leather slippers

If you are still in India and near Jodhpur you can get some really cool  leather slippers and sandals. These come in a huge range of styles from curley toed Ali Baba to simple mules. But the greatest recommendation of all is that they are all plastic free. These alone make it worth a visit.

Acne Girl

Cover Girl – 1966

I have long had the complexion of a teenager – all spots and grease. While in India this situation got a whole lot worse. In desperation I made myself a face wash out of apple cider vinegar. I normally use this to make a conditioning rinse for my hair so I figured that’s what’s good for the clogged up hair might work for the blogged pores. It works – it really does.

Here’s my recipe

2 parts Apple Vinegar

3 parts water

1 drop of lavender oil for every 2 ml water

Shake well before use.

You can buy apple vinegar in glass bottles from numerous shops. Sadly a lot have plastic caps but there you go or you could try making your own at home!

for more uses of this fantastic product try this article

Thanks to rchappo2002  for the great image check out her collection of 60s ads

 

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Canned Sunflower Oil

 

Vegetable oil was something of a problem coming as it does in plastic bottles. The more expensive oils, the drizzling oils, yes you can get those in glass bottles but every plain old veg oil seems to come in plastic.  I was getting rather concerned till I came across this baby. Oil in a can. 

Yes it has a plastic lid and handle but it represents a massive reduction in plastic waste I create.  I recycle the tin.

 

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More rotton stuff

I have got myself one of these big green bins because other peope have said they are great

and check out this community composter

I just love composting.

Talking dirty

Talking of dog poop in bags – if you use biodegradable bags for the poop you could then compost it in these dog wastecomposters

For more on dog poop and making your own composter try this article

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

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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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Ikea Crackers

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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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