Tag Archives: Zero Waste Zero Waste shopping isn’t something new. I have fond memories from my childhood (in the 1980’s) visiting Weigh and Save each week with my parents to fill bags with an assortment of kitchen staples such as flour, raisins and cereal. I loved filling up the bags, weighing them on the scales and printing the labels before […]  And so begins the festival season… Powerful-Thinking, the not-for-profit think tank for the events industry estimates that around 23,500 tonnes of waste are produced each year at music festivals in the UK alone! With two thirds of this waste ending up in landfill, many festivals are starting to take action.  Today marks the start of Zero Waste Week 2018, an annual event that (this year) runs from the 3rd – 7th September. Zero Waste Week first came into existence in 2008 (happy 10th anniversary!) here in the UK but quickly became a global initiative.  For years I have been growing increasingly frustrated but the amount of waste I produce as a Make-up Artist (and I’m pretty low waste producing in comparison to many others I know!). One of my biggest bug bears has been the use of wipes and tissues. The latter I managed to get on top of […]  Last minute shopping is pretty much a staple in my household. Every year I try to be organised but life, work and general faffing keep me from being like my mother who pretty much has christmas sewn up by mid July… |
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