We all use china mugs at work, they did try to introduce disposable plastic cups but nobody liked them. After lots of pressure from people who like bottled water they have installed a water cooler and filter. It seems immoral to me when we have got perfectly good tap water to waste resources on this machine, when many people in the world do not have access to clean drinking water. Also there is the question of throw away plastic cups. I have decided to use a glass and tap water, quite good enough for me, when it’s hot I just put a jug of water in the fridge. The discarded plastic cups make good pots for seedlings, at least they get used twice.
Martha
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Give Thanks Before A Meal
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Compost Your Leftovers
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Switch To Energy Saving Lightbulbs
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Choose to have one meat-free day a week in your home
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Recycle Your Stuff
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Recycle Your Inkjet Cartridges
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Get a water butt!
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Switch it off at the Plug. (Don't Stand By.)
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Switch to Green Household Cleaners
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Wear Your 'Make Poverty History' Band
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Give Your Unwanted / Unworn Clothes To Charity
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Give Something Away - and declutter your life
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Dry clothes outdoors.
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Send a Child a Christmas Box
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Slow Down, Calm Down (Stick to the speed limit)
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Recent Comments
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Take A Mug To Work - don't use plastic - 17 Nov 2006
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Single, wrong side of 50,trying to do my bit by buying fair trade where possible, coffee, tea, sugar and bananas, not much else available in my part of the world. Hoping to live more ethically and be as green as possible.
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