We so need one of these!

Look at this:

http://foodtank.com/news/2016/03/scandinavias-first-zero-packaging-supermarket-opens-this-summer

World Earth Day video

This is a great little TED lesson. One to share with the kids too. 

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-really-happens-to-the-plastic-you-throw-away-emma-bryce?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=lesson&utm_term=global-social%20issues

Another creative idea to deal with plastic!

So creative! The outcomes are in-numerous! Thanks Matty!


https://www.facebook.com/LangkapPerakMalaysia/videos/780677185366135/?fref=nf

Another great find!

My new favourite shop is 'Scoopaway' on the Gloucester Road.

     

See all the jars? They are full of herbs and spices of every kind imaginable. What I didn't know was that you can take your old glass herb bottles and they will weigh them for you. You then fill them up and they calculate the cost! No new packaging! Wonderful. It would be great to see shops like this in every high street.

The challenge continues!

So, I have set myself the challenge to see how little landfill waste I can accumulate in 2 weeks!What you see here was collected Friday - Monday lunchtime...It squashes down small but even when you are trying you just can't help collecting landfill waste, as you can see! 
The real challenge comes when you are shopping, choosing not to buy certain things because of the packaging. There are many people who are trying to do what I am doing, and I am guessing that in time the packaging issue will become more seriously debated.

Plastic to fabric

It was my mum's birthday the other day, so I bought her a bamboo tooth brush some lovely soap and a solid shampoo all wrapped up in a Lush Knot wrap.

https://uk.lush.com/products/knot-wraps

She was very pleased but asked how on earth they make such silky beautiful fabric from 2 plastic bottles. To be fair I hadn't a clue. We had a look on You tube and this is what we found:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyF9MxlcItw

Fascinating. What I found challenging though is that the bottles we use travel all the way back to China and then the products come all the way back to the U.K. The Lush Knot-wraps have 'Made in China' on them. 

In this age of recycling it is a consumers market and the idea of buying something made from bottles, in the West, makes us feel like we are doing good. However, really we should be buying less plastic including items made from plastic. I'm guessing the lovely fabrics made from plastic bottles also become pollutants in the end...

Wow, Surprised myself!

We have a landfill collection every 2 weeks. Our usual waste is a bag and a half every 2 weeks. So, we put in 1 bag one time and 2 the next, that's our usual. I'm not sure if it's clear but the bag in the picture isn't full, we usually over stuff them!!! This bag is for the last 2 weeks. Much less than our usual :) Clearly, far too much and for those on zero waste this is about 20 years landfill rubbish, but a small improvement none-the-less! As I said before, looking at those on zero rubbish can be a bit intimidating. I'm doing this, slowly, working out how as I go along. I began this year wanting to reduce the amount of plastic that we as a family throw away. As the journey has gone on it's turning into something much more challenging, reducing land fill waste...Next week I will photograph our plastic waste to see how we are getting on with that.