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Can & plastic bottle crusher
I have been trying to find a can and bottle crusher. I came across this little gizmo called plascan. It crushes cans and plastic bottle to a quarter of the orignal size it's also made from recycled plastic. I've have this gizmo a couple of weeks now and I am really impressed with it. http://www.plascan.com/
does anyone know of the lady who sends washable naps to romanian orphanages?
I have a whole load of tots size two/sandy's etc and the covers to go to a good home. They are still clean and usable, but not saleable. If anyone knows her email, please post it! cheers Caz
repair and save
I was just about to bin a mixer when I remembered this site, have used it before and you can search for the spares you need for all manner of items http://www.spares2go.co.uk all so links to this site http://www.howtomendit.com/ how its of use to someone
Discounts for organic products
Why organic are offering discounts for the varies discounts on organic purchases from internet or telephone . Internet order detail are here.There is- Alastair Sawday Publishing – book discount offer, Albatross Global Limited - organic bed linen offer, A Lot of Coffee - organic coffee offer Chocolate Organic – free organic…
Morrisons vitamin containers
I hate the amount of plastic morrisons uses (and possibly the 3 other supermarkets) for their vitamins, you get like 30 vit C tablets and they dont even fill half of the container, echinacae for example has 30 small tablets and the container is a waste of plastic, could they not use another material to store the tablets…
save £3 per annum and the planet too
BT are offering 25p per month off Options 1,2,3 if you take paper free billing. This equates too £3 per annum off your phone bill. Plus they will plant a sapling with the woodland trust! see http://www2.bt.com/static/i/btretail/consumer/paperfreediscount/ So far according to BT 220,000 saplings have been planted. Even if…
Recycling Epson Cartridges
Does anyone know where I could recycle Epson cartridges (Epson Photo R800)? All the freepost bags I've seen exclude Epson.
Help! What do I do with a wormery?
Just got a 3 tier wormery off freecyle. How do I use it?
Can I repair my toaster?
Ok I've a Delonghi toaster, a silver Argento thingy, I suspect it has a simple fault (the mechanism isn't latching down properly). Having gone to the trouble of obtaining a Torx security screw head (don't ask, they make these things difficult to access in the hope you aren't going to try and repair them). I now can't get…
Do we really need a vent when we have cavity wall insulation?
As a result of discussion about insulation on another thread that I started related to central heating, I have investigated the possibility of cavity wall insulation. I have had a good quote from a company - and a good discount with a grant. However, the man who came round to do the energy survey said that it was part of…
Do you rinse out recycleable tins and bottles ?
Everyone I know rinses out tin cans and bottles(jars)...not beer bottles. How much cash is raised for 1 recycled tin can or jar compared to the cost of the water used to rinse it out :confused: It can't be economically viable to continue rinsing out cans.....can it ? :confused: Are we not wasting more of the earths…
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