One of the much touted benefits of plastic is that it reduces pressure on natural resources. Nowhere is this more ...
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I wear mostly natural fibres but occasionally have problems with elasticine. I thought this referred to elastic. So when the ...
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Flexible Rubber cork Nitrile rubber is synthetic rubber. it can be used to bond cork to make a flexible sheetlike ...
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You want a sponge? You could try a natural one but please do be sure it is sustainabley harvested... like ...
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Until the 1990s, chlorine was mostly used for bleaching paper because it does the job very efficiently. The downside is ...
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Who wouldn't want a wooden time piece to mark the hours ? Buy one from WeWood in Australia and they will also ...
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Some feel my worrying about plastic in the home is taking it too far?  Disposables? Yes, they can see I ...
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There is some fantastic street food in China but they serve it in polystyrene (styrofoam) trays. So you will need ...
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One of the joys of living plastic free is mooching round the shops seeing what you can source. Better still if ...
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It is a long time since I have worn make up. My excuse would be the most of it comes ...
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Post Index Definitions Fibres to fabrics Introduction and definitions  Making Fabric Types  Of Fabric Fabric Weights  Why Organic & Fair-trade  ...
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Textiles and ultimately clothing start with fibres Know Your Fibres Textiles and ultimately clothing start with fibres Know Your Fibres ...
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Print and stick  these creepy labels onto a wine bottles to make a suitably  themed halloween gift  - but don't ...
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Composting accelerates the natural process of biodegrading or rotting down organic waste material into a rich soil or compost. Its a ...
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There are two major categories of rubber; natural and synthetic. The most popular compounds are; Natural RubberVulcanised RubberSynthetic History Thousands of ...
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Whats In Your Tampon Most Tampons are made of cotton, rayon, polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene. Some of these materials are not ...
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Of course every month is plastic free for me but plastic free July is a time to make a bit ...
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Cycling Talking of stunning, look at these cycling outfits. Made not from synthetics but lovely merino wool. They do tops ...
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Dried and ground can be bought Loose The Nut Shop Leeds Market HERE If you cannot get to Leeds you ...
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You're in the right place for information on Tap Water U.K. Refill Schemes – in the U.K. Carbonated Water Make ...
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So many glues, so many man-made polymers. Plastic? In glue? Oh don’t get me started! Yes lots of it, and ...
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Microbeads.... the newest way to exfoliate. These tiny particles, or microbeads, scrub away at the skin supposedly leaving it wonderfully ...
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lets talk waste. Waste is used to describe: materials not needed after primary production: the unwanted byproduct of a process: ...
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I do buy a lot of building stuff on line (for work you understand – it’s not a hobby), and ...
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British Wool - A case study. This lovely piece of work is utterly inspiring. And plastic free. And made using ...
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Disposable cups are made from plastic lined paper, polystyrene or plastic. To make paper cups water proof they are laminated with polyethylene, ...
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Loose pet food, home wares and some loose sweets. Being committed to local shopping, I prefer to buy that way ...
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Products to deal with menstruation are plastic heavy  ( see some stats). They are made from plastic, come wrapped in plastic, ...
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