Plastic Free July – a beginners guide
Plastic Free July is an annual campaign, which takes place in July each year. It aims to encourage people to stop using single use plastics
Unpacking the alternatives to plastic packaging
As we become aware of the problems plastic waste creates we need to look for alternatives to plastic packaging. Here are some easy green swaps from plastic.
Microbeads are being banned in the UK!
It was announced on the 5th September that the government is going to ban Microbeads in 2017, which is just great! I wrote about the petition to get microbeads banned…
Help get plastic microbeads banned!
Plastic that is designed to be used once or twice and then thrown away is a massive problem. It can kill wildlife big and small, as well as get into…
Naked shopping tales and thoughts on the 5p bag charge
I have shopped naked for quite a while now and as you can imagine I have had some interesting experiences (get your minds out of the gutter, I keep my…
I’m looking for longer lasting plastic free reusables – please help!!!
It was Zero Waste Week (sign up here for next year if you haven’t already) last week and although I really wanted to write about it during the week, I had a…
Plastic compromises
We are half way through July and up until now I haven’t even mentioned Plastic Free July (PFJ). The idea behind PFJ is to avoid all single use plastic throughout…
Cross county thinking…
It is day 8 of the Minimalism Game (read more here) and I have not followed the rules at all, but I did say I wasn’t going to. I have got…
My plastic free to do list
I was going to do a plastic diary, but I’m just not organised enough to do that. So I decided to make a list of the items that I regularly…