Archive for February, 2009

Excessive supermarket food packaging is undermining householders’ efforts to recycle

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Excessive supermarket food packaging is undermining householders’ efforts to recycle

Mrs A covered this story yesterday, and some of our readers sent us links to various media attention on this important issue. Thank you to all of you!

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Demonstrators fear incinerator in Gloucestershire

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Demonstrators fear incinerator in Gloucestershire

My thanks go to Poppy for bringing my attention to this BBC news video called “Demonstrators fear incinerator“.

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Weekly weigh in 39

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Weekly weigh in 39

Week 39. Where has the time gone? It seems we have quite a lot of things we don’t normally buy in the bin this week.

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Recipe number two from the Abel and Cole box – minestrone soup

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Recipe number two from the Abel and Cole box – minestrone soup

I’m going to try and feature a recipe every day this week from meals created with ingredients from our Abel and Cole vegetable box.

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Announcing the winners of ReSACKel competition

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Announcing the winners of ReSACKel competition

Do you feel lucky? It’s time to announce the winners of our ReSACKel competition.

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Our first Abel and Cole meal!

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Our first Abel and Cole meal!

You might remember we received an Abel and Cole box last week. It arrived just as I was preparing lunch, so we tucked in straight away. There is nothing like fresh produce to tantalise the taste buds.

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Little Miss Green makes a box for National bird box week

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Little Miss Green makes a box for National bird box week

This week is National Bird Box week. It started on Valentine’s Day, so as well as showing our love for all the people we care about, we can show our love for the birds too!

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Sunday roundup 38

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Sunday roundup 38

Another week has flown by here at zero waste towers. We’ve had lots of fun again and many of you have shared your thoughts and opinions throughout the week, which has been great! We always love hearing about your adventures.

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