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Going Green - One Year On - 10 Feb 08
On the eve of Mad Eejits hosting the Carnival of the Green for the first time, I thought it might be worthwhile to look back on our first year of trying to be more eco-friendly to see what we’ve achieved.
The Landfill Prize - 10 Jan 08
Did you receive something completely pointless for Christmas that’s a complete waste of the resources that went into making it? Maybe you’ve bought something useless yourself, in a moment of madness. Either way you can know make your feelings known by nominating the offending item(s) for The Landfill Prize.
Reusable Nappy Update - 14 Sep 07
Its nearly a month now since we made the switch to reusable nappies, for Ben, and really its a case of so far, so good.
Switching to Reusable Nappies - 15 Aug 07
Its been a while since the last post, but we haven’t been sitting idle. We’ve spent a lot of time discussing and debating a move away from disposable nappies to reusable nappies for Ben. As I mentioned before, the disposable nappies currently account for the greatest volume of any single item in our ‘landfill bin’, so its definitely an issue we wanted to address.
Going Green - 6 Month Review - 19 Jul 07
Its just over 6 months now since we brought this site to life and, as hoped, we do feel more accountable for our plans and intentions that have been posted online, than if we’d simply kept them to ourselves. So, it seems like a good time for a review of how we’re getting on with our plan to become more eco-friendly.
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Fortnightly Bin Collections - 26 Apr 07
Who knew that something as simple as how often rubbish bins are collected could be blown up into such a large issue that the Daily Mail would start a campaign to save weekly rubbish collections and it’s being speculated that the issue could affect local council elections in England and Wales. The whole debate revolves around whether normal rubbish bins should be collected every week or if fortnightly collections would be sufficient.
Cheap Compost Bins for Belfast - 20 Apr 07
Proving that free papers are good for more than just being firelighters or recycle bin fillers, our local “Belfast News” this week included an advert about cheap compost bins.
