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SI Kidderminster and District
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Here we are sharing our efforts to reduce waste, recycle, reuse,
It may seem a daunting prospect and our individual behaviour minimal, but there are a lot of us so en masse we can make a difference
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Ingredients
1 out of date egg
out of date flour
over ripe banana
out of date peanut butter
Method
put everything in the food processor with enough flour to make a dough' Roll out and cut into pieces
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Bake them for about 20 minutes when you are cooking something else in the oven. Leave to dry out overnight.
use your imagination and out of date ingredients to invent other flavours.
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Linda and Neil seem to have this well and truly sown up!
They have 7 water butts collecting rainwater from their house roof, greenhouse roof and shed roof. They also have 3 bins for water storage at the top of the garden. They can hold about 1.5 tonnes of water for watering the garden. During very dry spells they also use the water from washing veg/fruit and dishes to water the front lawn.
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Hilary is very keen to reduce her water use and is trying to use less and less
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This is a sharing movement that reduces waste, saves resources and eases burden on landfills.
Liz uses it regularly to give away items that probably won't be suitable for charity shops.
Recently she has given away a duvet, old towels (these were shared between a plumber and a dog owner) and an electric blanket. In the past people have collected bricks, roof tiles, a collection of pine cones, offcuts of wood,
You can of course collect items from Freecycle. Janice has collected top soil in the past.
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This recycling company offers free recycling programmes funded by brands, manufacturers and retailers to help collect and recycle hard-to-recycle waste.
Locally, Bewdley Cobbler collects pet pouches, crisp wrappers and bread bags.
Liz is delighted to discover that she can recycle her contact lens blister packs througn the terracycle scheme.
Click here to visit Terracycle to find out about their free recycling programmes and where the drop off points are.
The company is quite interesting, especially their Zero Waste boxes they sell - make sure you're sitting down before you read the price. Recycling via Terracycle is definitley for the committed, conscientious and wealthy!
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Christine M and Liz are reducing their cling film use by using more sealable washable plastic boxes.
Christine has had limited success with Covermate food covers. She's finding the larger ones more useful as a shower cap. an impressive example of repurposing.
Elke is looking for new ideas for food covering if anyone can help.
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Which? tests growing composts every year.
This peat free one did extremely well in their tests for raising young plants. it actually grew plants better than peat based composts
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Household cleaning and refillables
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Like many Liz has considered swapping her cleaning products for more natural or environmentally friendly alternatives, but finds it difficult to know where to start. There seem to be so many products and refill options. She would like a multipurpose cleaner to make life simple.
Linda uses diluted vinegar to clean her windows and Liz just uses water and an e-cloth.
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