Ethics Trading

Monday is bin day here and this week is the week for “Green” collection which is for cardboard and garden waste. Read the rest of this entry »

We skipped the black bin collection 2 weeks ago because it was less than half full, but this week it was maybe 2/3 full if you fluff it all up! So we decided to put it out for collection. Read the rest of this entry »

But only if you live in Mouscron in Belgium….

Residents of a Belgian town are to be offered chickens as part of a campaign to reduce household waste.

The town of Mouscron has 50 pairs of chickens that it will distribute to families with sufficient space to keep the birds in their gardens. Read the rest of this entry »

We did put the bin out, less than half full – but to put it into perspective this is our Green bin with accumulated cardboard and the few bits of garden waste we can’t compost and it all goes to the council’s recycling centre. So nothing went into landfill from here this week. Read the rest of this entry »

Will we put the bin out?

It’s the alternative week so it’s cardboard and garden waste but we’ve been careful with our shopping and I’ve not been gardening.

So, is there enough to warrant dragging the bin through the snow, or will we skip another week?

“Shall I put the bin out Mum?” DS asked me this morning, knowing it was grey bin (landfill) collection day.

“No, don’t bother, there’s not a lot in it.” Read the rest of this entry »

Remember Bad Tesco? Well, I’m still narked at the plastic bottles for lovely olive oil but I haven’t got round to investigating alternatives and until I do then I have no real cause for complaint really do I? Erm especially as I think Lidl still do olive oil in glass and I haven’t been in there in months because I don’t want to add more driving to my shopping. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s taught us a lot of lessons though.

Last weekend we discovered the boiler had broken and we were without hot water or any form of house heating. It was suddenly very cold and felt just a bit damp. So we called an engineer out and he was with us the same day. Read the rest of this entry »

I like cooking, and I prefer Olive oil or sunflower oil to blended oils or generic vegetable oils. I do most of my shopping in my local market and in local shops. I have a fabulous local cheese shop and local butchers as well. Read the rest of this entry »

My good friends over at My Zero Waste had a dilemma earlier this year – what to do with a cracked toilet seat…..

Well, what would you do? Read the rest of this entry »