Say No To New

Following on from one of my previous blogs, Make Do and Mend, I’ve been making a big effort not to buy any new clothes (apart from underwear!). I've never hesitated about the kids wearing secondhand clothes - they grow so quickly that it makes much more sense financially and I regularly swap kids clothes with … Continue reading Say No To New →

Eco Friendly Tooth Care

One of the first and easiest things we did when starting to be more eco friendly was swapping to bamboo toothbrushes. Our local supermarket used to sell the Humble Brush so that’s what I tried first. Initially the texture of the bamboo felt a bit odd but it didn’t take long to get used to … Continue reading Eco Friendly Tooth Care →

How To Get Started

Over the weekend I was chatting to several friends who said how much they’ve been enjoying reading the blog (thank you 😀) and would like to start doing more. So with that in mind, along with my children’s school promoting the Plastic Free Lent challenge, I thought I’d share a few ideas for getting started. … Continue reading How To Get Started →

Make Do and Mend

As The Husband wrote in one of his posts we’ve been trying to minimise our belongings and taking more consideration before we buy things. As part of this new mind set I’ve been trying hard to reuse things we already have, mend things and repurpose existing things. I’ve been very fortunate that a friend has … Continue reading Make Do and Mend →

Friday Night is (Plastic Free) Curry Night

The Husband and I love curry so occasionally we treat ourselves to a takeaway from our local Indian restaurant. The takeaway comes mainly in foil trays delivered in a paper bag so it’s generally fairly good on the plastic free front, it’s not quite so good on our wallets (or waistline) though so I tend … Continue reading Friday Night is (Plastic Free) Curry Night →

Shampoo Bars

One of our first steps in our mission to cut down on plastic was to replace bottles of shampoo with shampoo bars. I have to say I’m that I was weirdly quite excited about this. As someone with thick and naturally very curly hair, I’m always looking for something that will give me glossy curls … Continue reading Shampoo Bars →

Bread

Bread When we first started trying to reduce our plastic we decided to have a go at making our own bread so that we could eliminate the endless plastic bags of sliced bread that we seemed to get through. So we bought bread flour and yeast and enthusiastically started baking. The Husband was very keen … Continue reading Bread →