Archive for the ‘Recycling’ Category

Needless to say, I’m very much in favour of eco shopping! But what about shopping offline, leaving your house to buy stuff. We all need to do it, but how do we do it in the right way? Rachael from moneysupermarket.com has a few handy tips to help you be an eco shopper.

I’m at the end of my plastic diet. What have I learned? Well, I now realise that cutting out new (non-recycled/reused) plastic from my ‘diet’ was actually pretty easy once I put my mind to it…

I’m four days into my plastic diet challenge, and already two unexpected bonuses of this challenge have started to manifest. By reducing my waste, I’m also saving money and following a more healthy diet…

We’re hearing more and about plastic in the news, how it’s clogging up our oceans, killing off our marine life and ramping up our collective carbon foot print. It’s undoubtedly a huge problem, but one that is largely hidden despite coverage in the media.

Recycling Week is nearly upon us, and I’ve been checking out the website which has loads of interesting facts and figures and ways to get involved and recycle more…

Sorting waste is the first step in recycling…check out some of our handy recycling products to help you get on top of your waste.

A friend who lives in Wales is telling me about Freeganism, which involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket bins. It reminds me of the time I visited a different friend who used to live on a houseboat on the Thames. One of her neighbours, ‘Mad’ Pierre, who rumour had it…

The sun is shining. People are wearing shorts. People who haven’t cycled for months are out enthusiastically mowing down young children on Brighton promenade. So what am I doing stuck inside, shackled to my computer?

As my post from a few days ago said, recycling’s a great thing but you have to get it right. So that’s I’m really pleased to be able to start stocking recycled aluminium foil. It might not sound like the most glamorous of products but it’s a great example of why recycling is so important.

OK, who needs to be serious all the time, but really… Do we need The Huffington Post’s “7 Sexiest Green Celebs of 2007″? It’s another excuse to namedrop the usual suspects from Cheryl C. to Brad P..