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Zero Waste Week 2023 is just Two Months Away!

Dates for 2023: Sept 4th-8th   Zero Waste Week is almost here … As announced last year, owing to an unexpected health diagnosis, things are changing for Zero Waste Week. But that’s exciting too, as it means the week has grown up and finally flies the nest – just as my daughter did at the…

refill your bottle on the go

4 Ways to Make Your Water Drinking Habit Zero Waste

I’m sure you’ve experienced that moment when you hear a statistic or read a statement that stops you in your tracks. For me, it was about plastic bottles. I learned that around the world, we use about 1.2 million plastic bottles per MINUTE. That’s shocking, isn’t it? And worse still, it’s estimated that only 9%…

uefa launch circular economy guidelines during Zero Waste Week

Some Highlights from Zero Waste Week 2022

What a campaign week! It was an emotional rollercoaster for sure. I began the week by making an announcement that after fifteen years, this would be the final year of a content-led campaign. I shared my deeply personal reason for that here. So it was a bitter sweet week for me. And later it became…

We need to make better use of resources

Zero Waste Week 2022 – Day Five

So what’s the future for reusables? Do they even have a future? Nothing is more certain than the fact we need to make better use of our planet’s resources. That’s not in any doubt. Cutting down waste is clearly a good place to start to achieve that. Reuse and refill has great potential for cutting…

My litter pick

Zero Waste Week 2022 – Day Four

How much litter did you pick up yesterday? Did you find three pieces or was it less or more? We’d love to know. I cleaned up this little lot!  Today I’m going to talk about how trying to solve one problem can sometimes lead to creating another problem. This is something known as “unintended consequences”. You…

Litter is everywhere.

Zero Waste Week 2022 – Day Three

Today is all about Litter. You might ask what that’s got to do with Refill and Reuse. We feel there’s an important connection. What if everything we make that we don’t consume,  by which I mean eat or drink, was part of a true circular economy? Let’s take a look at what circular economy really…

Why people refill

Zero Waste Week 2022 – Day Two

Day two of this year’s Zero Waste Week is all about “refill” for your grocery shopping.  As part of my research into refill in the UK earlier this year, I started a survey to see how many people use refill, what they refill and why. It also asked why people didn’t refill. It probably comes…

Welcome to Zero Waste Week 2022

Zero Waste Week 2022 – Day One

Welcome to the fifteenth annual Zero Waste Week. This year is all about Refill and Reuse. Earlier this year, I was invited to investigate the state of play of Refill in the UK in 2022. It certainly seems like Refill is becoming more and more popular, particularly as we understand the need to control the…

Pre Zero Waste Week announcement

Welcome to the 15th annual Zero Waste Week! Do you want the good news or the bad news? Well, the good news is we have a fantastic never-done-before theme for this year’s campaign. I’m hugely grateful to Anna for researching and doing all the leg work for this year’s content. She’s got something for everyone,…

14 ways the Zero Waste Movement has Changed in the Past 14 years

14 ways the Zero Waste Movement has Changed in the Past 14 years

I’ve been reducing my landfill waste since 2008. Back then I was seen as a bit weird. It all felt pretty lonely to be honest. The only other person I knew was Karen Cannard. She started her ‘rubbish diet’ in response to a challenge set by her local council in January 2008. It was Karen…