Challenge: How do I eat a whole pineapple in two days? 🍍 😋
Pure luxury from the Zero Waste Box: a pineapple, lots of grapes and tens of mandarins. It's hard to believe that #supermarkets used to throw this away (which is now banned in France). A #ZeroWaste box in our #supermarket costs 3 EUR for 2 kg of "ugly" or overripe vegetables/fruits. The very ripe pineapple smells delicious!
Uwielbiam majonez pomorski Ocetix.
Ciężko o bardziej użyteczne słoiki niż 175 g Ocetixu, a jak dodać jeszcze do tego fakt, że używają kleju rozpuszczalnego w wodzie, więc etykieta po zanurzeniu sama odpada, to osiąga się całkowitą zero-waste'ową ekstazę.
Just in case anyone is interested: I’m trying to find a new home for carpet off-cut. 210cm x 126cm off-cut of Abingdon 'Affection Sandstone 02' carpet. Nottingham area. Let me know #ZeroWaste#Offer
But people got so lazy about sorting their waste (in an area renowned for its env activism & innovation, ffs) that the composting just flat banned anything but food scraps and plant cuttings. Meaning all that work to train people to frex buy compostible disposable plates & whatnot—poof—wasted.
Worse, any loads that come in with more than a certain very low level of contamination get rerouted to the landfill. >
Which I'm sadly confident is a VERY high percentage.
Which is additionally depressing/infuriating, because this would to some not-small way to addressing the topsoil problems. (Obviously there are other major factors in play, but still.)
The problem really needs to be addressed on the production side. >
(Ask me about my idea for a product underwriting system and associated regulation that results in all products having "Nutrition Facts" equivalent labels laying out the carbon footprint of the product (including packaging & transport)'s production chain, whether its inputs are extracted, recycled, or upcycled, and where the matter of which it is comprised winds up at the end of its service life.)
This is a realm in which locality can have a mitigating effect, however. When the new restrictions came into effect, I was suddenly faced with the prospect of landfilling a third of the stuff that comes out of the guinea pig's cages (leaving aside the absolute pointlessness of using our condo complex's curbside because people apparently can't see the difference between the words "Compostables", "Recycling," & "Trash"). >
(Who me, angry & bitter why do you ask?). I did some desperate internet searching, and for a miracle, found the outfit Sharewaste.com, which aims to hook people who have "waste" they need to offload with people who can actually use that waste. (I'm not sure if they act only in the compost realm; I haven't thought to check.) >
i need a new repair and restoration project like i need a third butthole.
but i couldn’t say no to this poor old IBM Selectric rotting in a government surplus warehouse for $5. once the pride and joy of some government office, it is completely gummed with sawdust and old lubricant.
besides, there’s something so wonderful about the premium burgundy/wine ones. i can’t wait to get the grime off and see the original colour. this will become a piece of functional artmaking equipment when it is done.
Die Reinigungsmittel werden knapp.
Heute war Allzweckreiniger dran, morgen mache ich vielleicht WC-Tabs oder Flüssigwaschmittel, mal schauen 😊 #zerowaste #vegan
I have a site for my fiction, photobashes, and comics, but sharing all my other projects there never felt like a good fit.
I love making things and fixing things. Doing woodworking, repairing tools, cooking, gardening and just generally scrapping stuff together in interesting ways. Up till now I just posted those projects on the #diy, fixing, and #zerowaste communities on slrpnk.net, but I've finally made use of their movim instance to set up a project blog!
« De nombreuses villes ont opté pour la généralisation de « points d’apport volontaire », ou s’apprêtent à le faire. Répartis dans l’espace public, ils sont vidés régulièrement et leur contenu transporté par camions jusqu’à une plateforme de compostage ou une unité de méthanisation. »
À #ToulouseMétropole on cherche toujours les points d'apport volontaires dans l'espace public. 😭
Another exciting #GameStudies book around the corner!
"#Ecogames" brings together chapters by a diverse group of authors to explore the shape, impact, and cultural context of ecocritical engagement in and through #VideoGames. 🌱🌎🎮
this week’s #zerowaste#plotterart project was turning a discarded accountant’s book of columnar paper into custom stationery
the #cartography data is a hand drawn vector map of #ultima VII: the black gate, including both fire isle and ambrosia. it was rendered to paper by my trusty HP #plotter
📰 "Nowe przepisy UE: naprawa towarów zamiast kupna nowych.
Naprawa towarów zamiast kupna nowych to wybór większości obywateli Unii
Nowy obowiązek dla producentów – naprawa produktów nawet po upływie gwarancji prawnej
Bony na naprawy i inne zachęty finansowe dla konsumentów
We wtorek Parlament przyjął stanowisko negocjacyjne w sprawie nowego prawa konsumentów do naprawy. 590 posłów zagłosowało za, 15 przeciw, a 15 wstrzymało się od głosu. Projekt przepisów ma wspierać bardziej zrównoważoną konsumpcję. Przepisy będą też wspierać sektor napraw. Łatwiej będzie naprawić uszkodzone produkty, dzięki czemu zmniejszy się ilość odpadów."
@dnc I do like a red Kuri squash. A whole one always fits nicely in the pressure cooker, using this excellent technique from Zero Waste Chef. Saves having to buy a tin of pumpkin puree.
@SheDrivesMobility
Soll #Berlin es doch wie #Kiel machen, sich einfach zur #ZeroWaste Stadt erklären!
Mit Zielen, die irgendwann in der Ferne in 2035 oder 2050 liegen und nicht zu vergessen dem Hinweis, dass "Zero" natürlich auf keinen Fall "Null" bedeutet 😅 Dann gibt es ein Zertifikat und alle finden's super 👍
“We’ve already seen lots of the harmful impacts of #plastic waste from mussel farms on the seafloor,” says Jenny Hillman, a marine scientist at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.
“So, we’re really excited about what this research offers to support better practices in #mussel restoration—and in the #aquaculture industry.”