Waste Not and Be Mindful

Waste Not and Be Mindful Eco home products made from materials that would otherwise go to waste, and mindful crafts.

Every year, we use around 7.7 billion single-use plastic bottles in the UK. Many of those end their lives in landfill si...
19/12/2022

Every year, we use around 7.7 billion single-use plastic bottles in the UK. Many of those end their lives in landfill sites, or in our oceans and waterways. It's estimated to take over 400 years for a plastic bottle that isn't recycled, to decompose. That's a long time. Switching to glass milk bottles, or refillable water bottles is the best way of reducing plastic waste....

This articles gives you five ideas to reuse plastic milk bottles around the house or in the garden that they're not single-use

Christmas can be a wonderful time of year. If it's something you celebrate it's a time to get dressed up, bring out the ...
23/11/2022

Christmas can be a wonderful time of year. If it's something you celebrate it's a time to get dressed up, bring out the best china, and spend time with loved ones. But how do you create the magic and sparkle for your home decor and Christmas table, without it costing the earth both financially and environmentally? My mum is very creative, and a lot of my Christmas memories are of things she'd made....

Christmas can be a wonderful time of year. If it’s something you celebrate it’s a time to get dressed up, bring out the best china,...

How do you feel about gardening? Do you love the calming benefits of being outdoors? Or is it just not your bag? I've en...
07/11/2022

How do you feel about gardening? Do you love the calming benefits of being outdoors? Or is it just not your bag? I've enjoyed gardening more and more over the last few years. Many of us discovered a love of being outdoors and growing during lockdown. I love the peace and tranquillity of pottering around, doing some weeding and marvelling in the fact that I've actually managed to grow things that look so beautiful....

There are many benefits of gardening. This article looks at the benefits to the environment, our finances and health

Yay 🙌🏻.
27/10/2022

Yay 🙌🏻.

It was the seismic rise in global brands like ASOS and eBay that first inspired the ‘younger’ generation (we say this loosely, now being in our 30s and 40s), to skip the high street for our fashion and tech, but it wasn’t really until the pandemic hit that online shopping became an accepted pl...

Single use plastic has been the go-to material for many things in recent years. We're a society that craves ease of use,...
17/10/2022

Single use plastic has been the go-to material for many things in recent years. We're a society that craves ease of use, simplicity, and low-cost products. But years of this type of consumption has had a negative impact on our environment and the creatures and plants we share it with. Every minute, one million plastic bottles are purchased worldwide. More often than not, they're used once and then thrown away....

Plastic pollution created by household items have a huge impact on marine life. Reusable products help to reduce the pollution.

This post includes affiliate links. That means if you click on product links to Amazon, and then buy something, I get pa...
03/10/2022

This post includes affiliate links. That means if you click on product links to Amazon, and then buy something, I get paid a fee from Amazon. The cost-of-living crisis means we're all looking for ways to save money, particularly with our heating bills. Drying clothes is one of the things that increases fuel bills over the winter months. We all need clean clothes so not washing them isn't really an option!...

There are several ways to dry clothes in winter that are cheaper alternatives to using your tumble dryer every day

For those of us who celebrate Christmas, it can be a time of year that's filled with magic and sparkle. When I was a chi...
26/09/2022

For those of us who celebrate Christmas, it can be a time of year that's filled with magic and sparkle. When I was a child, I loved the build-up to Christmas day. The sparkly lights. Christmas shows at school. Writing a list for Santa and buying and wrapping gifts. And of course, I loved the excitement of Christmas morning and opening presents....

Reusable fabric wrapping sheets, bags, and table accessories are the perfect way of having a stylish zero-waste Christmas

Does it really matter what type of toilet paper we use? Traditional toilet paper is biodegradable so surely it doesn't h...
06/07/2022

Does it really matter what type of toilet paper we use? Traditional toilet paper is biodegradable so surely it doesn't harm the environment or have an impact on climate change? Once it's flushed down the loo, unless there's an issue with the septic systems, the paper of itself doesn't have an environmental impact. The issue with the majority of toilet roll is the way it's made and the renewability of the raw materials it's made from....

Bamboo toilet roll is a sustainable alternative to traditional loo roll. The production and growth of the raw material are eco-friendly

Part of the joy in giving gifts at birthdays and festivities such as Christmas, is to wrap them up. Then the recipient d...
17/06/2022

Part of the joy in giving gifts at birthdays and festivities such as Christmas, is to wrap them up. Then the recipient doesn't know what's inside. The unwrapping is definitely part of the thrill of receiving a gift. The history of gift wrapping Early use of wrapping paper has been traced back to ancient China in around 2nd century BC when monetary gifts were wrapped with paper....

Changing to eco-friendly gift wrapping is an easy way to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfill sites.

We all want to do our bit to protect our environment from harmful chemicals and plastics. But with so many eco-friendly ...
26/05/2022

We all want to do our bit to protect our environment from harmful chemicals and plastics. But with so many eco-friendly products available, it can feel overwhelming knowing where to start. Making small changes to our shopping habits can have a massive difference on the environment. We all know about reusable bags, but changing the household products we use to something that still gives us the cleaning power we want, but in an environmentally friendly way, felt like a tall order to me....

This article highlights three great companies who are pioneering the fight against plastic packaging for eco-friendly household products.

Wet wipes or single use non-woven wipes have become the convenient way to clean. We use them to clean our babies, our fa...
24/05/2022

Wet wipes or single use non-woven wipes have become the convenient way to clean. We use them to clean our babies, our faces, kitchens and a multitude of other things. Hygiene and personal care accounts for 44% of their use across Europe, with only 3% coming from surgical or medical use (source: Friends of the Earth). One of the major US manufacturers of wipes produces 125 billion a year....

Wet wipes or single use non-woven wipes have become the convenient way to clean. We use them to clean our babies, our faces, kitchens and a multitude of other things. Hygiene and personal care acco…

Making choices that are kinder to the environment can feel overwhelming. It's easy to think it's too difficult or expens...
24/05/2022

Making choices that are kinder to the environment can feel overwhelming. It's easy to think it's too difficult or expensive to make changes that will make much of a difference. But actually, it can be easy to switch to eco-friendly products that save you money. Switching to reusable products is a simple way to be kinder to the environment we live in, and to our pocket....

Making choices that are kinder to the environment can feel overwhelming. It’s easy to think it’s too difficult or expensive to make changes that will make much of a difference. But actu…

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