Mrs Green

I am a long time supporter of the Green and Sustainable lifestyle. After being caught in the Boscastle floods in 2004, our family begun a journey to respect and promote the importance of Earth's fragile ecosystem, that focussed on reducing waste. Inspired by the beauty and resourcefulness of this wonderful planet, I have published numerous magazine articles on green issues and the author of four books.

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How Your Technology can Help you go Zero Waste

Filed in Reduce by on June 9, 2023 0 Comments
How Your Technology can Help you go Zero Waste

Most of us have a smartphone, laptop or tablet of some description. Modern life makes is almost impossible to get buy without at least one of these gadgets. And while they undoubtedly enable us to communicate more freely, get access to information, give us certain freedoms and facilitate us keeping in touch with loved ones, […]

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3 Small Lifestyle Swaps You Can Make Today to Improve Your Personal Carbon Footprint

Filed in Blog by on May 19, 2023 0 Comments
3 Small Lifestyle Swaps You Can Make Today to Improve Your Personal Carbon Footprint

Back in 2019, the theme of Zero Waste Week was climate change. It was a ‘never-done-before’ theme which expanded the horizons of not just focusing on landfill waste, but encompassed more of the sustainability theme. It was a fantastic campaign with some interesting ideas and debate. With climate change quickly becoming a pressing issue for […]

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How to Overcome Recycling Challenges When Living in an Apartment

Filed in Blog by on May 12, 2023 0 Comments
How to Overcome Recycling Challenges When Living in an Apartment

Many blogs about reducing waste, centre around larger family homes. It’s something I’ve spoken openly about before. I’m aware that we’re very lucky. We have a room on the side of our kitchen to store recyclables and we have a garden large enough to compost. But I’m aware this isn’t the case for all readers […]

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Four Ways Your Home Can Go Greener This Summer

Filed in Blog by on April 28, 2023 0 Comments
Four Ways Your Home Can Go Greener This Summer

Everyone is looking for ways that they can work on their carbon footprint. It always seems easier in the summer months, doesn’t it? You don’t have to blast your central heating. You can hang your washing out on the line instead of waiting for the tumble dryer to complete yet another cycle. It all just […]

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Feeling Guilty About how Little you Recycle?

Filed in Blog by on September 2, 2022 0 Comments
Feeling Guilty About how Little you Recycle?

Next week is the 15th annual Zero Waste Week campaign, and businesses, organisations and householders are taking waste audits, looking at habits and seeing where they can improve. Perhaps you’re one of them and are having a pang of guilt. I know that in the lead up to the week I’m often shocked at how […]

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How Computer Recycling Can Help You Reduce Waste

Filed in Recycle by on April 6, 2022 0 Comments
How Computer Recycling Can Help You Reduce Waste

Here at Zero Waste Towers, we run two businesses. As well as doing our bit to promote the reduction of waste and increase sustainability, we also run a web design business. While this gives us a lot of freedom and flexibility, it does mean we are highly reliant on technology. I know that many of […]

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4 Reasons why you Should Buy Loose Fruit and Vegetables!

Filed in Blog by on July 21, 2021 0 Comments
4 Reasons why you Should Buy Loose Fruit and Vegetables!

When anyone contacts me about starting their own Zero Waste journey, one of the first steps I suggest is buying as much loose fruit and veg as possible. Today I want to outline some of the reasons why, because it might not be obvious! Reduces plastic packaging Reducing excess plastic packaging is probably the reason […]

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Four Ways to Declutter Your Home – the Sustainable Way

Filed in Blog by on June 22, 2021 0 Comments
Four Ways to Declutter Your Home – the Sustainable Way

There’s no getting away from the fact that the last 18 months have been bizarre. And stress levels have increased with all the uncertainty we’ve been facing. Whether you’ve been ill yourself, lost loved ones, faced financial difficulties or found working from home whilst homeschooling your children almost impossible to juggle, I very much hope […]

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