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Zero Waste: Kitchen
Crafty Ideas for Sustainable Kitchen Solutions
Series: Zero Waste
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See moreTurn your kitchen into a waste-free zone with crafty solutions for everything from ‘unpaper’ towels to citrus antibacterial wipes. The zero waste movement is huge and this collection will help you to craft your own zero waste solutions - create beeswax wraps for storing food, make your own paper caddy liners and create herb pots from empty bottles.
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Turn your kitchen into a waste-free zone with these crafty solutions for everything from "unpaper" towels to citrus antibacterial wipes and handmade dishcloths.
The zero waste movement is huge, and this collection will help you craft your own zero waste solutions—create beeswax wraps for storing food, make your own paper caddy liners, and create herb pots from empty bottles.
Whether you're a committed crafter or new to making, there is something for everyone no matter what your skill level is. Choose from projects and tutorials for the kitchen, including sewing, crochet, upcycling, and reuse ideas. Upcycling and reuse gurus Emma and Christine show you how to turn your kitchen into a zero-waste zone with step-by-step instructions and some clever crafting.
Packed full of original ideas, Zero Waste: Kitchen will help you live the zero-waste way and improve your efforts to reduce, reuse, and recycle, all while having fun.
Author: Emma Friedlander-Collins is passionate about sustainability and continually works to discover ways to use craft and making to create communities and inspire others.
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9781446308714
Publisher: David & Charles
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 May 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: David & Charles
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 9.0mm
Width: 204.0mm
Height: 204.0mm
Weight: 318g
Pages: 96
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Christine Leech is an experienced author, designer, prop designer and art director and Emma Friedlander-Collins is an upcycling champion, as well as an experienced author and teacher. Both are passionate about sustainability.
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