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: 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: 19 December Action: 353 Cost of taking action: NIL With a bit of forward planning you can limit food waste and Christmas AND save money Christmas is one of those times where those of us that can simply eat too much. We also eat very wastefully. At Christmas, (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: 17 December Action: 351 Cost of taking action: LOW It’s surprising perhaps how damaging some items can be; check this out! We all paint our homes from time to time … to brighten things up or modernise the look. I’m in the middle of a redecorating job this (read more …)
Date: 07 December Action: 341 Cost of taking action: SAVES MONEY Rechargeable batteries make sense financially and environmentally Those little AA and AAA batteries are very convenient, and in great demand – especially in children’s toys. Bu they are massively damaging to our planet, and we get through billions (read more …)
Date: 06 December Action: 340 Cost of taking action: NIL From our guest writer Lakshika in the USA Cosmetics can be very damaging to the environment, but you can help to prevent this Manage your makeup in an environmentally responsible way. Many of us use some sort of makeup (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 …)
