I think your first visit to a refill shop could be a little daunting (what do I do?! Is my container okay?! How do I know how much it is?!) but at Keep in Farnham, they were so helpful and relaxed that you can quickly see how this welcoming way Read more…
Happy new year to all of Bracknell Less Plastic! It’s January 2019 and our community has grown faster than we imagined it would. We have bought together both residents with a recent interest in reducing their unnecessary waste, and residents who had cottoned on to this long ago: individuals who Read more…
After I became tuned in to the need to reduce waste and lessen my plastic use, I saw opportunity everywhere. Some changes were simple, others require a bit of adjustment. Once you are in the mindset, it becomes a new way of life and I saw my new habits reflected Read more…
As someone who has only recently started replacing plastic household items with non plastic ones, I thought I had reached ultimate hippy status when I switched to a shampoo bar. Shampoo bars are great because they (obviously) don’t come in plastic bottles. A simple change which will avoid the purchase Read more…
Sue and I met when we both volunteered to be part of a BBC report on recycling in the community. We came with different approaches (Sue had been making her own cleaning and beauty products for years and has great interest in plastic alternatives. I was just back from a Read more…