My plastic free life: busy single mummy & business owner

Plastic Free Kitchen Essentials - top tips and top picks! Whether you are just starting your plastic free journey or are looking for more ways to reduce the use of plastic in your life, starting with the kitchen can be one of the easiest ways to make that change. As with all areas of your life, this is a mission to REDUCE plastics and single-use plastics rather than remove completely, which at this point in the UK in February 2021 seems very nearly impossible; we should try to make little steps to reduce plastics to help our environment and the...

Valentine's Day is creeping ever nearer and with it the need to surprise loved ones with a token of our affections.  How about we make this Valentine's Day all about giving a gift from the heart, that doesn't cost the Earth? We need to all do our bit to avoid plastics and single use plastic when buying gifts for loved ones, and Valentine's Day is no different. I've come up with a few Valentine's gift idea and suggestions for you, for whomever you may be sharing your Valentine's Day with this year. I for one will be sharing the day with my beautiful...

I started Plastic Free Baby when I was pregnant with my son, now 3 years old. I discovered when I was struggling to conceive Finn that plastics can have a negative impact on human fertility, on pregnant mums, and on developing babies and children. Indeed, research is increasingly telling us that some toxins leached from certain plastics are bad for humans and are equally bad for our environment (and we, of course, can’t separate the two). The really worrying thing is that the negative effects of plastics on human beings is not fully known yet, and every few weeks we...

  Make Your Own… Bump, Baby & Body Butter It’s still Veganuary, and there are still ways that we all can find ways of being more plant-based in 2021. I promised in my last Blog that I would share a recipe with you, given to me by the wonderful Rebecca at The Solid Bar Company. The Solid Bar Company makes the most luxurious, planet-friendly, organic and vegan toiletries, and we offer a lovely range of The Solid Bar Company’s products, and these sustainable and naturally-derived products feature in many of our special Plastic Free Gift sets. Their products include…   Sleep...

It's Veganuary 2021! I am aiming for a plant based January - but that doesn’t begin and end with what’s on my plate. I am also looking to the cosmetics that I use on myself and my child… Veganuary is a non-profit organisation that encourages people worldwide to try vegan for January and beyond. Veganuary as a campaign suggests moving to a plant-based diet and way of life as a way of protecting the environment, preventing animal suffering, and improving the health of millions of people. I’m all for that!If you sign up to Veganuary then they will send you loads...