As I work as an artist I am often using bubble wrap to protect my paintings from damage when taking them to and from exhibitions and also packaging them when they are sold. However, in […]
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Waitrose Trial on Reduced Packaging
I was pleased to hear that Waitrose had announced that they were going to introduce some products that were packaging free and that you could bring your own containers for. Unfortunately when I read further […]
Soap Bars Instead of Liquid Soap
A fair few decades ago all you ever saw on basins and baths were solid soap bars to wash ourselves and our hands and I seem to recall that all of a sudden in the […]
Can You Reheat Chips?
If your local fish and chip shop is like mine and gives you a massive portion of chips that would feed the five thousand even when you ask for a small one, then you probably […]
Kids Party Bags
I’ve always been slightly uneasy at the amount of wasted plastic that comes in kids party bags. Don’t get me wrong, I have done a few party bags in the past with cheap plastic toys […]
Government Announces More Ways to Reduce Waste
The government recently announced a number of measures that will significantly reduce the amount of waste we produce as a nation. The measures include requiring manufacturers to pay for the cost of recycling or disposing […]
Milk Deliveries
So a few months ago I decided to switch from using plastic bottles from the supermarket for my milk, to getting milk delivered in glass bottles. The main reason for this was to reduce my […]
Compost Heap Created
So I finally got myself a small compost bin for the kitchen – I had been using the small compost bags to put my food waste in and then putting those in the brown bin […]
Reusable Fruit & Veg Bags
One of the first things that I started to do to reduce my waste of plastic bags was to buy some reusable fruit and veg bags. This is a very easy win as long as […]