hidden plastic wrapper

I don’t understand why Tetley has wrapped their tea bags in a hidden plastic wrapper, inside a card box. One or the other, surely they don’t need both. It states the tea  is naturally healthy, but can the same be said if the packaging?   No doubt reliance will be placed on it being recyclable.

morrisons ironing water bottle

I thought I would be able to reuse this empty ironing water bottle for another purpose, but WRONG. It’s impossible to get the top off to pour anything else in. Its not screwed on, but kind of welded on. What a shame. Although it says it’s 100% recyclable, there’s no guarantee that it will be,…

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splosh

This week I am trialing cleaning refills from another on line company called Splosh based in Hay on Wye, Wales. On Thursday I ordered their refill pouches for toilet cleaner, laundry detergent and fabric conditioner. They arrived Saturday and were compact enough to go through the letterbox. Splosh suggest your first order includes their bottle….

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decomposable food bags

I have found these on Amazon, made in China. They claim to be decomposable. They can be used for storage of food, including in the freezer. I now use them to wrap fish and chicken breasts, when I go shopping, and put them straight in the freezer. After use, the bag should decompose in 12…

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this week’s fails

Its not been such a successful plastic free week. Failures include McCain’s crispy skin on fries, Butterkist crunchy toffee popcorn, Asian Experience take away ready meal from Sainsburys and a pack of limited edition Summer Selection chocolates from Thorntons.😕  

this week’s fails

Its not been such a successful plastic free week. Failures include McCain\’s crispy skin on fries, Butterkist crunchy toffee popcorn, Asian Experience take away ready meal from Sainsburys and a pack of limited edition Summer Selection chocolates from Thorntons.😕

growing veg again

Over the years I\’ve bought a number of books on growing veg and read through a variety of magazines on the subject. For anyone browsing this who wants to give veg growing a try, one of the best books I’ve got is one by Huw Richards that came out this year. I received this as…

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milk

We go through on average a pint of milk a day, on our cereal, tea and coffee, and it can be more at weekends if I use it in baking or cooking. I bought our milk in plastic cartons, weekly from the supermarket. That was a large amount of plastic passing through our kitchen. We…

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