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I'd like to think the time would be spent pleasantly with the family , enjoying our last few days together. In reality I fear we'd spend the first two days dodging hoards smashing , burning and generally vandalising ( or worse ) anything and everyone just because " we can and there's no comebacks" b...

It's not really reducing the rubbish from junk mail but I used to send it back when it came with a prepaid envelope . Normally I'd try to fill it with another company's junk mail first.

I've looked at what goes in our bin and have to agree that reducing to zero is almost impossible. We do have a good recycling scheme around us and can request an additional bin for that at no extra cost. As others have pointed out plastic film contaminated with food and polystyrene do seem to be the...

I make a habit of looking for these containers that have been previously used for foodstuffs . If nothing else a food grade 5litre plastic container is worth at least a pound or more , check on eBay . Then what do I do with them? Well , perhaps a little boringly I fill them with water "just in case"...

I adore dandelion wine - hint of Retsina. Well I did say my wife was going to bring a bottle of Retsina back from Greece . In the end she brought me a bottle off ouzo ...because it was cheaper :dontknow: However , the other weekend we discovered Lidl are selling retsina for £3.99 a bottle so we bro...

The "something" is perfectly natural or rather usual would be a better word . Here's a bit about it , https://modernsurvivalblog.com/preps/battery-corrosion-why-they-leak-and-how-to-prevent-it/ It doesn't say if it affects their recyclability but I've seen some very rough looking car batteries at my...

I asked a similar question on another forum and received a reply to the effect that the biodegradable plastics shouldbeok in a freezer. Cut and pasted, Postby Clarebelle » Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:28 pm I am not 100% sure about this but I believe that if it was put in the freezer it would take a very lon...

Yes I know , even a guy I work for could , with some truth , claim his V12 Ferrari is solar powered. All in jest really . To be pedantic geothermal and nuclear aren't ultimately derived from solar energy but I do get your point.

Hey guys, I think there is a fundamental error in interpretation of food sources and products. Cows eat grass (I know, I grow both and I see them doing it) If the source is vegetable then to product must also be vegetable - ergo, steak is a vegetable. And the sun makes the grass grow ... so if I ea...

Just seen a news report on this matter and it looks like at least a small step is taking place in Holland. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/feb/28/worlds-first-plastic-free-aisle-opens-in-netherlands-supermarket In the tv interview it showed what looked like plastic wrapping and trays bu...

Thanks for that recipe GA , I'll have to give it a go at some point although there may well be a substitution or two as I'll use whatever I've got first.

Greer wrote a piece recently about diets and veganism and makes for interesting reading. https://www.ecosophia.net/dream-perfect-diet/ I wouldn't mind looking at your recipe for vegan bacon GA . Like you I'm not a huge fan of tofu or aubergine as I find them a tad tasteless so anything that improves...

I had a spell of purely vegetarian diet but I came to my own conclusion that eating an animal wasn't in itself wrong , after all there are thousands of other species who survive by consuming other creatures . If it is wrong for a human to eat meat then it must be equally wrong for a lion to do the s...

Looking back at the discussion - mostly supermarket shopping plastic - well now that £5 and £10 notes in England are plastic - hmm, you ain't going to ban plastic when shopping. If you use a card it's plastic and if you use money it's plastic. :wink: Now that does make it hard to cut down on plasti...

https://uk.whogivesacrap.org/ Thanks for that. I'll post a link , https://www.amazon.co.uk/Essentials-Sheet-Toilet-Tissue-Rolls/dp/B01MZ6CHM0/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1517516020&sr=8-2-spons&keywords=toilet+rolls&psc=1 A link that frankly in many ways is frustrating .ok so the roll sizes are dif...