Make your Household Eco-Proof Wash your clothes slightly less and use cold water (or the eco-setting on your washing machine). Fill the sink with water as opposed to washing under a running tap. Use eco-friendly household cleaning products, including for the bathroom - Ecover and Ecoleaf can often be refilled at supermarkets/health food shops to [...]
Category: Wild Thoughts
Canned vs. Dried
Many canned food containers are lined with a very thin layer of plastic to prevent the metal can from contaminating the food. However, more often than not these plastic linings contain Bisphenol-A (BPA), associated with a number of concerning health problems which I covered in a previous post. I decided to do some research and [...]
Teabags or Teabads?
Excuse the awful pun in the title, I couldn't resist. Jokes aside, according to The Guardian, teabags produced by top tea manufacturers such as Tetley, PG Tips, Twinnings, Clipper and Typhoo are only between 70-80% biodegradable whilst advising us to still compost them. As a result, gardeners are finding the net part of teabags - [...]