Price Points: Plastic-free bowl covers

Plastic-free bowl covers

We’ve slashed our use of clingfilm in the kitchen by relying instead on various sizes of reusable plastic covers. Sometimes, however, we need a breathable cover for a foodstuff that could otherwise become damp or sticky. A clean tea towel would suffice, I suppose, but who wouldn’t prefer to use a set of these pretty, plastic-free bowl covers?

  1. Set of 4 eco gingham bowl covers: £9.99, eBay (For bowls 7cm – 35cm)

    Great for outdoors to keep insects off salads in summer. Perfect for covering food in the fridge all year round. Can go in the microwave when reheating your leftovers.

  2. Single eco food bowl covers – ‘waste not / want not’ – 8 sizes: £6 – £20 each (For bowls 7.5cm – 38cm)

    Bowl covers are made from unbleached calico cotton fabric (non-stretch) that is 100% recycled, with an elastic edge using eco-elastic made from natural rubber and organic cotton, making it entirely biodegradable, and an easy swap for a more sustainable kitchen. Each cover is screen printed by hand using non-toxic inks, heat sealed to help protect the print from fading and making it washing machine friendly, and finished with a hand printed label, and elastic ends covered with a cotton tab.

  3. Set of 5 linen bowl covers: £43.16, Etsy (For bowls 6cm – 30cm)

    These fabric dish covers are made out of 1 layer 100% linen fabric, which is eco-friendly and biodegradable. Only Oeko – Tex Standard 100 (toxic-free products for the body and environment) fabric is used!

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Single eco food bowl cover – ‘waste not / want not’ – 8 sizes
Single eco food bowl cover – ‘waste not / want not’ – 8 sizes
£6 - £20 each
Set of 5 linen bowl covers
Set of 5 linen bowl covers
£43.16
Set of 4 eco gingham bowl covers
Set of 4 eco gingham bowl covers
£9.99
Single eco food bowl cover – ‘waste not / want not’ – 8 sizes
Single eco food bowl cover – ‘waste not / want not’ – 8 sizes
£6 - £20 each
Set of 5 linen bowl covers
Set of 5 linen bowl covers
£43.16
Set of 4 eco gingham bowl covers
Set of 4 eco gingham bowl covers
£9.99
Single eco food bowl cover – ‘waste not / want not’ – 8 sizes
Single eco food bowl cover – ‘waste not / want not’ – 8 sizes
£6 - £20 each
Set of 5 linen bowl covers
Set of 5 linen bowl covers
£43.16
Set of 4 eco gingham bowl covers
Set of 4 eco gingham bowl covers
£9.99
Single eco food bowl cover – ‘waste not / want not’ – 8 sizes
Single eco food bowl cover – ‘waste not / want not’ – 8 sizes
£6 - £20 each
Set of 5 linen bowl covers
Set of 5 linen bowl covers
£43.16
Set of 4 eco gingham bowl covers
Set of 4 eco gingham bowl covers
£9.99
Single eco food bowl cover – ‘waste not / want not’ – 8 sizes
Single eco food bowl cover – ‘waste not / want not’ – 8 sizes
£6 - £20 each
Set of 5 linen bowl covers
Set of 5 linen bowl covers
£43.16
Set of 4 eco gingham bowl covers
Set of 4 eco gingham bowl covers
£9.99

Price Points: Recycled ocean plastic products

Recycled ocean plastic products

I read a shocking prediction a while ago; by 2050, there’ll be more plastic than fish (by weight) in the world’s oceans. Even though the claim can’t truly be verifiable, it’s still a massively worrying statistic.

Each time we’ve been to the beach recently, I’ve cleared up bits of plastic that have washed up on the tides. It’s mainly been colourful nylon rope that escaped overboard from boats. However, there’s also been no end of drinks bottles & lids, disposable cups and carrier bags. And what about all the microplastics that we can’t see?

Currently, salvaged and recycled ocean plastic is being turned into fashion & footwear, jewellery, eyewear, toys, furniture, homewares… and plastic bottles. So we’re slowly trying to ‘turn the tide’, so to speak. We’ve picked out three products that stood out to us.

