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A Few of My Favourite Bits from UK Aware

Posted in Food rubbish, General rubbish, Household rubbish, Paper rubbish, Plastic rubbish, Rubbish celebrities, Rubbish events, Rubbish ideas, Rubbish news, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 20 April 2009 | 4 Comments »

I’m back in the saddle after spending 3 days up ‘in the smoke’ (that’s London to you missus) attending www.ukaware.com.
I was helping Dave Hampton (the Carbon Coach) to host the speaker panels that were on Friday and Saturday and sat on a panel too on Saturday afternoon.
It was an amazing event – Mr OOFFOO himself, [...]

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A Bagging Update

Posted in Household rubbish, Rubbish activism, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish ideas, Rubbish products, tagged , , , , on 13 February 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Hi all, Only a shortie, it’s been a busy week here in the Smith Word Shed…
Friday morning I got together with my Crafty Group and we made our first batch of Morsbags!
I found a fabulous blue and white throw in the RSPCA charity shop that set me back the princely sum of £1.50!
We turned [...]

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A Very Social Solution to Killing Off the Plastic Bag!

Posted in Plastic rubbish, Rubbish activism, Rubbish how-to's, Rubbish ideas, tagged , , , , , , on 5 February 2009 | 4 Comments »

I came across an incredibly inspirational company last week called Morsbags, with a delightful strapline of ‘Sociable, Guerrilla, Bagging’.
‘What are you on about now, you crazy woman’, I can hear you from here you know!
I’ll tell you, I haven’t felt this excited and sane about a project in a long time…
Perhaps the story is best [...]

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How Do You Ban the Dreaded Plastic Bag?

Posted in Plastic rubbish, Rubbish Interviews, Rubbish activism, Rubbish how-to's, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 2 February 2009 | 8 Comments »

Ban the Plastic Bag is a small but very evocative read from the green shelf of Fragile Earth Books and essentially, it sets out a community action plan for a carrier bag-free world.
Every year 17 billion carrier bags are given away free in the UK;  that means an average of 300 carrier bags for every [...]

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