Comments on: My rubbish challenge http://littlegreenblog.com/uncategorized/my-rubbish-challenge/ natural health, wellness and caring for the environment Wed, 23 May 2012 10:35:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 hourly 1 By: Acai Berry Pills http://littlegreenblog.com/uncategorized/my-rubbish-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Acai Berry Pills Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:19:28 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/2008/03/29/my-rubbish-challenge/#comment-93 I'm always into discussions on anything organic, so this read made me feel at home. I'll bookmark the site and subscribe to the feed! I’m always into discussions on anything organic, so this read made me feel at home.
I’ll bookmark the site and subscribe to the feed!

]]> By: Mrs Green http://littlegreenblog.com/uncategorized/my-rubbish-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Mrs Green Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:41:28 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/2008/03/29/my-rubbish-challenge/#comment-92 Hi Mrs A, I've been reading about all the publicity you have had from your challenge; it's utterly amazing. You must be a local celebrity by now :D To get a letter like that from your council is awesome; well done you. I'm so pleased you had a rosy glow from that - you deserve it. I find the human spirit to be an amazing thing; how one person can generate so much enthusiasm and motivation - you truly are an inspiration and I'm glad that you are being recognised for all that you do. I skim read your follow up post to Ruby's challenge and will read it in more detail next week. Enjoy your weekend; do something decadent for yourself :) Mrs G x Hi Mrs A,
I’ve been reading about all the publicity you have had from your challenge; it’s utterly amazing. You must be a local celebrity by now :D
To get a letter like that from your council is awesome; well done you. I’m so pleased you had a rosy glow from that - you deserve it.

I find the human spirit to be an amazing thing; how one person can generate so much enthusiasm and motivation - you truly are an inspiration and I’m glad that you are being recognised for all that you do.

I skim read your follow up post to Ruby’s challenge and will read it in more detail next week.

Enjoy your weekend; do something decadent for yourself :)
Mrs G x

]]> By: Almost Mrs Average http://littlegreenblog.com/uncategorized/my-rubbish-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Almost Mrs Average Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:20:02 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/2008/03/29/my-rubbish-challenge/#comment-91 Hiya Mrs Green - it's me again ;-D Thank you for your great words of support. It's been so brilliant to get such good feedback and I also received a letter from our local council today thanking me for raising the profile of the waste issue, from a local initiative to a national issue. I must admit it did give me a rosy glow. Keep up the great efforts and of course I'll be here applauding you all the way! Keep an eye on Ruby's progress too and I am sure if you have any hints and tips in that direction, they will always come in useful. xx Hiya Mrs Green - it’s me again ;-D

Thank you for your great words of support. It’s been so brilliant to get such good feedback and I also received a letter from our local council today thanking me for raising the profile of the waste issue, from a local initiative to a national issue. I must admit it did give me a rosy glow.

Keep up the great efforts and of course I’ll be here applauding you all the way! Keep an eye on Ruby’s progress too and I am sure if you have any hints and tips in that direction, they will always come in useful. xx

]]> By: Mrs Green http://littlegreenblog.com/uncategorized/my-rubbish-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Mrs Green Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:37:50 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/2008/03/29/my-rubbish-challenge/#comment-90 Hey Almost Mrs Average; I was so hoping you would pop over here and say hello. I can do a little hero worship now LOL! Please follow my progress; that will help me no end. It's easy to fall off the bandwagon if you know no-one is watching you :D I'm like that with exercise because there is only me watching me........... Mr Green looked in the bin today and said 'there is rather a lot of stuff in here'. This is the guy I used to follow around pulling out beer cans and paper from the bin after him. It's great what a little nagging, erm, gentle training can do ;) Anyway, he pressed it all down and most of it was air because most of it was plastic - yipee! We've had a shorter week this week, due to the late bin collection after bank holiday, but I'm holding out hope that we will have one swing bin full this week instead of one dustbin full. I'm very pleased with that, but it still seems an awful lot if that is just plastic. Ho hum............ I loved your post about Ruby's challenge - it's wonderful that you are out there actively helping other people and inspiring them. Have a beautiful evening, Mrs G x Hey Almost Mrs Average; I was so hoping you would pop over here and say hello. I can do a little hero worship now LOL!

Please follow my progress; that will help me no end. It’s easy to fall off the bandwagon if you know no-one is watching you :D I’m like that with exercise because there is only me watching me………..

Mr Green looked in the bin today and said ‘there is rather a lot of stuff in here’. This is the guy I used to follow around pulling out beer cans and paper from the bin after him. It’s great what a little nagging, erm, gentle training can do ;)
Anyway, he pressed it all down and most of it was air because most of it was plastic - yipee! We’ve had a shorter week this week, due to the late bin collection after bank holiday, but I’m holding out hope that we will have one swing bin full this week instead of one dustbin full.

I’m very pleased with that, but it still seems an awful lot if that is just plastic.

Ho hum…………

I loved your post about Ruby’s challenge - it’s wonderful that you are out there actively helping other people and inspiring them.