  1. Nomadix ultralight travel towel: £33.13, Amazon

    We use post-consumer recycled materials to make revolutionary new products. Part of living with less means using what you already have. You never waste a thing. With so much plastic waste floating in our oceans and trashing our communities, we’ve committed to using post-consumer recycled materials for everything we make. And since our fibers are designed to dry quickly and resist bacteria that cause towel funk, you can wash less and save precious water. Through years of research and development into turning recycled plastics into durable and versatile fibers, developing responsible manufacturing practices, avoiding harmful dyes that waste and pollute our water, we protect the world we love.

  2. Time for Oceans watches: £119.00 each, Triwa

    The world’s first collection of colourful statement watches made completely from recycled ocean plastic, designed to highlight the critical health of the oceans and generate money for a continuous ocean clean-up.

  3. Seaqual eco luxury mattress, king size (150x200cm): £349.00

    The Seaqual Eco Luxury mattress is a quality, low carbon footprint mattress with a medium feel. Featuring a Seaqual fabric cover made from certified and traceable upcycled marine plastic. Seaqual have partnered with over 400 fishing boats who between them retrieve a ton of plastic a day out of the ocean, which is recycled into high quality, sustainable polyester fibres. The mattress features a 10cm low carbon eco foam base, this high density supportive base is completely recycled, preventing mattresses from going to landfill helping to create a cleaner more sustainable future. All the foam in the product can also be ultimately recycled.

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Seaqual eco luxury mattress, king size (150x200cm)
Seaqual eco luxury mattress, king size (150x200cm)
£349.00
‘Time for Oceans’ watches
‘Time for Oceans’ watches
£119.00 each
Nomadix ultralight travel towel
Nomadix ultralight travel towel
£33.13
Seaqual eco luxury mattress, king size (150x200cm)
Seaqual eco luxury mattress, king size (150x200cm)
£349.00
‘Time for Oceans’ watches
‘Time for Oceans’ watches
£119.00 each
Nomadix ultralight travel towel
Nomadix ultralight travel towel
£33.13
Seaqual eco luxury mattress, king size (150x200cm)
Seaqual eco luxury mattress, king size (150x200cm)
£349.00
‘Time for Oceans’ watches
‘Time for Oceans’ watches
£119.00 each
Nomadix ultralight travel towel
Nomadix ultralight travel towel
£33.13
Seaqual eco luxury mattress, king size (150x200cm)
Seaqual eco luxury mattress, king size (150x200cm)
£349.00
‘Time for Oceans’ watches
‘Time for Oceans’ watches
£119.00 each
Nomadix ultralight travel towel
Nomadix ultralight travel towel
£33.13
Seaqual eco luxury mattress, king size (150x200cm)
Seaqual eco luxury mattress, king size (150x200cm)
£349.00
‘Time for Oceans’ watches
‘Time for Oceans’ watches
£119.00 each
Nomadix ultralight travel towel
Nomadix ultralight travel towel
£33.13

Price Points: Safety razors for women

Safety razors for women | H is for Home

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not the kind of person that thinks products need to be designed specifically for certain genders. I’m not a believer in pink for girls and blue for boys, or that things needs to be smaller and daintier to fit into the hands of the ‘fairer’ sex.

What I am a big believer in is cutting down on waste, increasing recycling and being kinder to our planet. So, when I say ‘safety razors for women’, I don’t expect any of the previously mentioned prerequisites to be tick-boxed. All I’m thinking is that, these days with beards being so ubiquitous, women tend to shave more of their body, and more frequently than their male counterparts.

Anyway, of the options below, I think that the Friction Free online subscription is a great idea. The packaging the razors arrive in can be put into your curbside recycling and the blades can be returned to the company for them to recycle safely. Added to this, you can control the frequency of delivery and can cancel at any time.

