In 2008, a Bury St Edmunds
housewife, Karen Cannard, took St Edmundsbury Borough Council's Zero
Waste Week challenge and over 8 weeks shrinked her bin from a full load
to just a small bag, making the headlines in Zero Waste Week with just a
plaster.
Since
then, her story has reached far and wide, with thousands of people
around the world following in her footsteps, seeing how low their bins
could go!
And
now the Rubbish Diet is about to gain further momentum as BBC Radio
Suffolk's Mark Murphy is bringing the challenge back to Suffolk and will
be encouraging as many people across the county to join him as he slims his bin and helps folk across the county do the same!
This blog will follow the progress of one man, his bin, and the amazing stories of people, communities and businesses across Suffolk who are joining him in the challenge, helping Suffolk to become a cleaner and less wasteful place to visit and live. Results already show that people who take the Rubbish Diet challenge
manage to reduce their waste by 50%. Participants often save money too.
Karen has reassured Mark that the process isn't hard. All you need to do is work
out how much rubbish you already throw away and estimate the top 5
things that fill your landfill bin. Then over 8 weeks, try and find ways
to eliminate them.
There
will be plenty of advice on Mark Murphy's show, starting on 15 April
and if you register at the Rubbish Diet website, you'll also receive weekly updates from Karen's Rubbish Diet team too.
