Journey to Zero Waste
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May 2022
6:15pm, 2 May 2022
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richmac
Around here all the Asian supermarkets sell packets of herbs and spices that you fill your own jars with. It's not a specialist thing at all.
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May 2022
10:33pm, 29 May 2022
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Jenelopy
Any ideas on how to reuse / repurpose / recycle inhalers? We can't recycle aerosol canisters here, and the plastic part doesn't say which type of plastic it is, so also can't be recycled. I feel like they must be useful for something, so have quite a few stockpiled, but I can't think of anything! Obviously I'm not going to stop using them. Cutting out dairy, and moving into our new shiny house and out of the cold damp and mouldy house has significantly reduced my use. |
Mar 2023
11:36am, 30 Mar 2023
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run free
Happy International Day of Zero Waste: un.org to help advance SDG11 and SDG12
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Apr 2023
8:50am, 28 Apr 2023
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cackleberry
I went on a tour of our local waste to energy plant last night. Very interesting indeed. We spent the first hour in the 'classroom' talking about how much rubbish we produce and about recycling. Then the second hour having a look around some of the sections. Seeing the big pile of rubbish waiting to go into the incinerator was quite sobering, in fact the word 'embarrassing' was used. The plant services the whole of North Yorkshire and handles approximately 1000T of waste per day! They don't handle recycling as such, but the process picks out plastics and metals that can be recycled and they go off else where. They also have an anaerobic digester on site for the small organic bits that come through. Anybody can book onto a tour, but one of our running Club mates works there as shift leader, so we had a Club social!! |
Apr 2023
9:15am, 28 Apr 2023
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paulcook
Seeing the big pile of rubbish waiting to go into the incinerator was quite sobering, in fact the word 'embarrassing' was used. I'm probably not surprised. The amount of rubbish my tiny set of flats alone produce every 2 weeks (just at home alone) makes me cringe. I think it's just become second nature with society that we consume so much stuff, even if most of that stuff goes straight in the bin. Or otherwise goods last about 5 minutes before they need replacing or we're bored of them. |
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Apr 2023
9:21am, 28 Apr 2023
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cackleberry
There's definitely lots of things I could do better at and it's given me a poke to increase my efforts.
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Apr 2023
7:10pm, 28 Apr 2023
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run free
I'm not surprised either. My neighbour with a household of 4 has 4 large bins - 2 for recycling and 2 for general rubbish and somehow they always full. Has occasionally asked to use my bin for times like Christmas. Also other neighbours use our bin when they have had parties. Without everyone using our bins, we are about 1/10th full by the time the bins are picked up (every 2 weeks). We are a household of 3.
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Apr 2023
7:29pm, 28 Apr 2023
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Fields
What do I do with an electric toothbrush which no longer functions? Is this the small appliances section at the tip?
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Apr 2023
7:47pm, 28 Apr 2023
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tipsku
I'm trying to limit myself to one small plastic bag full of plastic packaging per week. Most weeks I manage that. I avoid buying things that are individually packaged and I prefer paper packaging. My neighbours put out 2-3 sacks full of packaging waste in the same time. I fully agree with you, paul cook, many people don't give this a second thought when they buy groceries. I'm mending my clothes so that I don't have to buy new clothes all the time. We don't feel the effects of the production of fast fashion but the clothing industry produces a lot of hazardous waste in developing countries. That's another area where we can reduce waste and our impact on the environment. Yesterday, I rewarded myself with a newish pair of running shoes. There's a sustainable running shoe shop in Mannheim, Germany. They collect shoes that people have ordered online, worn a couple of times, decided that the shoes didn't really fit them and sent them back. They clean, disinfect and showerproof them before they go on the market again. I got a pair of Saucony Type A9, a very light race flat for about 30 quid (34 euros). New, they cost over 100. I have no problem with running in shoes that have about 40 miles on them. I'll get another 500 out of them or so. That's another way of saving money and reducing waste. I have the previous model, the A8, which I really like. I ran the marathon and a couple of half marathons in them. I hope the A9 is similar enough. |
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Apr 2023
2:16pm, 29 Apr 2023
5,285 posts
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run free
Fields am in Runnymede and they collect small electrical waste in a bag left on the recycle bin. There is also an Electrical waste bin at our local dump now relabeled as eco-centre
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