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June 4, 2008 in section: Uncategorized by Mr Green with 117,882 views
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| Zero Waste Week! I find that the things I throw away most are salads and herbs, they come in packs that are just too big. So, I’m growing my own now. And any food leftovers go in my wormery. I always plan meals in advance and just buy what I need, Tops of strawbe [contd.] |
74 | Posted by Helen 2010-09-02 16:17:03 |
| Response from Graze For years I have been making up my own grazing mix . In a large bowl I mix together. Unsalted cashews No set amounts. Just what I fancy. Use less brazil nuts because [contd.] |
2 | Posted by Karen 2010-09-02 16:12:03 |
| Have we got news for you! Hi Mrs G - thanks for featuring my interview with the lovely Rob Dunger from Radio Suffolk. I am totally chuffed that Saints Cafe will be involved and have just updated The Rubbish Diet with the full news about what’s happening in my neck of the woo [contd.] |
4 | Posted by Karen@therubbishdiet 2010-09-02 12:18:00 |
| A wheelie great idea to Re-Cycle your bike Here in Cardiff, our Council, via Recycle, takes unwanted bikes at one specified “dump”. These bikes are reconditioned and used to promote cycling in schools and sold also to the general public to promote this form of exercise/sport. Every family [contd.] |
1 | Posted by H0gg1t 2010-09-02 09:54:31 |
| Reuse glass jars My local supermarket has DE coffee at £2 per £100g and Nescafe at £1.65 per 100g. I like the DE jar better in appearance and wondered if it was suitable for preserving - ignoring the taste of the coffee, both of which I like, was it worth spend [contd.] |
70 | Posted by adrian 2010-09-01 22:42:20 |
| Why recycle aluminium cans? @Jane: It’s not that Jane. My first motivation for picking up cans, was seeing what happened to those left on grass. Many years ago, my brother cut his foot open when running about in bare feet! One of m [contd.] |
18 | Posted by Poppy 2010-09-01 13:38:52 |
| Recycling crisp packets on Local News! Hi Mrs G. I’ve just read the zero waste week stuff. Happy that we have very minimal food waste- if any. we don’t over stock anyway and i make smoothies to use up fruit too. its taken a while but i have persuaded my OH to stop buying things with ext [contd.] |
13 | Posted by Sinead 2010-08-31 10:02:58 |
| 7 plastic free bloggers Thank you John - I appreciate your message. Sincerely Neil [contd.] |
21 | Posted by Neil Tomlinson 2010-08-31 07:38:22 |
| How to store recycling in a small space With this kind of recycling you get gardens and streets ‘peopled’ with bins don’t you? There is no incentive to reduce. It is so sad to see gardens taken over with these enormous bins. They are big enough to swallow people. I guess it is a cont [contd.] |
11 | Posted by Jane 2010-08-31 05:19:00 |
| The future’s in safe hands Well, we don’t use Tetra Pak ever, our council don’t recycle the stuff. We even buy fresh orange juice in a plastic bottle (only plastic bottles we do buy), because all other juices come in Tetra Pak’s. And since Sainsbury’s began putting their tinne [contd.] |
8 | Posted by John 2010-08-29 22:28:49 |
| How to recycle audio cassette tapes If you want to give away your old mix-tapes, i would be happy to keep them! I can pick them up or pay for the mail service. Thanks! Please contact me to claraxclara@yahoo.com [contd.] |
17 | Posted by Clara 2010-08-29 21:26:22 |
| YOU inspire me! Well, thank you Mrs Green, I’m truly flattered! Could you point me towards the website where you got your ink from? When I switched back to my fountain pen last year I bought a converter and ink from the standard high street store and although the bo [contd.] |
12 | Posted by Isabel 2010-08-29 18:49:16 |
| Win one of 5 OWL monitors Carbon footprint [contd.] |
294 | Posted by Heather w 2010-08-29 17:44:35 |
