Greenparent

How exciting is this??

2012-02-01T19:11:46Z

Plastic eating fungi…. http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679201/fungi-discovered-in-the-amazon-will-eat-your-plastic

Angie

A year of no waste

2012-01-16T09:48:57Z

Someone I know is doing this challenge (wish I could get my family to do it!)

http://whatwaste.wordpress.com/

It’s zero waste week 2011

2011-09-05T09:04:31Z

Hi Ladies,

It’s zero waste week this week! It’s our fourth annual event and we have a facebook page, hashtag and blog page set up. I’d love some of you to join in either on the site or facebook and pledge to reduce your waste.

This years theme is Reducing waste away from home, so can involve things like taking water with you when out rather than buying in plastic bottles, making zero waste lunches, saying no to straws or plastic stirrers etc. If you’re not out and about this week then go ahead and reduce waste at home instead!

You can view our blog page: http://myzerowaste.com/zero-waste-week-2011/
Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=262748570409594 (please ‘attend’)
or use the hashtag #nzww

Thanks so much for joining in!

SC x

Free to a good home: two-part nappy system

2011-06-22T09:20:39Z

Really hoping someone can make use of this. I have a used set of:

- 20 organic cotton terry nappies (they are clean but a bit crunchy and there is some light staining on some of them as we only use eco balls - I’m sure a stronger washing powder and/or a bit of sunshine will get it out)
- 5 newborn and 5 size 1 waterproof imse vimse nappy wraps (were £10 each, like motherease but with organic cotton on the outside, again clean but some staining)
- a few rolls of 100 nappy liners,
- a pack of nappy nippas and a pack of nappy pins
- mesh bag for nappy bucket
plus an almost full pack of nature care size 1 disposable eco nappies

It is a massive bin bag full and really heavy so I can’t post it - would anyone be interested in collecting? We are in RG26, Bramley (20 min north of basingstoke, 25 mins south or Reading).

Michelle

Leader cot bed free if you pick it up and take it away! - Cheshire

2011-04-23T13:40:26Z

Very pressed for space and difficult to believe there isn’t anyone who wouldn’t want this…
http://www.lilimay.com/nursery-furniture/leander/leander_bed.php

Cost £500 odd new, it is is the sort of thing you could use for generations, but we can’t store it and so need to get rid.
Babes has used it. Could do with scrub and if you need instructions or spare screws you can get them from manufacturer.
PM me for hopefully hassle free pick up (Cheshire) we need the space!
best
w.w.

Electrical stuff….

2011-04-01T21:50:57Z

My stick blender and attachments has died :( I think after several false starts it has finally given up the ghost, and is almost certainly beyond repair. It has a switch in the middle of the lead where the wiring went wrong so my dad stripped it out and put a switch in instead, and the speed controller has melted onto the fastest setting, but it was gamely carrying on regardless until today, when it just started intermittently cutting out.

I just wondered whether there was any way of disposing of it in as responsible way as possible? I don’t just want to landfill it if there is another option, but it really is beyond handing on to anyone or a charity shop in its complete form.

Angie

Any6ne fancy upcycling a skirt for me?

2011-03-25T18:05:12Z

Not sure what I can offer in return - if my sewing skills were up to anything i’d be doing it myself! I make some rather tasty (if I do say so myself) cookies and/or Weetabix cake, but not sure if that would equate to the amount of work it might be… Anyway - make a suggestion (cold hard cash *may* be an option, but not till the tax credits come in!).

The skirt is a double layer of very thin fabric (I’m guessing cotton). Top layer is lilac, bottom layer slightly darker purple. It’s panelled I’m afraid, which I know makes a difference to what can be done. Couple of little holes in it - mostly round the bottom (of the skirt, not round my bottom!), but otherwise I want to reuse it just because it looks a bit tatty really!

I’d really like a couple of lightweight long-sleeved tunic style tops for Grace, who fits age 3 clothes, but anything really, if you look at it and think that wouldn’t work.

Anyway, if anyone fancies the challenge, let me know!

Angie

Crayons, pencils and felt tips

2011-03-09T14:15:12Z

We have loads of them! Tins of pencils, drawers of crayons and felt tips. I have just gone through the lot and thrown out the ones that don’t work, or are too small to be able to hold properly, and we still have loads. What would you say is a reasonable amount to have, considering really there is only DD at home during the week, and the boys have their own stuff for school anyway.

Any ideas on how to rehome the ridiculous amount that we do have? I’m keeping the pencils in those flat art tins, but crayons and felt tips, I’m stuck with. In fact, anyone want any?

recycling jiffy bags

2011-02-22T07:23:42Z

we have been saving our jiffy bags for years now and although we use some of them, we have more than we need. here is my problem, do i put them on freecycle etc with my name and address on the front?
anyone on here want them? ha!
x

haribo boxes

2010-10-04T19:27:47Z

In our local shop all the loose sweets are in plastic boxes and I asked them the other day what happens to them when they’re empty - and they throw them away! So, I asked them to save me a few and i have cleaned them out and am using them for storing craft bits and pieces and they are fab! All one size in terms of width and depth - square and stackable but in different heights so really useful. They are food grade plastic so you could use them for storing food if you wanted to (I prefer not to, but its personal). Just thought I would post a tip and encourage others to stop these boxes going to landfill!