Supermarket giant Tesco will no longer be giving Green Clubcard points for customers who have returned empty items to deposit in their recycling machines.
The machines are designed to take a variety of recyclable materials including plastic, tin and glass and are located in around 40 branches of the store throughout England and there’s one [...]
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Looking for an Escape in the Country?
Posted in Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish ideas, tagged BBC, carbon footprint, Downshifting, Escape to the Country, Fritz Schumacher, InterNational Downshifting Week, Rachel Carson, Recycling, Silent Spring, Small is Beautiful, Sustainable Living, television on 2 December 2008 | 3 Comments »
At times, it can feel like a physical shift is the only way to break free of our shackles, but there’s a lot of preparation and planning involved in making an ‘actual’ move towards a simpler, happier life.
The Menmuir family were recently featured on the BBC’s Escape to the Country and I caught up with [...]
You Great Knit!
Posted in General rubbish, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish movies, tagged BBC, beat the credit crunch, casting on, Charity Shops, crafts, Dr Who, knit, knitting, knitting patterns, knitting tips, KnittingHelp.com, money saving tips, purl, scarves, Tom Baker on 29 October 2008 | 12 Comments »
Where is your Nan when you need her most?
Unfortunately, my lovely Nan passed away many years ago, but I remember her voice, laughter and cuddles like she was here only yesterday.
She taught me so much; how to be patient, how to cook, how to grow a few things in the garden, how to enjoy your [...]
Reaping the Benefits of their Recycling – Big Time!
Posted in General rubbish, Household rubbish, Rubbish ideas, tagged BBC, BBC Radio, money saving tips, R Whites Lemonade, Recycling on 7 October 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday morning, I did my stint on a BBC News Panel and I had a great time.
The UK’s Economic Downturn Will Put Sustainable Living on the Rise
Posted in Rubbish ideas, Rubbish news, The Book of Rubbish Ideas info, tagged Transition Town, Sustainability, BBC, Charles Bean, Bank of England, shoplifting, alternative energy, solar power, wind power, Steorn, wind turbines, power crisis, Orbo, Demark on 26 August 2008 | 5 Comments »
Charles Bean, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England warned today in a news report on the BBC, that the current global financial slowdown could “drag on for some considerable time”.
He was hopeful that growth would begin to pick up again next year and that inflation would also “drop back”, but he also understood [...]
Your ‘Toxic Moment’ May Be Coming…
Posted in Household rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish activism, Rubbish products, tagged BBC, beat the credit crunch, Chemical Cleaning, Housework, money saving tips, Perfume, Pregnancy, Respiratory Illness, Skin complaints, Toxic on 22 August 2008 | 8 Comments »
A toxic moment?
What on earth are you talking about woman?
(Note: ‘on earth’ being the important words here.)
I had my definitive toxic moment in 2005 – here’s a little background to it.
I was researching for an article I was writing on cleaning products, having read yet another piece on the rising rates of respiratory illnesses [...]
Rubbish News – Market Traders Clean Up their Act
Posted in Food rubbish, Paper rubbish, Rubbish news, tagged Abdul Ullah, BBC, Landfill, London, Recycling, Rubbish, Tower Hamlets, Whitechapel Market on 14 August 2008 | 4 Comments »
A simple recycling initiative has been introduced at the historic market site of Whitechapel in London.
Tower Hamlets council have provided the bustling market with designated bins that take organic, cardboard and other packaging waste and they are emptied twice a day.
It is hoped this will reduce rubbish in the area by up to 88% and [...]
Rubbish News – ‘Your Old Computers are Making Us Ill’
Posted in Electric rubbish, Household rubbish, Rubbish movies, Rubbish news, tagged Accra, BBC, China, E-waste, Ghana, India, WEEE Directive, Will Ross on 13 August 2008 | 5 Comments »
This comes from youngsters in Ghana’s capital, Accra, where thousands of tonnes of old computers and other assorted e-waste, is being dumped.
Many of the scrap parts from these old machines are saleable and metals like copper can fetch good prices, unfortunately the computer shells are commonly burned to extract them.
Burning exposes those trying to collect [...]
Rubbish News – It’s National Allotments Week
Posted in Food rubbish, Rubbish activism, Rubbish news, tagged 1908 Allotments Act, Allotments, August Events, BBC, beat the credit crunch, Countryfile, Dig For Victory, money saving tips, NAG Trust, National Allotments Garden Trust, National Allotments Week, NSALG, Second World War on 12 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Getting to grips with a little cultivation of some fresh produce in your garden can have a positive impact on your purse and almost certainly on the contents of your rubbish bin.
If you ramp it up a notch from your garden and take on an allotment, you might grow more than you can handle and [...]
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