Archive for May, 2006
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … newspapers?
John and I prefer the ‘reduce’ option when it comes to newspapers and choose to read our news online most of the time. But every now and then, we buy a paper to read on a journey or over lunch, or get a free ad-rag shoved through the letter box.
It seems a shame just throw […]
27 Comments » - Posted in household, items by louisa
Monday, May 8th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … used tea bags?
Weeks and weeks of growing, then oxidated until it’s black, then dried, then shipped, then packaged, then shipped thousands of miles, then shipped to a warehouse, then shipped to a supermarket, then shipped to our home, then dunked in a tea pot for three minutes, then thrown onto the compost heap.
Any suggestions for a better […]
18 Comments » - Posted in food and the like, items by louisa
Friday, May 5th, 2006
What’s greener … harsh chemicals or throw-away culture?
We feel the same about interior decoration as we do about cleaning: our desire for a clean and well-painted house is marginally outweighed by our desire not to actually clean or paint our house. We’re the type of people that live in half-decorated rooms for months and months on end (our personal best is […]
7 Comments » - Posted in items by louisa
Thursday, May 4th, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … old jars?
Between jam, honey, olives and sticky-sticky sauces from the Chinese supermarket, we go through quite a lot of jars and it seems a shame to just recycle the glass and bin the lid.
So any suggestions about how they can be used again? I know it seems, on the face of it, quite an obvious […]
23 Comments » - Posted in items, kitchen, packaging by louisa
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
How can I reuse or recycle … rubber gloves?
We don’t use rubber gloves that often because, frankly, we don’t care that much for cleaning and when we do clean, we don’t care that much about our hands to bother with gloves. But sometimes we pull out the marigolds. For those icky jobs. The ones that involve bleach. Or cat […]
