Me and my other half (and main contributor to the blog to date) spent a relaxing weekend away in a village on the south coast of Cornwall with a large beach nearby. The weather was good and ignoring the 'iffy' weather forecasts was the key to having some great days out. We managed to fit … Continue reading Beach combing
One of the easiest plastic items to avoid is plastic bags and especially those fruit and veg bags available in (super-)markets which generally are quite small and thin. Often this means they split by the time you get home and are thus unusable, end up in the bin and environment. We have been using paper … Continue reading Bags for Life – the Life of Bags
In our pre-rubbish-blog life we already bought some items in bulk or in larger quantities which were then stored in smaller containers for easy use. These items included herbs and spices, teabags, lentils, rice, porridge, shampoo. The motivation was originally the lower price for bigger bags and that we could stock up for a while … Continue reading The Incredible Bulk (stores)
I am still trying to get into the routine of going to the local butcher’s each week (Jones & Champion, Ebrington Street). Their opening hours differ somewhat each day and on several occasions I went on the wrong day and/or half an hour after they had closed. Today I was successful and I got a … Continue reading Banging Bangers (aka tasty sausages)
Every day now one comes across some initiative to reduce plastic. More and more companies appear to be ‘jumping on the bandwagon’. Only in this case it’s a great thing – reducing plastic has become trendy. In the last decade that I have lived in Plymouth I noticed that the continental café culture has become … Continue reading Caffeine beats plastic
Today our washing-up liquid finally ran out and we went to the local vegan shop in town (called Ethica) to get a refill with BioD. We just brought along the empty Ecover bottle with the label still on it showing that it has 1 litre capacity. The shop offers a variety of refill options including … Continue reading A clean break
So winter appears to be back. What’s better than a bit of quick, heart-warming homemade soup? And of course the benefits are also that it is cheap, we know what’s in it and there is no silly rubbish packaging with the veg and potato bags we get delivered from the Food Hub. My soups are … Continue reading Winter warmers – Leek and tattie soup
