Lush collecting plastic bottle tops
http://www.lush.co.uk/articles/our-ethical-campaigns/shop-of-the-tops_100-10292_10.html Came across this on Twitter. I'm about to fish the lid for Mr JG's Benecol bottle out of the rubbish bin! (lucky we don't get lots of horrid waste mixed together

lush colour
At the show on sunday, there was a staffy in kennys class, white with big red markings, the red was nearly mohogony in colour, like liver, it was lush. What do they call this??

Recycling newspaper => starter pots
I am brand new at SFGing but wanted to pass this along to folks starting tomatoes, peppers and other warm season plants: Burpee's "pot maker". This two-piece item allows you to recycle strips of newspaper into little pots about 2 1/2" tal

This deserves a recycling award!
A shoe organizer! This pic was sent to me by a new member, peanutgallery. She snapped this pic on a recent trip to Oregon.

recycling things for fundraising
I know some charities can use recycled stuff like stamps, printer cartridges etc to raise money but I don't know how they go about doing this. I have some stamps to recycle and was wondering if it was something the rescue could use to raise some dosh?

Recycling Potting Soil
Hey, I have yet another question... When I get done transplanting seedlings into the garden, can I re-use the potting soil that the seedling was in? I have found lately that I have potting soil left from various projects and I wondered if using it fo

Recycling energy saving lightbulbs
A question for all the recycling fans out there: How can I recycle an energy saving light bulb that's just gone? I understand that there's mercury in there so something special must have to be done, but I'm struggling to find out just what. Any

condensation lids
I have been mooching about on the various online sites that sell fish stuff and have seen that you can get something called condensation lids. It says that is stops water loss due to condensation, stops it getting on the lights, keeps the water at a

Lowe's plastic recycling
On Lowe's FB page this morning: "What have you been planting this year? Bring the old plastic plant trays, pots and tags to your local Garden Center to recycle as part of our initiative to reduce plastic waste." Just an FYI that I thought should b

Plastic storage boxes with lids
Hi I have a camper trailer and use large Stanley utility boxes from Supercheap for our clothes, kitchen stuff like plates, cuttlery & saucepans etc. Anyhow, they are great, tough and keep the dust out, BUT- the taper down the sides so we lose so

Scunthorpe recycling plant baby body: Teen comes forward
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17935920 a sad story

Its just lush...
Just sat outside for the last hour and a half, watching my three babies binky, roll over, dig, and just go mad in the garden Pebbles was dashing around the garden for about half an hour, Jelly kept flopping and Domino ate everything in sight

A few snaps of Ty
Staffy Smile with my mother Bless Please dont ask lol Attacking the chocolate tin In his bandana Ty in his coat chilling Pup with his Snuggie I have a load more on my phone but have lost the leads lol I will get more up as soon as

Reusable Canning Lids
I found reusable canning lids online. Has anyone used these? Look HERE.

When to remove lids from seedlings
I have several takeaway containers I used to germinate Echinocactus, Mammillaria and Lithops species that I sowed about 4 weeks ago. Most of the seeds have germinated and I was just wanting to find out at what point I should take the lid off. Or is it bes