Some great eco swaps from Ecozone new to SaveMoneyCutCarbon
* AD - The items featured have been gifted to me. *
*All thoughts and opinions expressed are entirely my own. *
One of the things I have really enjoyed this year has been discovering new Eco-Friendly brands, many of which have been introduced to me through SaveMoneyCutCarbon. Back in January I set myself the goal of making at least one eco change a month, Fast forward 11 months and I have managed that and more with all the brands that are available on SaveMoneyCutCarbon. So of course I was excited to hear that Ecozone are now available there too!
Ecozone is a small British brand which want to help you reduce your household co2 emissions and the toxic chemicals inside our homes. They make eco-friendly natural products that are free of synthetics, plasticisers and phosphates. Their products are approved by Allergy UK, Cruelty Free Internation, eu eco label and Vegan Society. Ecozone is a brand which has become available from SaveMoneyCutCarbon very recently and now you can make even more swaps around your home that will have great benefits for you and your family!
Inside this months Planet Positive box we received four out of the eight products available from Ecozone at SaveMoneyCutCarbon.
These products are:
Ecozone Pure Oxygen Laundry Power Brightening Tablets (48 tabs) - £14.95
Ecozone Enzymatic Drain Cleaning Sticks ( 12 sticks) - £7.95
Ecozone Anti Limescale Magnoball for dishwashers and washing machines £9.95
Ecozone Biodegradable Bin Liners 60 litres (20 bin liners) - £6.95
What is an Anti Limescale Magnoball and why would I want one?
I'm not even going to hide the fact I asked myself this very question when I first opened the box. However we are all very aware of what happens to products when limescale builds up, we actively try to clean out the limescale on our appliances so really it makes sense to tackle the issue head on every day. I personally live in a hard water area which is actually a pain! Our appliances are always dealing with limescale build up where water is involved. It just seems a good idea to me to see what an Anti Limescale Magnoball could do for our appliances, could they maybe last longer or perform better?
An Anti Limescale Magnoball is a small PVC rubber ball which has been specially designed with magnets which will help soften your water without the need for water softening powder or tablets. The Magnoball from Ecozone uses magnetic power to crystallize the calcium in your water while it is in your washing machine. This softens the water and means that your machine and of course your clothing are not affected by limescale. In turn this should help keep your machine running smoother and lengthen it's life since limescale build up can cause huge problems. It will certainly save you money on everything from the cost of water softening products to unexpected repair bills down the line from malfunctioning machines. The Magnoball can be used in any washing machine or dishwasher on any cycle up to 60 degrees. You do have to remember to remove the Magnoball before any dry cycle though.
I will be honest and say that I am not sure if this product has any immediate effect that is noticeable when you start using it. It's more of a long term use that will see the real difference. I kind of wish we had known about this Magnoball before because I am sure some of our washing machine issues have been down to limescale that has built up! Hopefully that won't be an issue anymore. Just by popping this ball into our washes.
The Anti Limescale Magnoball lasts for 5 years and is available from SaveMoneyCutCarbon for just £9.95 which is around the average cost of one big packet of water softening tablets/ powder! So your going to start saving money pretty quickly, plus you won't be pumping chemicals into your machine to soften the water anymore. It's a win-win.
How can Ecozone help me reduce the carbon footprint of my rubbish?
We often talk about how we can reduce our rubbish that goes to landfill by recycling, reusing or simply making swaps to cut out plastic products. However one change that could cut out thousands and thousands of plastic bags ending up in landfill every day around the world is often never mentioned, a biodegradable bin bag.
The world has had the technology to make biodegradable bags for a long time now, they are used all over the UK for our food waste recycling systems, they now line shelves in shops all over the UK and are available so easily. The same however can not be said for biodegradable bin bags, when I first started looking into swapping our bin bags I was shocked to find out there's so few options. So I was delighted to learn that the new brand available on SaveMoneyCutCarbon had another type of bin liner available that is biodegradable.
I did include another brand of bin liners in my last post which we have liked but the Ecozone biodegradable bin liners are a bit different. They come in two sizes of 30L and 60L, the bags are white which is helpful when you have children who help around the house or a partner who just grabs the bag rolls according to colour, we've had a few incidents where our food recycling bags have been brought in instead of the bin liners we had been using. However one of the biggest differences that I love about the Ecozone bin liners is that they are thicker, they are made of a much more sturdy material and they would withstand more that the soft everyday rubbish around a home. I an find myself reaching for these bags when it comes time to have a good clear out of stuff that's sat around, half used, broken or that just can't be recycled but is bulky and has odd edges. These bags are perfect for that as well as the daily use of bin liners in every home.
The biggest perk of using Ecozone Biodegradable Bin Liners in my eyes is that we aren't wasting single use plastic to ditch our rubbish anymore. If only using biodegradable bin liners was the normal standard of practice we could ditch some of the single use plastic ditched into landfill every single day. It seems so sensible to reduce your plastic waste by not putting your rubbish in plastic, doesn't it? Yet its rarely even talked about.