Have a beautiful evening,
Mrs G x

]]> By: Almost Mrs Average http://littlegreenblog.com/uncategorized/my-rubbish-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Almost Mrs Average Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:11:54 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/2008/03/29/my-rubbish-challenge/#comment-89 Hi Mrs Green - Fabulous post. Thanks for the mention of the blog and for coming over to visit. I'd like to follow your progress with your Rubbish Diet on my blog if that's okay with you. Anyway, I love your site. Keep up the great work. I'll keep popping by to see how you're doing. Hi Mrs Green - Fabulous post. Thanks for the mention of the blog and for coming over to visit. I’d like to follow your progress with your Rubbish Diet on my blog if that’s okay with you. Anyway, I love your site. Keep up the great work. I’ll keep popping by to see how you’re doing.

]]> By: Mrs Green http://littlegreenblog.com/uncategorized/my-rubbish-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Mrs Green Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:27:20 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/2008/03/29/my-rubbish-challenge/#comment-88 Good morning lovely lady! Do you think you would get skunks if you just did regular composting? I know nothing about them, but a compost heap from kitchen peelings and grass clippings isn't supposed to attract vermin. That's one of the reasons why you never put cooked foods or old bones in there, but just keeping it with green matter and a little cardboard or straw if it gets too wet should be ok. The other option is a bokashi bin - do you have them over there? You keep this in the house and it breaks down within a month. You 'feed' the bin with a special mix which helps to break down and ferment the food you put in. Into this you CAN put cooked foods and I am assured it does not smell - I'm eager to try one of these at some point! I have a feeling, from what little I know about American life that we may well be ahead of you in the 'green stakes'. Regarding nappies; when I first switched to washables, I just used them at home, keeping disposables for the convenience when out of the home and gradually replaced them. Once you see their cute bums in a cloth nappy you'll never want to wrap it in plastic again :D Plastic packaging is a tough one isn't it - but especially for you with a young baby who needs your attention. Your priority is probably to get in and out of the shops as quickly as possible. One step at a time; once the farmers markets start up for you, at least you'll be getting fresh fruit and veg with no packaging. Have a wonderful day, mrs G x Good morning lovely lady!
Do you think you would get skunks if you just did regular composting? I know nothing about them, but a compost heap from kitchen peelings and grass clippings isn’t supposed to attract vermin. That’s one of the reasons why you never put cooked foods or old bones in there, but just keeping it with green matter and a little cardboard or straw if it gets too wet should be ok.

The other option is a bokashi bin - do you have them over there? You keep this in the house and it breaks down within a month. You ‘feed’ the bin with a special mix which helps to break down and ferment the food you put in. Into this you CAN put cooked foods and I am assured it does not smell - I’m eager to try one of these at some point!

I have a feeling, from what little I know about American life that we may well be ahead of you in the ‘green stakes’. Regarding nappies; when I first switched to washables, I just used them at home, keeping disposables for the convenience when out of the home and gradually replaced them. Once you see their cute bums in a cloth nappy you’ll never want to wrap it in plastic again :D
Plastic packaging is a tough one isn’t it - but especially for you with a young baby who needs your attention. Your priority is probably to get in and out of the shops as quickly as possible.

One step at a time; once the farmers markets start up for you, at least you’ll be getting fresh fruit and veg with no packaging.

Have a wonderful day,
mrs G x

]]> By: Melissa McCann http://littlegreenblog.com/uncategorized/my-rubbish-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Melissa McCann Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:09:44 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/2008/03/29/my-rubbish-challenge/#comment-87 Hmm, I'm truly embarrassed by the amount of garbage my house generates on a weekly basis. Though I would love to compost, I haven't yet tackled how I'll handle the skunks/stray animals it would attract in the area we live. Even worse than the foody bits though is the amount of plastic packaging and diapers we throw out. Okay, I'll own up - we are four people and two cats, and we have two recycle bins and four to five 13 gallon bags a week. I'm not sure how I could pare it down further right now, unless I cut out the packaging somehow. I am looking into a produce food co-op, but I"m not sure if we've missed the sign up for this season (thank goodness there's going to be farmers' markets soon!). I wonder if you folks over in the UK are further ahead than us North Americans in terms of going green? Would be interesting to find out. Cheers! Hmm, I’m truly embarrassed by the amount of garbage my house generates on a weekly basis. Though I would love to compost, I haven’t yet tackled how I’ll handle the skunks/stray animals it would attract in the area we live. Even worse than the foody bits though is the amount of plastic packaging and diapers we throw out.
Okay, I’ll own up - we are four people and two cats, and we have two recycle bins and four to five 13 gallon bags a week. I’m not sure how I could pare it down further right now, unless I cut out the packaging somehow. I am looking into a produce food co-op, but I”m not sure if we’ve missed the sign up for this season (thank goodness there’s going to be farmers’ markets soon!).
I wonder if you folks over in the UK are further ahead than us North Americans in terms of going green? Would be interesting to find out.
Cheers!

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