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the zero waste home in California
Morning all, I hope you’ve had a wonderful week.
On Sundays I share some reduce, reuse, recycle link love from around the world in the hope that some of these stories can inspire us all to live a more sustainable and zero waste lifestyle.
Zero Waste home
As you’ll be aware I’m on a decluttering mission this year (although I seem to say that every year!)
I have an image in my mind of an ordered home with a place for everything and everything in its place.
Unfortunately, living with Mr Hoarder I’m unlikely to realise that dream, except, perhaps in one room that I don’t let him in to!
However I do take inspiration from the Johnson family in California who have no rubbish in their home and no landfill waste either …
Take a read of “The zero-waste home”
Recycling newspaper
I don’t know about you, but now that the snow has disappeared and the days appear to be warmer, my thoughts are turning to the garden.
Over on No Ordinary Homestead, Tiffany shared a post a couple of years ago about repurposing newspaper for seedling pots.
Here are zero waste towers we use the cardboard inners from toilet rolls to make our own biodegradable pots, but these recycled newspaper pots look wonderful and I’m going to have a go myself.
Using up stale bread
Over on Cooking in Venice, Barbara shares a lovely recipe for using up stale bread.
Not only that, but the recipe is in Italian too for our new readers!
It’s a variation on a theme of bread and butter pudding – there are lots of different recipes out there, and this one with orange peel and almonds sounds yummy! I’m definitely going to give this one a go…
Coming up on the site next week: I’ll be giving you the low down on my ‘decluttering without waste’ mission, sharing a frugal ‘use it up!’ recipe and you’ll need to clean your ears because we’re going to be discussing cotton buds (Q tips). Don’t miss it!
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I know you can buy a seed potter from Natural Collection. It’s in the current sale brochure I’ve just been sent.
You and me both still on decluttering missions. Next on my agend is my computer desk.
@Julie Day: Yes, I’ve seen them – never used one but I hear they are good. Hope the computer desk declutter is going well!