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Archive for January, 2009

Each One Really Does Count!

Posted in Electric rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish how-to's, tagged , , , on 25 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m heading up to the big smoke on Monday, by train of course, to meet the guys at Each One Counts.
They run an on-line collection programme for mobile phones and ink jet cartridges and re-manufacture new cartridges for resale.
They also work in conjunction with a collective of charities including Battersea Dog and Cats Home, Cambodia [...]

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Rubbish on the Radio: to entertain your ears this week

Posted in General rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish on the Radio, Win free tickets to the Odeon, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 20 January 2009 | 7 Comments »

Happy days!
It’s mid-week – not that I’m wishing the week away – and it’s time for my regular trip to the Apple studios in Taunton to broadcast Slow Down and Green Up to a willing audience.
Today, between 10am and 1pm, I’ll be talking natural face masks with Jude from the local branch of Lush and [...]

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Got the Sniffles? Ditch a’Tissue….(bless you)…

Posted in Paper rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish products, tagged , , , , , , on 19 January 2009 | 16 Comments »

It’s that time of year again.
Actually, in my house, it’s been ‘that’ time of year since the kids broke up for their Christmas holidays!
There have been more coughs and colds going around the village than you could shake a snotty stick at and I’ve been rather dismayed to see one too many empty plastic wrappers [...]

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Rubbish Recipes: My Divine Beetroot Plaits

Posted in Food rubbish, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish recipes, tagged , , , , , , , , on 15 January 2009 | 9 Comments »

I’ve been inspired by the ever-increasing number of readers I have of the other recipes here on the blog and I thought I’d post another of my favourites for you to play with.
It’s another bread recipe, fabulously simple and incredibly impressive!
The reason I love sharing my bread recipes with you, is because if you can [...]

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Rubbish on the Radio: Frugal Organic Veggie Boxes and More

Posted in Food rubbish, Rubbish on the Radio, Win free tickets to the Odeon, tagged , , , , , , , on 14 January 2009 | 9 Comments »

Morning all!
Oh, I’ve been well and truly told off by my regulars here – lolol – ‘Where’s yer postings missus?’ you’ve been asking.
Well, I must confess, now we’re in 2009, I’ll be sloping off a bit and posting less frequently than once a day, as I have to crack on with my next book, The [...]

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Rubbish on the Radio: Non-Smelly Eco-Pits and Free Cinema Tickets

Posted in General rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish on the Radio, Win free tickets to the Odeon, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 7 January 2009 | 10 Comments »

It’s Wednesday and time again for my weekly radio show, ‘Slow Down and Green Up’.
Between 10am-1pm today I’ll be skillfully lacing together a 3-hour extention of The Book of Rubbish Ideas, packed full of great music and chat showing you how to live more sustainbly!
Today I’ll also be talking to a very nice lady from [...]

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Happy New Merry and The Great North Swim

Posted in Rubbish ideas, Rubbish news, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged , , , , , on 6 January 2009 | 9 Comments »

A-ha!
We’re here!
Happy New Year and all that associated malarkey .
I hope your Christmas break was filled with thoughts about how you could be more resourceful with the rubbish you found yourself wading through.  If like me, you managed to miss the bin men, you’re probably still harbouring a stack of recycling for the good [...]

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