Date: 29 December Action: 363 Cost of taking action: NIL From our guest writer Lynsey Clayton from Monsoon of Random in the UK Disposing of your Christmas Tree The British Christmas Tree Growers Association (BCTGA) estimates around seven million trees are bought each year in the UK. If not reused or (read more …)
Date: 27 December Action: 361 Cost of taking action: SAVES MONEY Christmas cards can be re-used in several innovative ways After Christmas, please don’t bundle up all your Christmas cards and throw them in the bin without a little bit of thought. Perhaps you could put them in a (read more …)
Date: 26 December Action: 360 Cost of taking action: NIL By our guest author Barbara Wysocka in Scotland Boxing Day – and time to recycle all the Christmas wrapping properly We hope you had a wonderful Christmas day yesterday. What is one of the most exciting things about Christmas? (read more …)
Date: 23 December Action: 357 Cost of taking action: NIL Germany is one of the world leaders in domestic waste recycling We can learn a few lessons from them elsewhere around the world. From our guest writer Karina Kurani in Canada Germany is without a doubt one of the (read more …)
Date: 22 December Action: 356 Cost of taking action: NIL How many old bikes are stashed away in garages and sheds, or just discarded in our gardens? Too many, is the answer! We’ve written on this site many times about recycling and reusing all sorts of things, this time (read more …)
Date: 20 December Action: 354 Cost of taking action: NIL Time to give a new lease of life to old stuffed toys If you have old or unwanted children’s stuffed toys around the house, reusing or repurposing them can do some good. Check out the loft, old toy boxes (read more …)
Date: 18 December Action: 352 Cost of taking action: NIL Making good reuse of old covers is also great for keeping fabrics out of landfill This action is another one about re-use. We all need to be making more use of the resources we have by reusing products as (read more …)
Date: 01 December Action: 335 Cost of taking action: NIL By our guest author Divya Hari in Singapore Planned obsolescence – what does it mean? It all started with the light bulb industry, was propagated by the auto industry and today it is proliferating in several industries from fashion (read more …)
Date: 29 November Action: 333 Cost of taking action: LOW From our guest author Anna Dawson in the UK We all love Christmas traditions, especially the tree! However, as our planet changes it may be time to consider a more eco-friendly alternative to the traditional Christmas tree. What’s the (read more …)
Date: 28 November Action: 332 Cost of taking action: NIL Everyone needs to think a little when disposing of old electrical and electronic items WEEE stands for “Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment” and the WEEE regulations (in Europe, but many other countries have similar rules) are intended to ensure (read more …)
