Ethics Trading

Have you? Wouldn’t a young tree look lovely somewhere near you?

Then pop over here and claim a free one!

At Ethics Trading we care about the environment but as a small business any solution has to be cost effective as well as practical in addition to any environmental considerations. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you fed up with the election yet? Are you confused as to who to vote for? have you had enough of the piles of leaflets and papers that you have to recycle for all the parties?

Me too. Read the rest of this entry »

Sorry for the blog break, I had a bit of a health thing but I’m recovering nicely and just need to think of some things to write about now!

Let’s start with Earth Hour.

Did you? WWF Earth Hour is a token gesture where you pledge to turn off your house lights for one hour at a particular time on a particular day. It was yesterday at 8.30 and I sat here in darkness, but with the TV and computer on. Seems wrong somehow. Read the rest of this entry »

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 »