Sorry bloggers for a lack of blog on day 4 and 5...a combination of sleep deprivation, extreme exhaustion and a stomach upset didn't help!!
Back in the land of the living now!!
BBC Radio Cornwall came yesterday morning for another look, I think they were quite surprised. We reckon that we've reduced from 10kg last week down to 1kg or less as t stands...
As the Mrs Average points out, to really make Zero Waste Week work, you need to have prepared a bit longer than 1 week in advance...one of the things we've found is that many of the good things we are doing this week, wont make a difference until after Zero Waste Week...we're still finishing off things that were bought before Zero Waste Week when we weren't necessarily being as careful as we should have! Oh well, its a learning curve.
One thing we need to get to grips with is buying in bulk to reduce packaging. In particular, where can we get flour in bulk? cereal loose? and things like that.
This weekend will be interesting, you always produce more when all the family is home consuming!
Finally, the real hit this week has been our conquering of night time nappies, whilst we've had the odd blip, we have managed to use them every night and its made a real difference...the home made wet wipes has also been easier than we thought....really pleased with that.
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Congratulations on the wet wipes and nappies - that's great work. It was too late for my children...all theirs ended up in landfill. Finding zero waste cereal is difficult. I discovered Shredded Wheat which are packaged in a paper wrapper inside the cardboard box. I put the wrapper in the compost heap. If you're after buying flour in bulk, you'll need to find a local windmill. Not many in Cornwall I guess. I'm looking forward to seeing the results of the weekend. And if you get a mo, check out what Norfolk's up to. Their Waste Free Week starts tomorrow. I've added some new links to my site :-D
Well done with the nappies and wipes - I'm really pleased!! You can get flour by the sackfull easilly enough theres a local wholefood delivery company that sell it...along with lots of other goodies!
See you soon :)
Thanks...what's the delivery companies details??
It's www.wholefood.net - they live near me and sell lots of lovely goodies! :0)
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