLY gets to me and I have to speak up. Such as the time we went to the recycling centre and the banks were full. My Take: phone the banks, don’t leave it to someone else. It’s not difficult. Or the time Sainsbury’s... 

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