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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Yesterday morning, I did my stint on a BBC News Panel and I had a great time.

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It’s just a shortie today for two reasons. Tuesday’s post about writing letters to the supermarkets has opened a floodgate and I have a mini-deluge to reply to, which is fantastic!
Oh just how much would I love this to hit the nationals? I’d need a full-time PA!
Also, I’ve been on the radio most of [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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