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On the whole I don’t approve of plastic recycling. Talk of recycling makes us feel good about our rubbish and diverts attention away from the real issue of our ever growing pile of plastic trash. However that said, there are some plastic recycling projects that make you go OOohh. By mixing together ground-up plastic with [...]
Sure recycling is good but…..refusing and reusing is better. All the really cool kids are into precycling – try it out. Related Articles Recycling – Who me? (shoptobegreen.wordpress.com) Why Recycling Is My Lowest Priority (wisebread.com) Cut down on your recycling by buying plastic free with the A-Z plastic free index
Because I try to avoid plastic I have to buy a lot of cans which I then of course recycle. However there is debate about the plastic liners that you find in tins and jam jar lids. Can it go in with the steel? The answer seems to be yes. Why you might ask am [...]
The Green Dot is a symbol used on packaging in many European countries. It signifies that the producer of the packaging has made a contribution towards the recycling of packaging – however we do not use this system in the UK. The Green Dot is not used as a compliance mark in the UK, but [...]
Nigels eco store where you can buy amongst other things the coolest reusable cup has launched the Green Web Awards. heart broken though I am not to be numbered amongst the chosen I have to admit its a great round up of the green and the good blogging and selling in cyberspace today. Maybe next [...]
check out the national recycling awards – they are coolio
This is on a need to know basis – you will need to know this when I talk plastic free puds. Foil can be recycled – see here for what and why Small pieces need to be scrunched up into a ball so they dont damage the machine… my mate Mrs Average ( her of [...]
When the oil runs out so will oil based plastics. Now while I have problems with oil based plastic, oil running out is not going to be such a great solution. In fact, even those of you with no imagination whatsoever, can probably forsee it will result in big lifestyle changes. We are talking more [...]
There are some very interesting facts about recycling on this site
Only last week I was demanding – well what’s new? No I mean I was asking “Why we couldnt reuse our English wine bottles? Why not refill them with bulk imported wine? Well I am behind the times. Last year WRAP organised such a project “A project that involved the filling of bottles in the [...]
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