  1. Friction Free Shaving subscription: from £9.00
  2. Rose gold metal safety razor for women: £15.49, Amazon
  3. Feather AS-D2S double-edge razor and stand (stainless steel): £209.99, Shaving Shack

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Feather AS-D2S double-edge razor and stand (stainless steel)
Feather AS-D2S double-edge razor and stand (stainless steel)
£209.99
Rose gold metal safety razor for women
Rose gold metal safety razor for women
£15.49
Friction Free Shaving subscription
Friction Free Shaving subscription
from £9.00
Feather AS-D2S double-edge razor and stand (stainless steel)
Feather AS-D2S double-edge razor and stand (stainless steel)
£209.99
Rose gold metal safety razor for women
Rose gold metal safety razor for women
£15.49
Friction Free Shaving subscription
Friction Free Shaving subscription
from £9.00
Feather AS-D2S double-edge razor and stand (stainless steel)
Feather AS-D2S double-edge razor and stand (stainless steel)
£209.99
Rose gold metal safety razor for women
Rose gold metal safety razor for women
£15.49
Friction Free Shaving subscription
Friction Free Shaving subscription
from £9.00
Feather AS-D2S double-edge razor and stand (stainless steel)
Feather AS-D2S double-edge razor and stand (stainless steel)
£209.99
Rose gold metal safety razor for women
Rose gold metal safety razor for women
£15.49
Friction Free Shaving subscription
Friction Free Shaving subscription
from £9.00
Feather AS-D2S double-edge razor and stand (stainless steel)
Feather AS-D2S double-edge razor and stand (stainless steel)
£209.99
Rose gold metal safety razor for women
Rose gold metal safety razor for women
£15.49
Friction Free Shaving subscription
Friction Free Shaving subscription
from £9.00

Price Points: Zero-waste products

Zero-waste products | H is for Home

With growing concern about the proliferation of single-use plastic being discarded in landfill and the earth’s waterways, each of us should be doing all that we can to reduce this excess. 3-7th September is #zerowasteweek and we’re trying to do our bit. Having zero-waste products for use within the home is a great place to begin.

We’ve lined up three of our favourite items at different points on the price scale. Shamefully, we go through a fair amount of paper towel chez H is for Home so we know that’s one area in which we can improve.

Ditto, investing in a silicone baking mat; I use parchment paper almost every time I bake bread. I do reuse a sheet if it’s not in too bad a state, flipping it over to the other side. A baking mat will last a very, very long time and I know it will get at least weekly use.

The BagPodz is a fab idea, taking strong, easily stored shopping bags to the shops and supermarket. However, I think that at this price you can do a DIY version. I keep about half a dozen light but strong fabric totes folded up in my everyday bag. So, even if I pop to the shops unexpectedly, I never have to resort to buying plastic bags.

  1. Zero waste unpaper towels. Reusable kitchen roll: from £8.76, Etsy
  2. BackeFix Zero Waste silicone baking mat: £11.39, eBay
  3. BagPodz original reusable bag and storage system – saffron yellow (contains 10 bags): £71.74, Amazon

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BagPodz original reusable bag and storage system
BagPodz original reusable bag and storage system
£71.74
BackeFix Zero Waste silicone baking mat
BackeFix Zero Waste silicone baking mat
£11.39
Zero waste unpaper towels. Reusable kitchen roll
Zero waste unpaper towels. Reusable kitchen roll
£8.76
BagPodz original reusable bag and storage system
BagPodz original reusable bag and storage system
£71.74
BackeFix Zero Waste silicone baking mat
BackeFix Zero Waste silicone baking mat
£11.39
Zero waste unpaper towels. Reusable kitchen roll
Zero waste unpaper towels. Reusable kitchen roll
£8.76
BagPodz original reusable bag and storage system
BagPodz original reusable bag and storage system
£71.74
BackeFix Zero Waste silicone baking mat
BackeFix Zero Waste silicone baking mat
£11.39
Zero waste unpaper towels. Reusable kitchen roll
Zero waste unpaper towels. Reusable kitchen roll
£8.76
BagPodz original reusable bag and storage system
BagPodz original reusable bag and storage system
£71.74
BackeFix Zero Waste silicone baking mat
BackeFix Zero Waste silicone baking mat
£11.39
Zero waste unpaper towels. Reusable kitchen roll
Zero waste unpaper towels. Reusable kitchen roll
£8.76
BagPodz original reusable bag and storage system
BagPodz original reusable bag and storage system
£71.74
BackeFix Zero Waste silicone baking mat
BackeFix Zero Waste silicone baking mat
£11.39
Zero waste unpaper towels. Reusable kitchen roll
Zero waste unpaper towels. Reusable kitchen roll
£8.76