Guide
How do you recycle your old mattress?
How do you recycle your old mattress? How on earth do you do go about recycling your old mattress? What are the options if you wanted to get it recycled? Your Local Council First start Read more…
Direct Action
Can you Recycle Kinder Eggs?
Kinder Eggs – Can you recycle the plastic in the middle? I do like Kinder eggs, and have to confess to having my own little collection of Despicable Me toys. However, it got me wondering Read more…
Easy
Choosing a Bamboo Toothbrush – Review
I thought choosing a plastic free bamboo toothbrush would be easy. A toothbrush is a toothbrush, right? Well, no, unfortunately not all plastic free toothbrushes are made the same. To help you work out which Read more…
Easy
Benefits of Switching to a renewable energy tariff
A great way to go greener is to switch to a renewable energy tariff or provider. The benefit of doing this means that: You would be funding energy from renewable sources rather than fossil fuels. Read more…
Guide
Recycling Biscuit Wrappers
I have recently discovered you can recycle your unrecyclable biscuit wrappers!! I was checking to see if I could recycle my Jaffa Cakes packet and stumbled across a Cracker and Biscuit Wrappers Recycling Programme. It turns Read more…
Direct Action
Toffifee
Toffifee – Could we use something different to a plastic tray and film? I sent my next e-mail to Toffifee. I very much enjoyed their product, but I did not enjoy having to dispose of Read more…
Guide
Save Fuel – Car Share
Ideally it is best to start by working out if you could use other means of transport. Do you need your car? Could you walk or cycle it? However, for many of us, this is Read more…
Easy
Save Paper – Stop Junk Mail
I have recently found out that I can stop junk mail!! It is called the Mailing Preference Service. Mailing Preference Service If you register with these guys they will will remove your name and address Read more…
Home and Garden
What plastic can I recycle?
What is recyclable plastic? Even the best of us finds plastic recycling a minefield. Local Authorities have tried to make it easier by using terms such as: plastic bottles, yoghurt pots and margarine tubs. However, what do Read more…
Direct Action
Maltesers 100g – Do we need the plastic film?
Maltesers 100g – Do we need the plastic film? I had a pack of Maltesers 100g for Christmas. As per usual they had a delightful un-recyclable unnecessary plastic film surrounding the cardboard box. So I Read more…