Green Alternatives Blog — eco friendly

I don’t know about you but if I don’t have a strong builder’s cuppa within half an hour of waking up, I’m pretty much a write off for the morning! And I probably wouldn’t still have a day job without constant refills throughout the day! But did you know that most high street branded tea bags contain polypropylene plastics? WHY?! I hear you ask? These plastics are used to bind the bag material and seal the contents inside so they don’t split. Once the bag and tea leaves have degraded, a small plastic ‘skeleton’ remains which is non-degradable/recyclable, and if...

Like many families, I hated being using the disposable nappy, the non-recyclable Ella’s Kitchen pouch, the plastic nappy bags and worst of all; the non biodegradable wet wipes. Every day I felt that we were hurting the planet and the guilt was building with every poop! Why were there no easily available and affordable alternatives to these items? When alternatives existed, WHY weren’t we happy to pay the extra margin and buy these products? It wasn’t just the disposable baby care, the ‘disposable’ lifestyle had crept into most parts of our everyday life. Some-where along the line we stopped using...