Archive for January, 2015

Reduce wet wipes and cotton wool use with these alternatives for removing make up

Filed in Blog, Reduce by on January 30, 2015 17 Comments
Reduce wet wipes and cotton wool use with these alternatives for removing make up

Over on Twitter, Rachael asked about alternatives for cotton wool and wet wipes when removing makeup. And the answers from the Zero Waste community came flooding in!

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Join me tomorrow on Twitter!

Filed in Blog by on January 29, 2015 0 Comments
Join me tomorrow on Twitter!

If you’re decluttering and looking for tips on how to get rid of stuff without creating landfill I have just the thing for you! Tomorrow (Fri 30th Jan) between 11am and 11:30am GMT I’m hosting a Twitter Q&A with the fantastic Martin Lewis Money Saving Forum.

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Update on Dump Your Junk January Challenge

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Update on Dump Your Junk January Challenge

At the end of December I issued a ‘Dump Your Junk’ January Challenge! The idea was to spend the month of January getting your home in order

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Keep your cool and reduce food waste

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Keep your cool and reduce food waste

In a recent newsletter, I shared a tip I picked up from the Love Food Hate Waste website about freezing baked beans. Did you know you could freeze baked beans?

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Time to confess! What secret desire do you have that flies in the face of your zero waste lifestyle?

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Time to confess! What secret desire do you have that flies in the face of your zero waste lifestyle?

One of the things many of us are eager to do after the festive season is have a good declutter. I must admit that “Create an organised and minimalist home” has been one of my resolutions for Ooo, about eight years now…

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What are your Zero Waste New Year resolutions?

Filed in Blog by on January 12, 2015 12 Comments
What are your Zero Waste New Year resolutions?

In the January newsletter I asked our readers what Zero waste New Years resolutions they had planned. (If you’re not on the mailing list, sign up now.) I thought I’d share them in a blog post so if you’re stuck on how you can ‘up the ante’ this year you can take inspiration from our […]

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