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I would LOVE a scheme like this. This year my family and I have only put our bin out once for kerbside collection and next year we are not planning on putting it out at all. We put out less t...

from Pay-As-You-Throw Trash: What Do You Think? | Apartment ... on November 25, 2009 09:52AM

Great suggestion. I would love to make hampers this year, but like stellato says it's good to get away from Christmassy things that people might have had enough of. I'll be trying chu...

from Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | Simple Green: Give Consumable... on November 6, 2009 07:36AM

I'd say I only 'need' 5 of those items - car, landline phone, cell, home computer and internet access. The rest I live without already! Great list and interesting how most results have...

from Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | Do You Really Need That? on November 4, 2009 08:32PM

Weird isn't it? I used to think my Grandma was weird too for all the things she held on to and reused; but you know what? She seemed such a happy lady - perhaps she lived within her means ;) ...

from Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | Simple Green: Use It One More... on November 1, 2009 08:01AM

Some fab ideas on that list - thank you! It's always good to be reminded. I let things slip from time to time, so re-reading is really valuable. I love my crock pot and even use it to ...

from Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | 11 Energy-Saving Cooking Tips on October 30, 2009 05:58PM

I've got there eventually; it's taken 18 months to put the new habit in place and finally remember each time! I've made a You Tube vid of what we do; it's not rocket science by any mea...

from Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | Oops! 5 Tools To Help You Re... on October 27, 2009 07:15PM

Great post - we've been TV free for over 10 years; our daughter is 9, so has never grown up with one and I think it has benefited her imagination and motivation to take part in creative activities....

from Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | Simple Green: Living With Les... on October 25, 2009 11:47AM

Reuse is a good option; if you look around your home you might find plenty of polythene bags such as bread, cereal or frozen vegetable bags if you have none of those, then grab a conta...

from Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | No More Plastic Wrap: What Ab... on October 22, 2009 06:21PM

Good luck with your challenge! We've been doing similar for over a year now and create less than 100gms of waste per week - all of this is non recyclable plastic and composite materials such as cri...

from Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | A Week Without Garbage Ready... on October 17, 2009 10:50AM

This is such an important topic. I've covered it on our site this morning and linked to this post too, so people can share their ideas.

from Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | Green Your Pets on October 11, 2009 07:39AM

This is a great post with some really helpful and informative comments. I've linked to this today from our site, so hope you get some more interest and ideas! I'm confident that everyone who ...

from Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | How To Mend Rubber Gloves? Go... on October 11, 2009 07:34AM

Onions are another odour neutraliser - I know it sounds crazy, but if you put a cut onion in the corner of your room, it won't stink of onions, the smell will simply go! And essential ...

from Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | 5 Non-Toxic and Natural Ways ... on October 10, 2009 07:32AM

We've had this exact same issue, Rachael and have successfully treated it with neem oil. I used neem oil every day for 2 weeks and along with daily vacuuming it solved the issue. ...

from Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | Is There a Safe and Nontoxic ... on September 22, 2009 07:34PM