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

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

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

Filed in Blog by on January 27, 2015 • 2 Comments

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

Filed in Blog by on January 26, 2015 • 15 Comments

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?

Filed in Blog by on January 14, 2015 • 5 Comments

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

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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