If you only take away one swap from reading this post, let it be this one because this swap can be the difference between your rubbish degrading as it should in landfill or being covered in plastic that will take 100 years to break down. SaveMoneyCutCarbon can even make sure you don't have to think about picking up more if your a HomeClub Member!
Ecozone can help keep your drain clear!
One of my most hated jobs around my home is cleaning our drains, I don't remember often enough to do it. It's really messy and usually it leaves the room smelling of vinegar for several hours after. It's the type of job I avoid for as long as I can.
Which is why I was really excited to find Ecozone Drain Cleaning Sticks in this months Planet Positive Box. They come in a packet of 12 and you just need to drop one of the sticks down your drain once a month, so you have a years supply for one sink in a pack. The drain cleaning sticks work by breaking down anything that gets stuck in your pipes and drains using enzymes and natural bacteria. You can use them in any sink with a U bend in it.
I have to say that I was really hoping these would be the answer I was looking for to help me combat my drains and pipe upkeep. However this is probably the only product from SaveMoneyCutCarbon that I have been really disappointed with. When I opened the pack most of the sticks had been pummelled to dust (I am assuming this was due to delivery to Northern Ireland). I couldn't lift most sticks although I did try as you can see above.
That being said we haven't had any issues, smells or needed to clean the drains in our sinks this month so they do work and had the sticks been intact enough to drop down into our drains we would use them regularly because they sound perfect. I unfortunately won't be keeping up with this change after the remaining 4 sticks are used up, if you do live in the mainland UK I think these would arrive in a much better condition and be more practical to use since they don't have to survive air or sea travel to reach you!
Brighten up your clothing without the need for chemicals
Keeping clothes stain free is one of the hardest tasks that comes with the cleaning side of being a parent. There are just so many stains that come with daily parenting life, chocolate covered handprints, strawberry juice, orange juice, tomato based sauce stains and so, so much more. Finding a good product to get most stains out is a literal clothes saver! The down side is that usually the products that do this well are choked full of chemicals and as parents you never feel good about putting chemicals into your child's clothing when it is so close to their skin.
Ecozone have the answer! They have both a colour brightening and a bright whitener version of their laundry tablets. We received the colour brightening laundry tablets from Ecozone in our Planet Positive box and they are perfect for our family life. They are chlorine and optical brightener free thanks to their natural oxygen based formula and they come in completely plastic free packaging!
Using them is super easy you just take a tablet out of the box leaving the outer wrapping on and pop it in the machine with your clothing! Run your normal wash cycle and be amazed by the results. We've noticed a great difference in our clothing since starting to use the Ecozone Power Brightening Pure Oxygen Tablets, they remove stains on all our clothing including the coloured washes which are plentiful in a house with 3 children. I know this will be one of our regular swaps from now on because I know that it's helping me to ditch at least one big tub of plastic every single month!
Just like with everything else in this post these are available from SaveMoneyCutCarbon where you can have them delivered straight to your door.
What change do you think would work best in your house?
What I read in May 2021 {Monthly Reading Round Up}
(This post contains a book that was gifted to me it has been marked with a *
Inclusion and reviews are entirely my decision and any thoughts are my own.)
I am just a little behind on my reading round up posts at the minute. Hopefully in the next few weeks I will have got caught up and shared all the books I have read so far this year. I'm just starting where I left of which was back in May when I hit my highest amount of books read in a month with 11 whole books finished!
I think it really helped that I loved every single book and several of these books kept me hooked right in from the beginning. Which has made it hard to choose my favourites this month. It's these favourites that I will be sharing a more detailed review on in this post. I will also write the outline story for all the books included, my more in depth reviews are all over on my GoodReads if you want to see what I thought more closely.
Northern Spy- ★★★★★
When I first picked this book up I had prepared myself to see a different view on Northern Ireland or missing pieces from the story that you would only notice or find if you actually lived here in NI. I however was very pleased to find out just how wrong I was and the American Author has done an incredible job telling this story.
Tessa is Northern Irish woman who works as a producer for the Belfast office of the BBC, A very British TV service. It is set in 2019 and Northern Ireland has regressed back into the conflict that was supposed to be left behind after The Good Friday Agreement. The latest news on a new IRA raid is broadcasting in the evening news. An armed gas station robbery in Templepatrick, that's when Tessa's sister Marian, is suddenly on the screen wearing a balaclava over her head.
Now Tessa is force to face questions of herself, her mother, the police and she must find out if her sister Marian joined the IRA. How did she do it, when did she do it and most importantly, at least for Tessa is Why did she do it? Tessa must find the answers and she will have to make some big decisions, the biggest being which is more important to her, what she really believes in and her values or her family. Is she willing to risk it all to keep her family?
I ploughed through this book, I just couldn't put it down. It's a fast paced story which keeps you wanting to find out what comes next. I really had the impression this storyline would follow along with some of the more publicised events of the troubles but I have to hand it to Flynn Berry it was very much different.
