Seaside recycling bins at Barry Island. "We knew you'd take this photo" shouted my children in unisonI kept it all low key. I didn't go on about it. There were no daily weigh-ins, no photos or any intrusive monitoring. I just planted a simple seed of a challenge, that was all, and observed the consequences that would come!And the challenge I set my two children was to see who could create the LEAST amount of rubbish during the last week of the Easter holidays.Of course, my youngest son - formerly known as the Bin Saboteur from the days when he'd throw banana skins in the recycling bin...
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Thursday, 28 April 2011
Monday, 25 April 2011
The shed is declared open for International Downshifting Week
Well, whaddya know! If there was one thing missing in my life it was the attendance of an official opening, but not to fret, that's now done and dusted as tonight my good friend, author and broadcaster Tracey Smith, arrived in town and officially opened my shed!Many of you might already know Tracey as the author of The Book of Rubbish Ideas, but her other passion is downshifting and this week she's on a tour of the UK to promote International Downshifting Week, which she founded seven years ago to help people discover simple ways to achieve a better work-life balance.The week runs from 23...
Saturday, 16 April 2011
Shhhh, you heard it here first
Well, bang goes my life as a random and loose cannon housewife in Suffolk.I suppose it was a matter of time really.Yes, I bring you the news that having wandered off the streets of London into yesterday's AGM for the Zero Waste Alliance UK, I found myself wandering back out again as a newly appointed member of the charity's board of directors.Yes I know. I'm still in a position of shock too. There's one thing being random, but give the woman a strategy and goodness knows what'll happen.However, I'm proud to be joining a board that has such a strong pedigree in the zero waste sector,...
Friday, 8 April 2011
Do me a favour, leave your plastic wrapping at the supermarket!

Don't fret, this old softie hasn't suddenly turned into an an all-guns-ablazing activist overnight but I have come across some good news that will help householders across the country quietly join the move towards a more active zero waste lifestyle.Reported in this week's LetsRecycle bulletin is the news that the UK's key supermarkets (Asda; The Co-operative Group; WM Morrison; J Sainsbury’s; Tesco; and Waitrose) are officially accepting thin plastic film packaging through their existing in-store bag recycling facilities.This won't be a new idea to some as several supermarkets have been doing...
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Mothers for other mothers: please help all you can this Mothers Day
Natasha Kaplinksy, one of the supporters of the Missing Midwives campaignI really wish you could have been in the room with me yesterday.I attended Save the Children's press conference for the launch of its Missing Midwives report, a report that highlights the discrepancies around the world in something so natural as childbirth and the deaths that occur, simply by not having the necessary healthcare or education available.I know this subject is "off topic" for a blog that normally discusses waste, but poverty is another issue about which I am very passonate and I believe that in many ways the...
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