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Zero Waste Week 2018 Press Coverage
Here are some of the press highlights for Zero Waste Week 2018. The Guardian Journalist Stuart Heritage was challenged to live a week without plastic. I was assigned to be his ‘guru’ (his words, not mine!) for all those challenging questions. He described me as “brilliantly unmilitant about waste reduction” in his article in which…
Local Authorities promoting Zero Waste Week
There are over 80 local authorities signed up to the Zero Waste Week mailing list. Here’s how some of them promoted the campaign to their residents: Oxford City Oxford City were busy sharing tips with their residents throughout the week This week is #ZeroWasteWeek. An easy peasy way to start is to ditch plastic packaging…
I am not a poster boy for Zero Waste
For the final post in our ‘Dudes against Destruction’ series, Carl tells us why he isn’t a poster boy for zero Waste and more about his aspirations. Here’s Carl:
Welcome to Zero Waste Week 2018 – Day Five!
Welcome to the final day of Zero Waste Week. I hope you’ve been planning for the grand finale!
5 Tips to Living Sustainably
Continuing with our Dudes against Destruction series, Chris aka, The Sustainable Guy, shares his top 5 tips for living sustainably. Here’s Chris:
Welcome to Zero Waste Week 2018 – Day Four!
So far you’ve thought about reducing plastic in the bathroom and kitchen. Today we’re staying in the kitchen for another challenge. We’re going to look at your household cleaning routine.
The “wonky” food thing is a start but I believe they played a part in creating what a “perfect” carrot was.
Continuing our ‘Dudes against Destruction’ series, Kevin shares why he hates waste so much: So I hate waste, any kind of waste, food, plastic, electronics anything at all. I think it might of been because my Granddad would always be fixing something from TVs to video players to lawn mowers and I have become the…
Welcome to Zero Waste Week 2018 – Day Three!
How did you get on in the bathroom yesterday. Were you shocked at how much plastic was in there?
10 ways teens can reduce their single-use plastics
Recently, I’ve had several teens writing to me, asking what they can do to reduce their single-use plastic. When I heard that 17 year old Alyssa had invited her friends to leave their empty cans and bottles outside her tent at a party over the summer – so she could recycle them in the morning…
I was Crusoe, the world was my desert island and I could do anything – without Amazon or eBay…
Continuing our series of giving the Zero Waste men in our lives a platform to share their stories, here’s Richard; today’s Dudes against Destruction!