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How to reuse plastic pots and containers
Last month Tracey asked about reusing yogurt pots and cream cartons. She wrote “”Cream / large yoghurt pots make good plant pots and I use the lid’s for the plant pot bottom. The kids and I sometimes paint and decoupage them to make slightly more presentable pencil holders.I would love to know some different uses…
How to cook, when you don’t like cooking
Let’s all help Pam be a zero hero! She’s made the brave Zero Waste Week pledge to reduce packaging that comes into her home BUT she lives on her own and tends to buy pre packaged meals.
Join the Zero Waste Week Facebook Events Page
Is leaving a comment on a blog last season? If you prefer to keep in touch via Facebook I’ve just launched this year’s Zero Waste Week Facebook Events page!
Instant Bacon Bites
This week there was only one loaf of bread left in our farm shop. It was so huge you could have scaled its North face. It eventually got so dry nobody wanted to eat it and I thought it would end up being fed to the compost heap. The previous night Little Miss Green had…
Chicken and sweetcorn bake
A great way to use up left over chicken from a Sunday roast and the cream left in the pot!
Look at THIS!
Last month I was introduced to the amazing Claire Holgate. She had designed one of my fellow bloggers (Hi Jen!) some logos for a new project.
How to reuse / recycle old tights
Over on Twitter @kissakerho asked what she could do with old tights. She wrote: “I’ve got half a bin bag of tights that no longer fit me, and sadly they can’t even be recycled by Oxford. also, most of them are laddered :(“
Out for a shopping trip with Jeremy Irons
Last weekend was my Birthday, so I thought I’d take you on a trip down memory lane. Once upon a time I took Jeremy Irons out to shop naked. Yes, two years ago I was strolling through town with Jez, carrying boxes and bags and showing him how to shop without creating too much landfill…
Three ways to use up bread crusts
Over on our Facebook page, Anne Marie shared these tips for using up bread crusts. But why should we bother?
How to have a zero waste barbecue
As soon as the sun shows his face for longer than 10 minutes, us Brits can’t wait to get our shorts on and light the barbecue. But have you stopped to think about the landfill waste you might be creating?