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Wierd that the council wants to give you a plastic composter.

Surely building a wooden one is a better idea? I’ve been advised to build one with slats running along the bottom with ground clearance to allow the compost to fal through to a useful collection point whilst the compost still composting stayos on top – not sure if this works yet.

Do people use shredded paper in their compost? apparently it allows air to circulate when added in…

Latest comment by Bob about 1 month ago

The experiment has begun – a second composter has been started with leaves, hoover contents, tea bags…

I read in the paper of a 21 year old student who shreds her old plastic bags and then knits them into a new one.

Latest comment by Bob 4 months ago

Lots of very girly bags around where’s the man bags?

from the HDM website:

Hull City Council is considering moves to increase the amount of plastic household waste recycled.

At the moment about five per cent of waste plastic being put out for recycling by residents in the city has been diverted to landfill because it cannot be converted into recyclable material.

In addition, the city council’s black box recycling scheme does not include a range of everyday plastic items, such as butter…

Latest comment by Harvey 5 months ago

Also, I tend to buy a brand of tomato puree that is in a tube by itself, not my previous brand that…

What are people’s thoughts on grey water? Does anyone use it?

I have been hearing more and more about grey water – wastewater from dishes, showers, baths, washing vegetables…

I’m not sure that I’m convinced about the use of grey water on the garden, systems are available for collecting and re-using for toiler flushing as well. Some are hailing grey water as the eco answer to our water shortage, I may test a patch of the garden I’m not terribly…

Latest comment by Harvey 5 months ago

I’m not sure about using it for watering the garden etc but there are systems available for saving…

Taken from the Hull Daily Mail on Saturday, April 26

Green-thinking pupils have been rewarded for their environmental efforts. Market Weighton Infant School has won the Eco-Schools Green Flag award. The green flag is given by charity Environmental Campaigns, which runs the Keep Britain Tidy initiative. It acknowledges a school’s achievements in environmental action and is the highest award given by the group. A school spokesman said: “The…

I read in the Hull Daily Mail today:

Residents in Hull are being invited to have their say on which areas of land in the city could be used for waste recycling facilities in the future. The newly published Joint Waste Development Plan outlines the issues and options surrounding the development of various sites for managing different kinds of waste, including household, commercial and building waste. Copies of the plan are available on Hull…

The Co-op are introducing as a trial in Hull recyclable carrier bags – you add them to the compost when they’re no longer useable.

These recyclable bags are chargeable where as the standard bags are free. Would it not be an idea to charge for all carrier bags, people may think before they pay and re-use existing bags.

what is is that makes us eco friendly?

not having a car / not using it unnecessarily?

the household cleaning products we buy?

recycling where possible?

only realised today that people have very different ideas as to what makes them eco friendly