Archive for January, 2009
A zero waste Christmas present!
Look at that face – you just want to kiss his cheeks, don’t you? And what a relief! You know how it is when you don’t know how the contents of a box will fare on the packaging front?
Mrs Green’s zero waste crackers
I have to hand it to myself; I may complain at not being artistic, but I feel I surpassed myself with the crackers this year.
Weekly weigh in 32
Oh my goodness; we’ve not done very well with our New year’s resolution this week – we have two Christmas presents heading for that big hole in the ground already 🙁
How to recycle your Christmas
Christmas is all but over now and Twelfth night is the traditional time to take down your decorations and say goodbye to the festive season for another year. This is a wonderful opportunity to do some serious recycling and reusing. It also gets you into some good habits to continue throughout 2009.
How much food waste and packaging did we create over Christmas
According to the Love Food Hate Waste campaign we waste, on average, a third of the food we buy each week. However, during Christmas, WRAP claim that this increases by a massive 80%. I want you to stop and think about that for a moment. You only have to set foot into a supermarket pre […]
Sunday roundup 31
Welcome to our first winter Sunday roundup. It’s a cold -6 out there at the moment, but we’ve warm and cheery hearts to share with you, and a big roaring fire helps too.
Something we do NOT miss about our zero waste lifestyle!
We had an interesting experience this week. We put our bin out! This was the first time in around six months.
Happy New Year – it’s the countdown to Gloucestershire zero waste challenge week!
Hello lovely people; welcome back to the site. The New Year is upon us and we’re raring to go! We have two rubbishy New Years Resolutions here at Chez Green. The first is to get through the entire year without putting our dustbin out (remember, we have an old fashioned metal bin, not a wheelie […]
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