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Ice Cream

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I given up  ice cream in plastic tubs and had had to cut the ice cream in  paper tubs that are plastic lined.  No Haagan das, no Ben and Jerries, no chunky monkey, sigh!

Thank heavens for the Dearne Lea Ice Cream & Tea Room – open 10.30 to 5 daily Barkhouse Farm, Barkhouse Lane, Shelley, Huddersfield

This working farm has its own cows ( you are welcome to see them being milked) and makes it own ice cream. Its pretty good. sadly they won’t sell it to me in my own compostable plastic containers!

I have been trying to make my own but so far it has not been a success.

I can get ice cream cones from Thorntons in Huddersfield precinct… and of course the ice cream man.

 

 

 

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Washing Up Liquid Soap

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Soap Flakes

I did try to use soap flakes to wash up. I did not find it  pleasant. Yes it cleaned the pots but everything was so slippery that it was a stressful experience. If you want to try this I advise you to make a soap stew as it seems to take a while for the pure flakes to dissolve. You can also use the stew for washing your hair. You can find out more here.

Washing Up Liquid

Then I found that I can get my ECOVER washing up liquid bottle refilled  at Half Moon Health Foods 6 Half Moon Street , Huddersfield. If you are not local then Ecover have a postcode search on their site to find the nearest refill point:

So though the bottle is indeed plastic it can be reused many many times. I now have three bottles on the go – that allows for forgetting to take the empty into town, not once, not twice – but for weeks at a time. But I can proudly say I have thrown away no washing up bottles since.

Need More?

Try this… How to wash up plastic free

Other Products

You can also get refills for ECOVER –

TOILET CLEANER
LAUNDRY LIQUID,
FABRIC SOFTENER,
MULTISURFACE CLEANER,