Letter knife

Nicola & Pete plus daughters Lola, now 9 and Nell, now 7, spent last year exploring Britain in a carbon-light manner. Our spring 2008 challenge is to give up waste from 24 March to 24 April. Most posts are by Nicola (as it was her silly idea). This is how it’s going:

I’m a bad ripper of envelopes, and ruin many. The picture of the house letter opener is to remind me to make use of it.

Verdict: This is one new habit I better not break. Neat envelopes equals reusable envelopes and a lot less need for cellulose tape to hold them together when next used.