My plastic free life: busy single mummy & business owner

I don't think I'm alone when I say that types of plastic and the symbols displayed on plastics confuse me! It's a real challenge. Can I recycle it? Where? And what's the ease of recycling when it reaches the recycling point...? I, like many, don't know enough. Only 73% of us knew that the Mobius Loop (the three arrows looped into a triangle) means something can be recycled.  The majority of plastics that are commonly used are oil-based synthetic polymers, but they take a whole load of different forms for a whole load of different uses.  Time to do our...

I have been shortlisted for the title of ‘LEAP Entrepreneur of the Year’ 2018!   http://yourleap.co.uk/latest_news/leap-2018-finalists-announced/   The judges of LEAP 2018 are delighted to announce the five finalists who will progress to the Dragons Den and compete for the chance of winning £2,500 and the title “LEAP Entrepreneur of the Year”   The finalists, in alphabetical order are: Ben Clear – Clear Surveys Brett Wheldon – Solseed Landscapes Laura Callaghan Grooms – Plastic Free Baby Sara Williams – The Patchwork Cat Wendy Reed – The Remarkable Group Business Development Manager for Edeal Stephen Holt said “I know that the judges...

Here goes nothing! An 8 week old Finn and sleep-deprived Mummy (me!) started on the LEAP programme for supporting the Plastic Free Baby business idea this month. I slapped on a whole load of make up and put on the only dress that fitted me, and managed to get to the seminar at 9.30am which was nothing short of a miracle. The team headed up by Sandra Walker from EDeal was ever so supportive of Finn being part of the day, allowing me to feed him and tend to him throughout! I am so grateful to them for their support;...