The Recycle Week Carnival

Well I've been promising it for a couple of weeks and at last it's here, the British Mummy Blogger carnival to mark the end of the Recycle Week challenge, where mothers everywhere (and a dad) - even those far away from the homeland - took their pledges to waste less.Here's a list of all those who sent me their pledges over the last few weeks. I have a sneaking suspicion that the tag has travelled some distance beyond what you see here. If you want to follow the various tags, just visit those who joined in and follow the links.In the meantime, it's time to celebrate the achievements and participation of all those who joined in the Recycle Week...

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Day 7: Sunday, a day of rest

And so it was...very restful indeed.After what has felt like a very busy week, Recycle Week is now over.I had great plans for today, but all I could do was sit or sleep. I think the events of the past seven days have caught up with me along with the drama of the trapped nerve in my back migrating to a bruised sensation at the top of my leg.But at 6.30 this evening I had to be lively, because it's Sunday and it was time to pick up the Tetra Pak collection bin from our local church, Christ Church of Moreton Hall.Just like last time, Reverend Jonathan Ford was there to greet me, this time with a bin that was about half-full with Tetra Paks.So with...

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Day 6: If you don't ask...

So there I was doing a quick trolley dash around Waitrose last night, with my eldest in tow on our way home from Chess Club.I normally avoid taking my children shopping because being such a positive person I really dislike saying "no" and trips out with the kids normally follow the same pattern..."Mummy can I have....?""No""But Mummy, can I have....?""Oh no""Mummy, pllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaase""Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo""Mu...""Not on you nelly and that's the end of it!"And that's just in the second aisle.But last night there was hardly a murmer. I was beginning to wonder if he'd taken some compliancy...

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Day 5: School recycling in Moreton Hall

Huge thanks to Abbots Green, Sebert Wood and Moreton Hall Prep School for taking part in my Recycle Week pledge. You're the real stars of the week along with your teachers who have also worked hard.Phew what a day!I've spent much of today dropping into our local schools to see how they've been getting on during Recycle Week. And I can honestly say I am amazed at the results. Not least because school life is always busy and this week has probably been more hectic than most. Yet they've all come up with the goods.Early this afternoon, I visited Sebert Wood school to collect the cartons from them. They've had such a busy week with an Ofsted...

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Day 5: Recycling on the radio

If you've been following the events of Recycle Week this week, you'll remember Sally Goodwin and James Hazell from BBC Radio Suffolk and how they took their own pledges, with James promising to reuse his bags and Sally going for a Rubbish Free day.Well there's been a bit of a twist, since I blogged about my visit on the show this Monday.While James has kept to his pledge by cunningly avoiding shopping, Sally has enjoyed her challenge so much she's actually attempting a rubbish free week!Yes that's right... a whole WEEK!As well as daily updates on the James Hazell show, they've been blogging daily about their progress on the programme page. ...

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Day 5: Back to School for Recycle Week

So it's Day 5 of Recycle Week and it's probably the one which I have been anticipating with bated breath.If you remember last week, I helped put together letters on behalf of our school inviting parents to bring in their empty Tetra Pak cartons for the school's Recycle Week collection at Abbots Green Community Primary School.And following up an idea from another governor, we also arranged to organise a clothing collection as a fundraiser.It was quietly nervewracking and I couldn't help wondering how many people would take part in either scheme. And I must admit, I was so nervous I didn't dare ask how things were going early in the week.But look...when...

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Day 4: Girls go shopping!

It's been a beautiful day in Moreton Hall... lovely sunshine and birds twittering...... a wonderul summer's day, only be topped off by builders drilling and banging outside......followed by their intermittent sunbathing on the grass verge just in front of my home.Crikey, now there's a view I'd rather not have.So when my best buddy Lucy offered to whisk me away for some shopping, how could I say no.We both love shopping and have spent many a day browsing around boutiques, interior design shops as well as creative havens of artistic delight.But today was different!We weren't off to the sparkling stores in Bury St Edmunds, Ipswich or Cambridge.In...

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Day 4: I'm a riot at parties you know

Yesterday was most certainly the hardest day of Recycle Week. Nothing to do with the challenge itself. It had more to do with the pills that the doctor had given me, which sent me all whizzy dizzy for the whole of the day.AND there was the unfortunate incident of my skirt doing a full "Marilyn Monroe" on the way to school.So by the evening I was desperate to venture out and meet some of my really good friends from Bury LETS, a date at Pizza Express for a good old Sloppy Giuseppe and to celebrate a few birthdays.Of course as it's Recycle Week, to keep in with the theme of my pledge to help others in my community to waste less, I asked if they...

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Day 3: Thank you to Great Barton Beaver Scouts

Huge thanks to Great Barton Beavers Scouts for their commitment to the Recycle Week pledge.I've just arrived back from our weekly Beaver Scout meeting, with over four bags of cartons. The colony sent letters out last week asking children to to join in the Recycle Week pledge and bring in their cartons And quite a few did, including one parent who normally recycles them every month at our local HWRC. I think she was pleased that this week I've saved her a trip.As well as cartons, I even came away with a bag of mixed plastics recycling. By now I think they get the idea that I'm a tad keen.It's no surprise though. In fact the Scout Movement...

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Day 3: Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to school we go!

YES! YES! YES! The Almost Average Household has finally remembered to recycle its cartons! Phew! That was lucky! The boys took them to school this morning to add to our school collection for Recycle Week, swinging them around in a wild fashion, whilst trying to hold up their trousers. So on Day 3 of the pledge that I made at the Recycle Now site, we've finally done it. I just can't believe it took me three days to remember, especially as it's me who suggested the school collection in the first place as part of my wider community pledge. But you know what this really means? Not only have I contributed to local community spirit and the...

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