Essential oils have gone from being an obscure aspect of botany to an all round marketing  ‘good thing’.  Almost every ...
Read More

U.K made woolen string Got me a new favourite string! "twool® twine is a strong, soft and subtle British wool ...
Read More

Nothing sets the mood quite as well as candles but it is hard to find plastic free candles. Most come ...
Read More

The moral of this story - change is slow but it does happen. Keep on pushing. Back in the day ...
Read More

Far be it from me to promote smoking but the purpose of this blog is to find plastic free alternatives ...
Read More

"What if you could fix, modify or make almost anything? That's why we invented sugru." and I have long been ...
Read More

This post talks about Microbes Antiseptics Disinfectants Alcohol Bicarbonate Of Soda Vinegar Hydrogen  peroxide Soap Essential oils This is an area ...
Read More

This one product can replace hundreds of plastic bottles on your shelves. It does biodegrade. However there are issues about ...
Read More

The curse of the plastic chopstick wrapper means that eating plastic-free South East Asian style  can be hard work. So ...
Read More

I have just finished down loading all my CDs on to an external hard drive. From now on I will ...
Read More

Any one lucky enough to see the photos of Vladimir Putin bare-chested in camo  will have some idea just how ...
Read More

The buffet cars on Polish trains are so cute. They are relatively modern but have an old-fashioned feel. Perhaps it’s ...
Read More

Baking buns is fun but try getting plastic free bun cases and you will be in difficulties as they all come ...
Read More

On our beach cleanups one of the things we consistently find is lighters. Many of them still work so we ...
Read More

Sodium carbonate (also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals) is the water-soluble sodium salt of carbonic acid. It is alkaline. Pure sodium carbonate is a ...
Read More

The picture shows a turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nose (You can watch the video in full ...
Read More

I don't use straws but if I did I would go for one of these. Do note I have not used these ...
Read More

 Making Soap  Basic soap is made from lye, oils or fats (animal or vegetable) and water. Saponification When these three ...
Read More