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Great review of Earth Natural Foods, 200 Kentish Town Road, London, NW5 2AE . They sell stuff loose!

Nose Clearing Eucaplyptus Oil

So thanks to the beastly cold I was waking every hour of the night unable to breath and feeling like an anvil had been rammed up my nose with a sledge hammer. The day was spent choking on my own thick, green, glue-like secretions and panting heavily through my mouth. But being in Thailand meant being close to chemists that sold medicines I

could work with. By which I mean stuff I knew what to do…

@vote_england government organised website a secure online voting platform where registered voters can make their opinions known.

There was some information about junk mail here but it  has been merged with another post here.

Talking of mail, while in the process of setting up a postal vote and I came across this government organised website called Vote England. It is a secure online voting platform where registered voters can make their opinions known.

They also have vote other places in the U.K. like, you know, the small…

Happy #plasticfree Christmas

I got you my favourite meme, a song  and the Unstash Manifesto.

I know, bah humbug and all that but plastic isn’t just for Christmas. Sadly. Here are a few tips on how to ensure your festive rubbish can be composted to feed next years plants .

Here’s a song….

And here are some perfectly good reasons to cutdown on presents….

Unstash…

What No Twitter? Wondering why your twitter shares don't show? They stopped revealing the count. get a free app here for your toolbar.

My blog has always had “moments”. Sometimes it posts older versions of an article, once all the links stopped working, it often collapses sobbing loudly. In short it’s kind of moody. Add to that user error, (I am no computer whizz), and you get a sporadic performance. But these issues tend to resolve themselves. So when it stopped showing my Twitters shares I didn’t respond.

But it dragged on so…

biodegradable silk dental floss poss #plasticfree? Any one know?

I think that the floss dispenser itself might be plastic though the floss is biodegradable silk. Any one know?

  1 x Radius Floss, handspun Silk Floss Waxed… £6.98

Online from Amazon as above or Big Green Smile

Radius Biodegradable Silk Floss is made from all natural, pure silk coated in candelilla wax. This is not a vegan product.

Radius Silk Floss is the only certified organic fully…

The backpackers coffee press - how to make your own fresh coffee in the grottiest of rooms.

  From the Bodrum Website

TRAVEL PRESS SET Coffee maker with extra lid, vacuum, small, 0.35 l, 12 oz, s/s Black:

vacuum and made from stainless steel for maximum heat retention.

closable lid with a stopper for the opening.

slip-proof silicone band around them comes in beautiful colors.

Coffee maker furthermore comes with an extra lid You can of course get them on Amazon

Bodum Travel Press…

Thinking About The #plasticfree Garden from seeds to wild flower grenades for the waste land that bugs you.

While it is still a bit cold to be out there, thoughts now turn to the garden and the seeds that need to be sown for the coming year.

Don’t have a garden? Nothing to stop you from growing some herbs even a few lettuces on your window sill. Don’t have a window sill? We have found some seed grenades for that derelict bit of land by the canal that has been bugging you for ages.

Not got any…

To understand plastic you need a lot of time and a good working knowledge of chemistry at the very least. Currently I am trying to find out what epoxy resin actually is. Sigh! Here’s what I got….

It is a thermoset plastic which means it can only be heated and shaped once.

Most epoxy resins are petroleum derived but some plant derived sources are now becoming commercially available such as plant…

Key points to note about recycled plastic lumber

Reduction of energy consumption by 66%

Production of only a third of the sulphur dioxide

Production of only half of the nitrous oxide

Reduction of water usage by nearly 90%

Reduction of carbon dioxide generation by two-and-a-half times

1.8 tonnes of oil are saved for every tonne of recycled polythene produced

Lasts 5 times longer than timber

Rot…

Hydrocarbons,the daddy of all #plastic read about it here

Hydrocarbon is a molecule that only contains hydrogen and carbon atoms, joined together by covalent bonds. Remember that a covalent bond is a shared pair of electrons.

These compounds may be simple with only a few atoms or more complex with more.

The compounds come in different forms. Methane the smallest hydrocarbon is a gas lighter than air while tar, a much larger compound, is thick and gloopy.

@BrandedCups, reusable and a keepsake. A solution for disposable cups at festivals

This is rather a good idea for festivals and other events where glasses are not an option but disposables result in a sea of waste. Reusable plastic cups that can be branded to suit. Pay a deposit at the bar that can be refunded or the customer can choose to keep the cup as a souvenir.

Here’s some blurb….

Branded Cups are made from polypropylene, They are machine washable and reusable hundreds of…

Smoked Salmon from #noplastic Scotland or make it #plasticfree in the back yard at home.

How I love it! It has been up there on guilty pleasures list (the plastic wrapped food I can’t give up!). The sad thing is it doesn’t need to come like that. Up in Scotland I found 2 places that smoked their own salmon and were happy to sell it to me in my own containers

Wester Ross Fisheries Ullapool http://www.wrs.co.uk

The Loch Torridon Smokehouse http://www.lochtorridonsmokehouse.co.uk

OMG it…

want your green lifestyle televised? Keo films are looking for eco types to film.

Hola Eco buddies this arrived in my inbox the other day. It seems Keo films are interested in your yogurt-weaving skills. They tell me

“Keo Films are looking for families who would be interested in taking part in a new series about living in a more sustainable and environmentally conscious way.”

Please note when they say families they are also interested in couples.

They want everyone from…

You might think it's a bit early to be mentioning the C word but you need to plan ahead in the #plasticfree world

You might think it’s a bit early to be mentioning the C word but you need to plan ahead in the plastic free world

For example you should, (unless you have grave bathroom related problems), have started collecting loo rolls for your advent calender. If not, dont worry there are plenty of other options here.

You will also need to order your biodegradable sticky tape and think about making a…

Sing a song of plastic, a sea bird full of Bics. @nataliefee thoughtful message.

A sea bird full of Bics…

Our plastic trash is often eaten by animals by mistake. This can lead to distressing injuries and in the saddest instances  a long, drawn out and painful death. Natalie Fee ( also featured in the Plastic Free U.K. Directory)  is working hard to raise awareness of this issue. Here is here her moving song and thoughtful video.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VVxRz80…

Do you have a down on Downcycling? I don't get it!

Some anti-plastic campaigners seem to object to plastic recycling because, recycled plastic is generally weaker than virgin plastic. Rather than being recycled they argue, plastic is downcycled.

So what is downcycling?

The term down-cycling is applied to a recycled product that is not as structurally strong as the original product as made from virgin materials.

This downcycled material can

only…