First was this butter dish for £1. I've been wanting to get a butter dish for a while as I've felt guilty about buying butter or margarine in plastic tubs for a long time as we have no recycling for any plastics other than plastic bottles (shampoo, milk etc). I have returned to buying block butter which is only wrapped in paper - and this can be folded very small before throwing away. I'm trying to reduce our household waste, and part of the exercise is to reduce the volume as well as the weight, so everything that can't be recycled or composted is squashed flat, folded down or crushed. In an average week, we don't have more than two carrier bags full of rubbish, in good weeks only one. OK, you spotted the immediate problem - carrier bags. I won't buy black sacks for rubbish and never get supermarket carrier bags as I always take plenty of shopping bags with me - but occasionally we do end up with bags from other types of shopping and these do get used for rubbish. I am sure the day will come when there are no carrier bags at all in our house, and I'm not sure I like the idea of putting loose household rubbish in the dustbin as this will mean more frequent dustbin cleaning. While I have carrier bags I will continue to use them to throw away rubbish, but eventually I'll need to find a hygenic solution - wrapping in newspaper maybe? Hmm; I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
See how small a butter wrapper is when it's folded up!
My other bargains were these two plates at 15p each. I love topiary (a long time ago I trained a bay tree into a lollipop shape, and it lasted for about 6 years, but sadly it died a couple of years back due to an infestation of some kind) and I just liked these plates. I don't really need plates, but these would be nice as cake plates don't you think?
I also got a couple of other items which might be suitable as Christmas gifts (so I won't post photos here).
There's a jumble sale at the local scout hall this week end. I may take a stroll round there this afternoon and see what I can find.
3 comments:
Nice to meet you Denise, thanks for visiting my blog. I've enjoyed finding out about you and your family. We love banana bread in this house, I make 2 at a time and they last about 3 days with any luck:)
I've added you to my favourites so I'll be back soon.
Gill
I use carrier bags for rubbish too and wonder what the alternative will be. The only way I get carrier bags now is if I have my shopping home delivered and I am hoarding those for future use. I also wonder what we will use instead of disposable bags in the future. For most things reusable bags can be used but what about taking stuff to charity shops etc. If I was using a non-disposable bag I'd want it back(!) but they wouldn't be very pleased if I insisted they emptied all the stuff out sraight away.
I would also miss being able to use carrier bags for really really wet and muddy rugby boots and kit. I could send the kit in cotton drawstring bags but muddy kit without a plastic bag squeezed into a school bag with all the folders and exercise books - it wouldn't be pretty would it?
Just started reading your blog...many new ideas! Here is an idea for those butter papers: I keep a sack of them in the freezer and use them to grease baking pans, crock pots, pie tins etc. THEN, I fold and pitch. A friend takes the expended papers and uses them as fire starters in the fire place but, for some reason, that makes me uneasy. Keep up the good work and pat a bunny for me.
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