It is estimated that UK households throw away 7.1 million tonnes of food a year. This is worth around £15 billion and I for one can think of better uses for that money! Food waste is a particular bug bear of […]
Read moreAnyone else experienced a cleaning cupboard overflowing with plastic bottles, many of which have very niche uses? I’ll put my hand up and say once upon a time, we certainly fell victim to those marketing campaigns telling us we NEED […]
Read moreOn a snowy day in March 2018, we first opened our doors as Natural Weigh – Wales’ first zero waste shop. It was scary and exciting in equal measure and we can’t really believe it has been a whole year […]
Read moreMerry After-Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! For us, Christmas is the season to spend quality time with friends and family (and to eat copious amounts of chocolate :P) but it also includes the chance to give loved ones gifts […]
Read moreDoes anyone else find recycling just a little bit confusing? I can’t be the only one. I am fully supportive of the idea that as households, we should sort our rubbish rather than leaving it to someone else, but I […]
Read moreReducing our consumption of single use plastic is both easy and difficult at the same time. As a family of 4 with two young children I seem to have made all the changes I can.
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