Waste and recycling
Six things you never knew you could compost
For this week’s ‘Change the world Wednesday‘ challenge we’re off to the compost bin! Home composting is a great way to turn waste into a valuable resource, especially when you consider that around 60% of the contents of your kitchen bin could be reused in this way! This week we’ve been asked to share our…
Read More6 ways to reuse plastic milk bottles and jugs
For this week’s ‘Change the World Wednesday’ challenge, Reduce Footprints has asked us to stay with the 3 Rs. She wants us to pick one item people might regularly throw away and come up with as many reuse ideas as we can. As you’ll be aware, the 3 R’s are in that order for a…
Read MoreHelp your neighbours recycle
For this week’s “Change the World Wednesday” challenge, Reduce Footprints is asking us to help others recycle. She says “This week, find someone that doesn’t recycle and help them get started. Perhaps a friend or neighbor doesn’t know how … so teach them. ” What a fantastic idea. Although I run a couple of large…
Read MoreHow to reduce paper waste in the office – 5 tips
This week for our ‘change the world wednesday’ challenge, Reduce footprints is getting us to think about paper. Ya know, that stuff we take for granted that actually comes from erm, trees? She wants us to take the simple measure of reducing the margins on any printing we do. When you think about it, there’s…
Read MoreDigital Invoicing helps UK businesses go greener
Digital Invoicing are based at the prestigious York Eco Business Centre. Digital Invoicing use ecologically sound hosting services from 1and1 Internet Ltd and have kitted out their office with sustainable furnishings and stationery. Now they want to help other UK businesses go green with their fantastic online invoicing tool. The concept is built around a…
Read MoreGiving and getting stuff for free
Most people by now have heard of Freecycle. The Freecycle concept birthed by Deron Beal in 2003, is all about keeping things from landfill and protecting the environment while helping people out and saving money. If you have items in your home that you no longer want but say they aren’t worth much in terms…
Read MoreUsing reusable cups and glasses
In a bid to reduce landfill waste and save finite resources, we’ve been asked to only use reusable mugs and glasses for our “Change the World Wednesday” challenge. For one week we have to refuse anything that isn’t reusable.
Read MoreSwop2shop: Guilt Free Shopping in a Credit Crunch Market
Let’s admit it; no matter how bad the credit crunch gets or how dark green we are, every girl likes to treat herself to new clothes from time to time. This year I made a resolution. If I had to buy new clothes I would only buy fairtrade and organic or recycled. But the majority…
Read MoreReducing Your Garbage
I’m thrilled to be sharing a guest post today. It’s written by Nicholas, who is a 16 year old student from Canada. He is passionate about the environment and aims at becoming an environmental engineer when he is older. When he is not occupied with school, he enjoys playing sports, reading, and spending time with…
Read MoreHow to reduce paper waste and your paper footprint
We’ve all heard about carbon footprints, but have you heard of a paper footprint? One inspiring woman wants to show us all about our paper footprint with her travelling road show. Mandy Haggith from Scotland has gathered a pile of paper that represents the average person’s paper usage in a year.
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