Declutter. Make space for new hobbies.
4 Steps to Stress Free Decluttering and Organising
Reuse
WEEE – Recycle now.
Are you recycling your waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) or are you, like me, guilty of putting it in a cupboard and forgetting about it? Defra has set an overall collection target of 550,577 tonnes for 2019 – which is around 12% higher than the total amount of household WEEE collected and reported by …
Say No to Plastic – Plastic in the oceans
It is time to take the problem of plastic seriously and say no to plastic. We all lead busy lives and plastic provides a practical solution, but the damage it is doing to our environment is mind boggling: 8 million tons of plastic get into the ocean every year. (National Geographic). Not everyone is aware …
Green (eco friendly) wedding gowns for the big day
How to choose a green (eco friendly) wedding dress? There are a number of ways you can do this including planning how you will reuse the dress after the big day designing the dress to create minimal waste choosing sustainable fabrics buying secondhand making your own from fabrics that already exist. Wedding dresses and waste …
How to keep your denim jeans out of landfill. Be creative – repair, upcycle or recycle
“Around 30% of clothing waste ends up in landfill.” Wrap.org.uk What to do when your denim jeans wear out – repair, upcycle or recycle. My partner recently asked me if I thought his jeans could be repaired. The rip was along the seat of the pants. This started me thinking about the alternatives for this …
Reuse and Recycle. Why buy second hand?
Why reuse and recycle? Reusing clothing in its current form is the highest form of recycling. If you no longer wear something and it is unlikely you will, then you could give it to a charity shop give it to someone who will wear it sell it make something else out it, something that you …
Packaging – Don’t buy it in the first place!
Clutter and packaging – Don’t buy it in the first place. Less clutter and less packaging means less to recycle and less in landfill. Rubbish Day It’s rubbish day. But we haven’t got that much to put out. There isn’t enough to fill a black plastic bag. Some time ago I bought a kitchen bin …
