Flapjack is a simple, delicous and healthy snack when you make it yourself. Children love it too, making it ideal for pack lunches and school snacks. Traditionally it is made with butter so we set about making up our own dairy free, 100% vegan version. Most ingedients in our zero waste vegan flapjack recipe can be readily purchased unpacked. Just…
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Plastic free July: the challenge that comes with solutions
Plastic free July is a global movement to encourage you to be part of the solution to the alarming plastic pollution crisis. Beginning 2011 in Australia, today more than 120 million people participate around the world. The challenge is simple reduce the use of plastic in your daily life, especially those single use plastics. Will you join us? Why do…
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Great zero waste tips to fight bread wastage
Freshly baked bread. Who can resist that smell? Yet too often it goes stale before you’ve had chance to finish it and ends up getting thrown away. Food wastage is so sad and has a massive impact on climate change. We want to help you waste less bread at home! Fun fact: Did you know that the the Egyptians made…
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Compleat zero waste gazpacho recipe
Gazpacho is a delightful cold soup that we eat widely in Spain during the summer months. Gazpacho is a fantastic zero waste dish as it is ideal for using over ripe tomatoes and stale bread and other over ripe veggies. The best thing is that is is super easy and quick to make and you can adapt it to your…
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15 handy tips to make your next camping trip more sustainable
It was during our annual camping holiday in Cornwall, England that I read Zero Waste Home and began my journey towards a zero waste lifestyle. As a lifelong fan of minimalism I find camping so refreshing – you can survive on the bare essentials and quickly disconnect from the rush of modern life. Camping is a really great way to…
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