| How to recycle at work @Jane:  you certainly have your colleagues thinking about things there Jane. It sounds like lots of happening to reduce waste. What a great story. Good luck with the crusher - I’d definitely use it. [contd.] |
6 | Posted by Mrs Green 2010-08-29 16:32:48 |
| How are our zero waste family doing? @John Costigane: Hi John, I love that cycle too - take a few off, eat them and the next day you have something else. I have my first large tomatoes for lunch today - moneymakers, which is a variety I have n [contd.] |
50 | Posted by Mrs Green 2010-08-29 11:24:21 |
| Talk @Mrs Green: It was a tall see-through container which had a lot in it. At first I thought it was some sort of exhibit - until I got closer and read the sign! If these exhibition guides aren’t reused you ca [contd.] |
128 | Posted by Jane 2010-08-28 19:26:32 |
| Jeremy Irons talks about the plastic bag @Karin: In the UK if you forget to take your own bags shopping with you you can buy for 10p a reusable Bag for Life from the main supermarkets. However since they just love you to do their advertising for [contd.] |
6 | Posted by Jane 2010-08-28 19:13:48 |
| Got a glut? Want a glut? @Attila: Sounds like you’ve been really busy Attila; our cooking apples are now ready for use so it will be an mammoth apple pie baking session 
@Hazel: Gre [contd.] |
3 | Posted by Mrs Green 2010-08-28 16:47:04 |
| How to Recycle plastic milk bottle tops Good to hear everything is set up for you to put plastic bottle tops to good use, Ian. Can you actually take other types of tops? For example the jar lids from gravy powder or coffee? [contd.] |
44 | Posted by Mrs Green 2010-08-28 16:44:52 |
| Not your usual holiday snaps @Poppy: none at all? I’m really surprised about that. Anyway, good for you for bringing home all your stuff and recycling it
@Karen: Thanks for the heads up [contd.] |
3 | Posted by Mrs Green 2010-08-26 13:37:53 |
| Win “Recycle: The essential guide” Excellent book, will give me lots more ideas for recycling. Already do composting, and recycle bottles, paper, card and plastics [contd.] |
115 | Posted by Daphne 2010-08-24 23:31:59 |
| Mrs Green’s recent zero waste finds @John: John, thank you for this link. I think I know what sort of film it’s going to be and I need to eat - I’m going to watch it after I’ve eaten. (Never mix food and bad emotions and all that  ) [contd.] |
13 | Posted by Mrs Green 2010-08-20 20:04:25 |
| FAQs @Poppy: Poppy; good idea to scumple up all the foil - I do this with tiny bits too. As to the plastics, you’ll have to contact the individual manufacturer to find out what it is and then see if you can recy [contd.] |
3 | Posted by Mrs Green 2010-08-20 19:56:33 |
| Beginner’s guide to compost @Louisa: Thanks for the link, poppy (I’m going to ‘Tiny’ it in a moment because it’s breaking the page LOL!) Louisa, I would suggest the wormery because the bokashi contents have to go into a compost heap [contd.] |
23 | Posted by Mrs Green 2010-08-20 19:55:34 |
| Window envelopes - to recycle or not? And what about windows in cardboard packaging? The Higgidy pie packaging says all their packaging (PET tray, cardboard carton and ?plastic window) is recyclable. The M&S sandwiches say the cardboard is but not the plastic window. There is ofte [contd.] |
18 | Posted by Jane 2010-08-18 11:30:02 |
| Response from Tropical Wholefoods These are difficult financial times for many. That doesn’t mean we should stop thinking about it. I realised that Kate from Tropical Wholefoods has a VERY misleading statement in her letter: “The bad news is that although polypropolene is rec [contd.] |
5 | Posted by Jane 2010-08-18 11:16:59 |
| New features on the site Thanks for the FAQ page, especially the sample letters - very helpful [contd.] |
2 | Posted by LJayne 2010-08-18 09:53:48 |
