Here we are, at the end of Zero Waste Week and Day 5’s theme is food waste. I thought I was doing quite well this week with my food waste, until today. Previously this week, we’ve had a tea where we used up leftovers from the previous couple of nights. I’ve eaten leftovers for lunch…
It’s Day 4 of Zero Waste Week and time for Top Tips Thursday. I thought I’d start with linking to this blog post, Top 10 Easy Changes To Reduce Your Waste and the follow-on post Top 10 Next Steps to Reduce Your Waste. My absolute top 5 best tips for embarking on a zero waste journey…
I have a little crafty make for you today on Day 3 of Zero Waste Week – Work With Waste Wednesday. Our eldest needed new polo shirts for school so I inevitably ended up with some packaging, two resealable plastic bags, each with a tiny plastic hanger at the top. The bags I can reuse…
For Day 2 of Zero Waste Week, we’re challenging you to be entirely waste free for the whole day! You might need to keep a bag in your pocket or a small container in your bag to keep any bits of rubbish you do end up accumulating. Trying to be waste free just for one…
Happy Zero Waste Week everyone! I hope you’re all as excited as I am. This year, the tenth Zero Waste Week, we have a theme for each day of the week. We’re starting today with Make It Mend It Monday. I like to think we have a bit of a ‘make do and mend’ culture…
You might have arrived here from my post Top 10 Easy Changes To Reduce Your Waste. If you’ve already made those changes part of your daily routine, well done. This post includes ten next steps you could take to reduce your waste. They might require a little investment up front, but will help you save…
I thought I’d write a post for those of you who are absolute beginners on your journey to reduce waste. First of all, I’d like to say ‘well done’ and ‘thank you’. By deciding that you’d like to make some changes, you’ve already made the biggest, most important step of your journey. Desiring change makes…
I’m delighted to be a Zero Waste Week Ambassador once again and thoroughly looking forward to next week. Zero Waste Week runs from the 4th to the 8th of September and there’s still plenty of time to sign up and make your pledge here. Pledges can be anything from making a reusable cup your new…
As Plastic Free July 2017 draws to a close, it’s time to assess how it went in the Spot of Earth household. I felt like there were some big improvements on our 2016 challenge. There was definitely a reduction in our plastic consumption compared to last year. This was partly because our middle child didn’t…
Week Three of Plastic Free July was always going to be a tough one. It was our middle child’s birthday on Tuesday and also the last week of term. I seem to remember last year it was a difficult week as well and week three in 2016 also generated waste that impacted on week four.…
We’re halfway through Plastic Free July and it’s been a more challenging week this week. My husband has been raiding the ‘reduced to clear’ section at the supermarket for a start. This is great because it saves us money and we feel like we’re saving food from being wasted, unfortunately it inevitably comes with more…
Plastic Free July 2017 is underway. With week one done and dusted, I thought it was time for a blog update on our progress so far. For comparison, here is my picture from week one of Plastic Free July 2016: This is week one’s plastic consumption for Plastic Free July 2017: That’s quite an improvement…
