paint brushes

Looking good -

natural wood real bristle metal bits that hold the bristles in place and wrapped in cardboard but ………..

poop bags

This is something I really hate …. plastic bags of dog @*%! hanging from the bushes. I can see what the dog owners are  trying to do and thanks for that but why put 100% biodegradable dog waste into plastic bags that takes more than 100 years to degrade? And then throw it into the bushes…or is this just a Huddersfield thing??

Be responsible and environmental; use the biodegradable BioBag dog bags that returns to soil along with their contents within a couple of months.

Or try these from www.topak.co.uk

2 rolls of bags (100) cost £1.65 = vat = packing = £5.90
6p a bag

wooden highlighter pencils

The STABILO GREENlighter proves that luminosity and ecological awareness can go hand in hand.

SHINING EXAMPLE OF SUSTAINABILITY.
The target group
» Pupils, teachers, parents and all office workers.

» All those who prefer a modern, eco-friendly lifestyle.

The pen
» FSC-certified highlighter

» STABILO GREEN – the new product line

» Specially developed pencils, made from 100 % FSC-certified wood. FSC represents strictly controlled, ecologically meaningful and sustainable forest management. STABILO is the first FSC-certified writing instruments manufacturer and hence a pioneer in the industry.

» Ergonomically-shaped triangular highlighter with natural white stripes and environmentally-friendly matt coating.

» 3 neon colors: yellow, green and pink, suitable for a huge variety of paper.

» Thick lead, 5.5mm in diameter, for a broad stroke.

» Glides easily over the page to ensure consistent highlighting.

The STABILO GREENlighter proves that luminosity and ecological awareness can go hand in hand.

 

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Guest Speakers

The harvest, on a cold Sunday morning

Originally uploaded by ghb624

While rifling flickr for nasty plastic photos, (see my plastic visual world map for details), I come across people documenting and commenting on the ever increasing amounts of plastic pollution. Blogged from there is this weeks  Guest Speaker

It’s been a while since I’ve done a rant about littering. Seems like that’s reason enough to revisit the subject. If only because I feel better after venting …
When you walk and pick up litter on a daily basis, you start to see patterns or cycles in this miserable business. Sunday morning seems to always result in the largest amount of stuff to be dealt with. Presume that’s because of all those so&so’s who have something like Saturday Night Fever and as a side-effect are prone to leave a trail of trash wherever they go. Perhaps it’s bar hopping, perhaps just cruising here and there to avoid going home, who knows.
Whatever. Anyway, above is a typical assortment of what we come across while walking through our neighborhood and immediate surrounding areas for about an hour, covering a couple miles or so in the process. We do tend to walk a bit farther on Sunday mornings, but that’s not enough to explain the larger quantity of litter. After MUCH observation, the Saturday night after-effect thing is unmistakeable.

Afterthought: When I was first getting religion about this business of fighting litter, the main motivator was wanting to keep the neighborhood from looking trashy. Yes, it was pretty much a bourgeois thing — promoting respectability, responsible behavior and all that. Lately, another and more significant motivator has entered the picture. Specifically, seeing what eventually happens to all this plastic trash. A lot of it ends up going into the waterways, where it may very well snag in the underbrush and be part of the growing visual pollution problem one sees in previously “natural” areas. But a lot of it also keeps on going until it reaches the oceans and moves on the vast ocean currents. One horrendous result is the vast pool of plastic debris which has built up in the north central part of the Pacific. If you haven’t seen news reports on this subject, here’s one primer:
www.ecocycle.org/askeco-cycle/2005/1028.cfm

Uploaded by ghb624 on 20 Jan 08, 11.56AM PST.

The joys of composting

The best way to achieve plastic free bins is to take up composting. No wet squidgy stuff in your bins means no need for bin liners – Ive been doing it for years now.

ALSO no wet squidgy stuff in landfill means no methane. Biodegradable matter put into landfill doesnt rot down properly and instead gives off methane gas an even more dangerous greenhouse gas.

So composting means cutting down on your plastic rubbish creation and reducing your carbon footprint – seems a no brainer to me.

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Ikea Crackers

Its not just flat packs they sell but these paper wrapped crackers – pretty tasty they are too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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New Kid On The Blog

Another plastic free, brit based blogger turned up here

For other plastic free bloggers try here

For campaigns try here

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Du Vin Du Pain Du Plastic Free Fromage

C’est tres bon

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Crackers

In paper – from Tesco – the only ones I can find for cheese- have it

 

 

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Cheesy Crackers

Its all gone mad again – where’s my pictures of biscuits?? Please be patient while I sort this out!!!