| Supermarket packaging by Beth Moore The supermarkets are vying with each other for our custom and affection. We all need to eat so while the recession stopped many people from buying many other things food did not seem to be affected. The Tesco advert announcing that customers woul [contd.] |
6 | Posted by Jane 2010-08-16 23:34:22 |
| My luffa - 4 months old! Yes, I thought you could have planted courgette in your garden when you wanted to reduce the size of it as they take up so much room - as do ridge cucumbers. My brother has a squash plant that is busy pulling itself up a tree with its tendrils. Fas [contd.] |
7 | Posted by Jane 2010-08-16 01:43:41 |
| It’s amazing what’s on your doorstep @Jane: Hi Jane. A stainless steel tiffin would be ideal for hot food, but at a cost, I doubt someone who is not an enthusiast would participate. We went to a local takeaway once and he wanted to give us [contd.] |
12 | Posted by Mrs Green 2010-08-15 17:14:14 |
| Mrs Green enjoys a cup of zero waste tea! Twinings teabags fruit teas and Earl Grey all come in card board boxes with compostable biodegradable inners. Try them out. [contd.] |
10 | Posted by polythenepam 2010-08-13 10:47:34 |
| Zero waste toothbrushes Hi Again Sabine, I appreciate the challenge you face in expanding into retail outlets, which should come eventually. Having used a set of 4 purchased a while back, each as good as the previous one, my plan is to buy around 10 soon and pass some am [contd.] |
22 | Posted by John Costigane 2010-08-12 09:12:02 |
| Update on my 5 things challenge Ned and Ms Green have become fine examples of self discipline…it is rare to witness such reserve and exercise of choice, and i don’t mean children, as much consumerism is committed by adults–who once were children on the loose– loose purse string [contd.] |
1 | Posted by nadine sellers 2010-08-11 17:41:40 |
| Personal @Karen: Sounds a wonderful place to spend your Birthday lunch Karen - thank you for sharing with us and Happy Birthday! [contd.] |
2 | Posted by Mrs Green 2010-08-11 14:31:12 |
| How to reuse silica gel - 8 ways @Nathalie Marshall: Hi Nathalie, well then I guess it’s landfill. That’s why REDUCE, comes before reuse and recycle as the end of reuse is pretty inevitable [contd.] |
24 | Posted by Mrs Green 2010-08-11 14:29:39 |
| City saves $2,400 in 1 month, recycling up 30 percent That’s exciting news! You are so right. The more we can prove reducing, reusing and recycling saves money, the more people will jump on the bandwagon. Not only do we need to show how they can save, but we need to show how their lifestyles improve. I’ [contd.] |
4 | Posted by graceonline 2010-08-10 00:01:11 |
| Easy steps to upcycle your own furniture! I love that table, think its great! Brilliant work guys! Such a good idea to encourage recycling and less waste around the house, looks really vintage and unique too. Thanks for sharing! [contd.] |
1 | Posted by furniture rentals 2010-08-09 10:10:01 |
| How to recycle your PVC credit, membership, mobile top up and loyalty cards! @Mr L: Mr L; the 3 Rs - reduce, reuse, recycle, are in that order for a reason. Rick is redominantly reducing the amount of this plastic that initially ends up in landfill. Sure all recycling projects will [contd.] |
14 | Posted by Mrs Green 2010-08-07 07:48:33 |
| Reusable sanitary protection Thanks Mrs Green! [contd.] |
40 | Posted by amy apple 2010-08-07 07:47:36 |
| How to recycle crisp packets / bags and support charity @Mr L: Hi Mr L; well to be honest I think *all* recycling is a form of reuse and from my perspective it doesn’t matter what the correct term is, technically, the point is this is making a difference both to [contd.] |
44 | Posted by Mrs Green 2010-08-07 07:47:28 |
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A wheelie great idea to Re-Cycle your bike
Response from Graze
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Not your usual holiday snaps
The future’s in safe hands
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