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Haringey Council introduces full mixed recycling

Congratulations to Haringey council for increasing their kerbside collections! June 7th, 2008 by David Harrison Haringey Council is working to

New recycling plant to create a virtuous circle for plastic

A small corner of east London is set to help tackle the UK’s waste mountain by turning used drinks bottles

Sunday summary

It’s been an incredible first week here at Chez Green. The support we’ve had over the past few days has

There’s a naked chicken in my kitchen

How do you recycle plastic meat packaging? The short answer is, you can’t. Well, not around here anyway. But are

Wanna hear the latest plastics recycling gossip?

The astonishing, absolutely agonisingly atrociously amazing Almost Mrs Average snuck in through the back door of this week’s WRAP conference

Call to extend plastics recycling

Well, this is wonderful news – let’s hope things start to progress even more now with recycling plastics 🙂 From

It’s been a funny kind of day……

We’ve been getting along swimmingly for like, one day with our zero waste challenge, and then Thursday arrived with a

Remarkable recycled Notebook

Yes it’s remarkable in the truest sense of the word. Some of you might have seen the bright, funky offerings

June’s Monthly competition

Roll up, roll up for our first Zero waste competition. The prizes each month will focus on helping you to

Defra launches “on-the-go” recycling drive

Defra has launched a major initiative in an attempt to increase the provision of recycling bins in public places, with

A ‘normal’ week’s worth of rubbish at Chez Green

Heeeeere she is. Our regular before-rubbish-diet dustbin, complete with saddlebags. Look at that cellulite, the distended stomach, how her knees

Zero waste meals (horsetail soup anybody?)

In the spirit of the WRAP’s recycling week I challenged Little Miss Green to a fun quiz yesterday. I asked

Packaging helps supermarkets bag top spots in green poll

Katie Allen, The Guardian, Monday June 2, 2008. High-profile green advertising campaigns by supermarkets appear to be paying off with

our zero waste challenge – day one; stepping up to the challenge as a family

I’m so excited to be writing our first Zero Waste blog post. Excited about rubbish? You betcha! Our trusty dustbin