Rekindled

Recycle Week 2009 starts on Monday 22nd June. This year’s theme is ‘Let’s waste less’ and you can make a pledge at http://www.recyclenow.com/. It wasn’t hard for me to pick my pledge as I already do all of them except one: I pledge to go waste free for a day, or I will cook all the dinners for a week!  I’m not quite sure how I’m going to achieve it, and I haven’t got long to get ready, but I’ll do my best!  I think I will have to make at least one exception, which is cat litter, although I am looking into a flushable alternative.

Several eco bloggers are getting involved and have set themselves special challenges.   For example, The Rubbish Diet, who I read regularly, is such an expert waste reducer that she is going to be helping other people in her community waste less.  For one week in 2008 she managed to throw away just one plaster.  One plaster!  In a whole week!  And she has a family!!!  Read more about her and the other bloggers at http://www.recyclenow.com/recycle_week/blogger_challenge.html.

If you haven’t already, why not mosey on over to http://www.recyclenow.com/ and make a pledge.  You don’t have to go the whole waste free hog like me, there are several options including reusing carrier bags, taking leftovers for lunch, and recycling newspapers and magazines.  Let me know what your pledge is!