Maintaining and looking after your possessions, be they household appliances, furniture, carpets, vehicles or bicycles will keep them looking good and enable them to remain usable for longer. In this … [Read more...]
Zero Waste Week: how low can you go?
Next week, from the 4th to the 8th September, it is the 8th annual Zero Waste Week. The UK alone generates over 200 million tons of waste, much of which ends up in landfill. The Zero Waste movement … [Read more...]
Reducing waste in 2018: make do and mend
Christmas is over, the fridge is full of cold turkey and leftover nut roast .... I am sure you are the same (well, maybe not the nut roast!). Because most of us have plans for our Christmas … [Read more...]
Make do and mend: Love Christmas, Hate Waste
I was exploring the Essex County Council website today and ended up on the Recycle for Essex site. Here you can find some excellent advice on reducing waste and lots of ideas on how to … [Read more...]