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jon rolls zero waste challenge jon rolls zero waste challenge jon rolls executive director or rezolve kernow strives to make his household zero waste during cornwall s zero waste week monday 27 october 2008 zero waste is possible the results are in total waste down from 32 5 kg to 12 3 kg recycling up from 69 to 94 waste to landfill down from 10 25kg to 0 75 kg at the start of the week we wanted to reduce our waste to landfill by 50 we smashed this target and reduced it by 93 posted by jon rolls at 02 44 3 comments labels cornwall zero waste sunday 26 october 2008 day 6 7 as i thought the weekend has been tough with all the family at home and consuming voraciously plus two large bernese mountain dogs and a couple of in laws no offense r r however the bin is still pretty light plastics is still the main contributor but i m almost certain that the final weigh in tomorrow will show significantly less waste overall our recycling has been less this week which could be due to a number of reasons but mostly because i think last weeks recycling included a build up over a longer period interestingly the almost mrs average who has been following this blog and providing some welcome support also indicated that she prepared for several weeks before her zero waste week if we were to do it again we would definitely take a bit longer to prepare we ve got bbc spotlight coming again in the morning to find out how we ve done so keep your eyes peeled for the evening programme we ll be doing one last post tomorrow to update on final totals and perhaps a follow up later in the week on the off chance that something interesting happens thanks to everyone who has shown an interest hopefully you ve learnt something from all of this even if it s just that we re slightly mad we ve learnt a lot about ourselves and we ll certainly be making some changes going forward whilst zero waste hasn t been achieved we ve made a huge impact on the waste we generate through our everyday consumption of resources and the really interesting thing is that whilst others may mock the concept of zero waste i actually think it is achievable having said at the start of the challenge that it was an aspirational target that couldn t realistically be achieved but that we should still aim for it i now think that if you plan ahead if you are really innovative if you buy products with zero waste in mind you reduce and reuse and you truly do recycle and more importantly compost then it is possible to get really close and maybe achieve zero waste that s zero waste to landfill incineration you wont do it all the time but maybe some of the time and if everyone did that well then we wouldn t be in the predicament that we re in in cornwall and across the uk good luck to anyone else who s planning to give it a try i think its something everybody should do once a year a bit like detox after christmas when i m in charge of cornwall that will be my first law for those waiting for us to fall off the wagon i m sure we will we re not perfect just trying to do our bit when we can posted by jon rolls at 14 23 2 comments labels bernese cornwall detox plastics recycling zero waste friday 24 october 2008 day 4 5 sorry bloggers for a lack of blog on day 4 and 5 a combination of sleep deprivation extreme exhaustion and a stomach upset didn t help back in the land of the living now bbc radio cornwall came yesterday morning for another look i think they were quite surprised we reckon that we ve reduced from 10kg last week down to 1kg or less as t stands as the mrs average points out to really make zero waste week work you need to have prepared a bit longer than 1 week in advance one of the things we ve found is that many of the good things we are doing this week wont make a difference until after zero waste week we re still finishing off things that were bought before zero waste week when we weren t necessarily being as careful as we should have oh well its a learning curve one thing we need to get to grips with is buying in bulk to reduce packaging in particular where can we get flour in bulk cereal loose and things like that this weekend will be interesting you always produce more when all the family is home consuming finally the real hit this week has been our conquering of night time nappies whilst we ve had the odd blip we have managed to use them every night and its made a real difference the home made wet wipes has also been easier than we thought really pleased with that posted by jon rolls at 23 52 4 comments labels cereal composting cornwall recycling washable nappies wet wipes zero waste wednesday 22 october 2008 day 3 tupperware worms and polythene so the paper experiment at the butchers hasn t really worked well its ok for ham etc but not for meat that has a tendency to bleed so vikki bought extra large tupperware containers and chris the butcher kindly put all our meat in the tupperware perfect he thought it was a fantastic idea and said that s how they used to do it so what happened we used to use reusable nappies and hand them down from generation to generation we used to use reusable pop bottles and return them to the shop we used to use the milkman at some point somebody somewhere must have forced us all to stop being sensible and make us completely lose touch with reality we all love convenience but not at the expense of the environment and common sense i blame leo baekeland a belgium chemist who apparently invented synthetic plastic in 1909 was that the start of our consumer society and when we suddenly decided that everything disposable was beautiful enough of that the worms arrived today 500g of them not as many as i thought but hopefully they ll help do the job also bought them a nice little duvet made of coir this keeps them warm in the winter finally following the excellent advice from almost mrs average http therubbishdiet blogspot com about polythene recycling i dived in the bin tonight and retrieved 2g of polythene which i m saving to send to the polyprint plant now i m expecting a few carbon conscious comments here surely that has more impact on the environment through the transport emissions well its a good point but i have 2 answers to that factually correct or not the post van train lorry would be on the road anyway and i m ensuring it s at capacity it would be worse if i used a courier for an individual