Tetrapak recycling October 5, 2007

I very rarely have Tetrapak’s as I’m not a huge fan of juice, but I have accumulated a few in recent weeks when I’ve had friends over and they keep getting in the way as I’m a real hoarder and hate putting anything in the landfill wheelie bin until I know it can’t go anywhere else. I had a little play around on the Tetrapak Recycling website to check the nearest place to recycle Tetrapaks near me but was dismayed to find that the nearest place is either Medway (North Kent so miles away) or the next county. Again, impractical. I could pop them in a box and post them off but postage is not free, and as I have just finished a long spell of unemployment (approximately 9 months), it is just going to have to wait. However, my new job involves unpacking a lot of boxes which get crushed up for recycling, so I’ve swiped a couple before crushing so when I get paid I can send off my Tetrapaks like a good little mouse.

Still I don’t think this is enough, so I finally got my bum in gear and wrote to Shepway District Council yesterday evening, advising them about Tetrapaks recycling scheme and how they will cover costs to set up a bring bank for Tetrapaks. I even suggested a site for them. In fact, it took me longer to find out who to contact than to collect the information. I’m currently waiting on their reply, but I have had a system message to say they received my email and will contact me shortly. So fingers crossed! To be honest, knowing the area I live in, I’m willing to bet barely anyone will recycle their Tetrapaks, but I’m fairly certain this is partly down to ignorance, so if I can help raise awareness and make just a few more people recycle, then I’ll be happy. And I will certainly do my bit.

Don’t know what a Tetrapak is? It’s the design of carton that fruit juice comes in, also soya milk and other similar products.

In the deep end October 5, 2007

Finally I’ve decided to jump in at the deep end with this whole blog thing. I’ve had numerous personal blogs, livejournal, xanga, myspace and now settling with facebook (technically not a blog but easiest to keep in contact with friends), so now I’ve decided to go for something slightly different. It’s pretty hard to start though. I’ve cogitated ideas for the past few months, written notes for the past few weeks, signed up for a blog at the beginning of the week and have finally sat down to actually say hello to everyone who is watching.

Mainly, the point of my blog is to document green and alternative living activities and ideas and also address certain issues in my local area (Shepway district, Kent, UK) and keep track of my journey in exploring these ideas. I’m hoping to share ideas and get some ideas from others and generally start putting into action more of my ideas instead of sitting around waiting for something to happen. I’m also intending to review books, films and other things of relevant content and generally try to create a bit of an interactive resource library for myself and others. First I considered a website (and that isn’t completely out of the question) but I have little experience with web design and it’s already taken me some time to get the first post of my blog written so I guess I’ll just start here and see how it evolves!