Tag Archives: reduce reuse recycle

Making change – reducing landfill waste (plastic)

Posted on May 24, 2021 by deborah @ the magic jug

There are so many things I’m doing now that once felt daunting and are now just part of everyday ordinary. Malcolm and I have dramatically reduced the amount of household waste we send to landfill, as well as the waste … Continue reading →

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Enough! how did it go? milk and plastic

Posted on January 31, 2021 by deborah @ the magic jug

And as I examine the close link between food and waste, I realise that this post could just as well be headed ‘food’. Spurred on by observing that I was responsible for a worrying number of empty plastic milk containers … Continue reading →

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Lockdown 3 – reboot

Posted on January 11, 2021 by deborah @ the magic jug

Everything I read about how the coronacrisis is going confirms my belief that we’re in this for a lot longer than the PM would like to admit. My feeling is that this lockdown is going to take us through till … Continue reading →

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How did it go? – reduce single use stuff

Posted on January 22, 2020 by deborah @ the magic jug

First things first Over the past few years I have made a number of changes in how I do things that have reduced my use of single-use stuff (whether it’s plastic, paper or whatever).  What I’ve found with each of … Continue reading →

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Reuse, repurpose, upcycle: call it what you will, just do it

Posted on November 25, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

So much of this going on around here right now.  Both of us have spurts of STO*ing, and the pile of stuff moving onwards and outwards continues to grow.   We now have a basket by the front door for … Continue reading →

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Do what you can with what you (already) have

Posted on November 12, 2019 by deborah @ the magic jug

By the time you get to my stage in life (early 60s), with a life of largely good fortune and hard work behind me, I already have most of the things I could want.  I am  (well, we are) in … Continue reading →

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Moving it on

Posted on December 7, 2018 by deborah @ the magic jug

In the 43 years we’ve been together and especially the almost 28 years we’ve been in this house we’ve accumulated a lot of stuff.  Some of the stuff we love, some of the stuff we don’t love.  Some of the … Continue reading →

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