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Knowing what to do with household waste is not always obvious; once you've recycled all your paper, donated all your unwanted clothes to charity and composted all the food you can possibly cram into a small bokashi bin, you're into the more rocky territory of electricals, furniture and plastics.
If that's all got you confused, sustainable living expert Tracey Smith can help with her new 'book of rubbish ideas', in which she takes you through each and every room in your house and garden with valuable tips on reducing household waste. Available from 25th September, the book will be a great addition to any eco house. Visit Tracey's blog to find out how to get a special half price discount on the book and bag a copy for just £3.50.
Related: Interview: My Zero Waste's Mrs. Green speaks to Hippyshopper
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If it sometimes feels like you can't do diddly squat about pollution in the world at large, here's a simple and attractive way to clean up the air in your own home: house plants.
Once you've got rid of as many other common toxins at home (including 'traditional' cleaning products like bleach and other harsh chemicals, air fresheners and so on) it's a good time to introduce plants, which will keep the air as pollution-free as possible. A new book called 'How to grow fresh air' explains all about how plants purify the air, and even recommends which are the best in terms of removing pollutants from the air. Read on for some suggestions from the book...
[Via Little Green Blog]
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In an age of hybrid sports cars, chichi organic delis and eco-chic fashion, it's easy to get into the mindset that being green is a luxury that only a privilidged few can enjoy.
But now the term 'credit crunch' has made it into the OED, we're all starting to take this money-saving lark a bit more seriously -- and it's more important than ever to remember that before it was cool to go green, people did so at very little expense. Now, a new book from Friends of the Earth aims to bring us all back down to earth...
Related: Is the credit crunch making you less green?
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Unfortunately, most musical instruments are still produced using endangered hardwoods, which opens up a lucrative market for environmentally-friendly instruments. The new Simon Lee Recycled Guitar (Cyclotron Benton) is a good example of how to create an ecologically-conscious good instrument, being made from recycled plastic.
The guitar features a neck made from maple and a body composed entirely of heavy recycled plastics, so this will probably help music save the planet a lot more than that Live Earth concert did.
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If your bookmarks folder is starting to groan under the weight of too many links, there's nothing like a brand new directory for getting everything you need together in one place. And Easy Ethical Fashion is a useful listings guide with all the eco clothing links you'll need, all completely up-to-date.
Like all good eco-sites, this one has taken everything into consideration that you might think about when choosing ethical gear: its recommendations are either locally sourced, fair-trade, organic, recycled, compostable or sustainable packaged - and in some cases, all of the above.
Related: Meet all your hippy shopping needs with Greenfinder
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If you're heading to Latitude or any of the other remaining summer festivals, car sharing is a fantastic idea for lowering carbon emissions (73% of a given festival's footprint comes from transport), making new friends and escaping the hassle of public transport. But weren't we all taught to "never get in cars with strangers?"
A greener festival has thought of this, and provided a really useful list of safety tips for those planning to lift share to an event. (They left off one very important piece of advice though: make absolutely certain that your designated driver doesn't enjoy listening to Coldplay!)
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I've been determined not to use the term 'credit crunch' anywhere in my writings because, well, it's just talking it up isn't it? And we'd all like to pretend it isn't happening. But that would mean ignoring all the good things that can come out of penny-pinching -- like getting creative, and greening up your life by avoiding mass-produced items.
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Related: Cath Kidston charity shopping bags at Tesco | Cath Kidston skincare range goes paraben-free
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Knowing what to do with household waste is not always obvious; once you've recycled all your paper, donated all your unwanted clothes to charity and composted all the food you can possibly cram into a small bokashi bin, you're into the more rocky territory of electricals, furniture and plastics. 
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