trip from home to recycling plant but i m not i m tapping into an existing transport network that would be running irrespective of my parcel i m voting with my polythene by sending it off to the recycling plant i m making a point albeit a quiet one that i m not prepared to send it to landfill hopefully if enough people do it the cost benefit will start to stack up and other entrepreneurs will see that there is an opportunity and set up a service or local government will subsidise it to avoid landfill tax fines unfortunately plastic recycling is often difficult to justify because it is a low weight high volume material so the only other way we can make a difference is to refuse the products in the first place and phase its use out that way we ll continue to do that and through reusable containers and careful purchasing i think this is one area we re really going to improve on posted by jon rolls at 11 20 2 comments labels butcher cornwall landfill polyprint recycling rezolve tupperware wormery zero waste day 2 well after the excitement of day 1 and the bbc i couldn t face blogging last night so bright and early here i am not huge progress yesterday however thanks must go to the small army of zero waste supporters popping up all over the country who have been sending in messages of good luck and great idea for recycling tetrapak and polythene see http www polyprint co uk recycling html if you follow the comments on the blog you ll see these great tips the family seem to have become minor local celebrities which although is quite exciting for them is heaping pressure on us every where we go in the village people say good on you which is lovely let s hope it makes a real difference and rubs off on people when i agreed to do all this i didn t realise the extra pressure it would bring its not come at the best of times if i m perfectly honest raising a young family is hard enough but when you re on crutches for 4 weeks and your littlest is potty training it makes things a bit more complex having said that there are thousands of families out there really struggling particularly as the economy worsens so we re hoping this will prove what is possible and that its relevant to every family irrespective of circumstances hopefully we can prove that it doesn t have to be hard work and that it can save money in the long run too as expected we re not going to be completely waste free this week various items we have finished this week will have to be disposed of and there s no point trying to hide that in retrospect we probably should have run things for a month before zero waste week and then actually done zero waste month that would have ironed out all the anomalies i think next week will be better than this week because it will benefit from the careful purchasing of this week at the end of the week we are going to photo and list everything that couldn t be recycled or reused and ask for suggestions on how to improve it next time should be interesting finally the great bread idea by the end of the week we should have something edible archie calls my bread brick toast and it takes him so much longer to get through it poor fella posted by jon rolls at 01 05 1 comment labels bbc cornwall recycling rezolve zero waste monday 20 october 2008 end of day 1 what a great way to start zero waste week bbc tv coverage on spotlight great piece just a shame about the interviewee http www bbc co uk spotlight bbc radio cornwall pirate fm and plenty of local interest the butcher charlie harris daughter http www thelocalbutcher co uk contact html really came up trumps not only allowing us to film in their shop but they have also said if the greaseproof paper works ie keeps the meat fresh in the fridge then they will phase out plastic and offer an alternative to customers now that s what this is all about no sooner as i had ordered my sausages in paper then the next lady in the queue did the same however the dark side of day 1 is that things have already gone in the bin one or two plastic tubs that were finished today butter that were left overs from previous shops and some plastic film from a magazine subscription gardeners world of all things but what can you do other things i know that are going to be a problem yogurt pots the kids love yoghurt s innocent smoothies the dreaded tetrapak could send it to scotland for recycling but that kind of defeats the sustainability argument from a carbon footprint point of view cream pots so we re going to have to find alternatives tips gratefully received day 2 is looming so that s it for another day on zero waste street posted by jon rolls at 14 26 3 comments labels bbc spotlight cornwall jon rolls pirate fm recycling rezolve rezolve kernow tetrapak zero waste we re off what a start to the day bbc spotlight were with us for 2 hours filming what s going on they loooked at a range of things from our green joanna to our wormery and the wahable wet wipes we ve made at home the boys were filmed lugging all their recycling up the drive and it finished off with a visit to the local butcher who has said that if our meat keeps well enough in the fridge in paper bags that they ll consider offering it to all customers this is what zero waste is all about community spirit we ll try and get some green joanna leaflets for the butcher so it goes hand in hand with the paper bags watch out for bbc spotlight at 1 30pm today and 6 6 30pm this evening you can watch online or on freeview from anywhere in the country http www bbc co uk cornwall oh and do have a look at the county council website their supporting zero waste week in a big way through their campaign recycle for cornwall see http www recycleforcornwall org uk posted by jon rolls at 03 54 no comments labels bbc spotlight butcher composting cornwall cornwall county council green joanna recycle for cornwall zero waste week older posts home subscribe to comments atom rezolve kernow logo rezolve kernow logo followers blog archive 2008 14 october 14 zero waste is possible day 6 7 day 4 5 day 3 tupperware worms and polythene day 2 end of day 1 we re off 1 evening to go 2 days to go 3 days to go now it s public day 2 tesco s arrives zero waste challenge about me jon rolls view my complete profile useful links rezolve office foes zero waste the rubbish diet recycle for cornwall subscribe to jon rolls zero waste challenge posts atom posts all comments atom all comments