Zero Waste Challenge

7 days to go!!

Running a Cornish environmental organisation that published a Zero Waste Strategy several years ago, before it was a sexy news story, I felt I had to take up the challenge myself and prove, one way or another, that it really is possible to achieve Zero Waste....I'm not expecting my family and I to achieve it (oh, and the chickens) but over the next 2 weeks the Rolls household will be having a bloo*y good go!! analysing the waste we produce on a normal day to day basis...in an attempt to see how much we can reduce it by!!

One of the things we often encounter at work is the phenomenon of the "We recycle everything" person....well, as avid recyclers and composters at home ourselves, we're going to put that to the test....because frankly, I don't believe it....I know that we ourselves could do much much more to reduce our waste, so from now on I'm always going to say to them..."Prove it!" and over the next 2 weeks, we aim to prove just how much of an impact an average family really can have on their environment...by showing you what we do and how we can improve, hopefully you will feel its not a hassle and something that we can all do to make a difference...something like that anyway!

Tonight's Tesco home delivery is arriving, minus plastic bags, as we get extra tesco green points for not having the obligatory 30 bags per product!

In preparation for next week Vikki has been in to our local butcher and asked if we can have our meet wrapped in paper instead of plastic....grease proof was the trade off! Which can be composted.....

At the end of the week we'll weigh our waste to see what difference we've made during Zero Waste Week.

Watch this space for updates....both photo and video! oh, and have a look at: http://www.storyofstuff.com/ a great little video about waste and resources...