Tessa's story, her back story and her beliefs are all modernised, she isn't someone who has no desire to mix the cultures of Catholics and Protestants together. She is a Catholic woman with a good standing job in the BBC, British TV. If your from Northern Ireland or just have a good understanding of the troubles then you will know that is a huge deal for a character in a book with the events that Northern Spy has. The most impressive part for me is how well Flynn Barry created a timeline of really plausible events.
I live in Belfast, I have been to many of the places this books events are set in, I have swam inside Anderson Town Leisure Centre and stood inside St George's Market. I can effortlessly place myself in the shoes of each character, follow their footsteps and feel their surroundings with my own experiences. The effect of this experience is that I know just how real every word of this book can be. It may have been set two years ago but the IRA very well could lead a fight for Irish Independence in the modern age. This story could still one day be a future that Northern Ireland faces which makes reading this all the more incredible, heartbreaking and terrifying in good measure.
I highly recommend you read this book if your from here, even if your not it's a gripping read that will keep you turning the page. One of my favourite books this year.
Asking for a Friend - ★★★★☆
Three best friends start playing a dating game after Simi (the one who's always falling for the guy on the first date) gets her latest "it's not you, it's me" speech. The game is born in the hope that Simi will see the reasoning of her friends and date so that she finds someone she is really happy with and not just settling for it'll work because I really want it to.
Simi has her own ideal ending for the game, she wants Jemima (the one who had her heart broken and has sworn off men forever) to get back in the dating game and to start finding her own happiness again. Not to mention she's on a deadline to add some romance into her latest book or risk being fire all together.
Jemima isn't so convinced the game is for her. That's until Megan (the one with the 10 year plan and her friend with benefits) suggests that the game will give her the inspiration her novel desperately needs. Jemima is also hoping Megan will ditch her 10 year plan that she has been religiously stuck to for years now and find someone that doesn't fit inside her perfectly constructed box.
The dating game? Well that's the best part, they must all find perfect dates for each other, plus they have to ask them out for their friend so that no woman gets left behind.
But will it all actually go to plan?
This is a really enjoyable read with lots of friendship drama thrown in, the fact the main characters are all women of colour just added to the story for me.
A Deadly Influence - ★★★★★
A hostage negotiator for the NYPD, Abby Mullen is highly trained in how to deal with a crisis. She doesn't think anything can phase her now, She's an expert in getting everyone out of a situation safely. When she gets a call from Eden Fletcher however, things begin to change. Eden's little boy has been kidnapped and the ransom has been set to $5 million. An impossible amount on a waitress salary.
Abby and Eden know each other, they happen to be two out of three survivors from the Wilcox Massacre which was the end of the infamous Wilcox Cult. Since then their lives couldn't have been more different, one grew up in the care system while the other in the arms of a loving family. The past is something that Abby has hidden inside her own mind, locking away the awful memories of her time inside the cult. She just can't seem to escape from them when things start coming up and reminding her of her life before. She's growing more and more sure that Eden just isn't sharing the whole truth with her.
Will they find Eden's son and uncover the truth behind his abduction?
In my opinion this book is a must read! It involves elements of over sharing on social media and delves into the darker side of what can go wrong. The inclusion of cults just makes it all the more secretive and the added layer of drama keeps the story moving in a great way. I loved this book and have just discovered the second in the series has been released, it's now on my must read list!
The Girls In The Attic - ★★★★★
What would you do if you had been a German soldier in WWII and returned home, injured to find your mother has taken in two Jewish girls, she's helping to hide from the Nazi's?
That is the scene a wounded soldier called Max found upon arriving home. He had suffered a severe head injury and been discharged from service. Of course Max immediately wants to report the two women to the SS in his town.
Despite his great desire to rid himself of the two Jewish women, Max simply can't do it. Through living with the two bright young women Max is forced to really start questioning the Nazi Regime. He had joined up the army to try to atone for the sins of his father, an Anti-Hitler fanatic who died for his beliefs. The tale of The Girls In The Attic follows Max, his mother and the two women as they navigate through their lives in Nazi Germany with two hidden Jewish women while being a decorated Nazi soldier. We follow them through the final stages of the war when the fighting itself is brought straight to their door steps and is happening on every side of them. The Nazi rule is coming to it's close.
Surely this will be the end of their plight?
I have to say that this was an incredible read, I simply couldn't put it down once it got going! We've all at some point learnt about the Nazi regime in schools as part of history. We focus on the long facts about how Germany became the Nazi state, the soldiers, the war, the concentration came and we even learn of a few famous Germans who saved countless Jewish people from Hitler's grasp. There is however much of the fear, the hiding and more left out, we don't learn of the daily life of hiding Jewish people. We don't think about the long periods of time without being outside these people suffered through. All of this is shown in detail throughout The Girls In The Attic, it's a heart-breaking read that contains some incredibly joyous moments at a time in the world when life was controlled and fear ruled. There is a love story hidden within this story, it's beautiful, poetic but most of all it's a reminder that all people are people, nobody is worth less than anyone else. This is a lesson we still need to learn today.
Another must read!
This Time Next Year - ★★★★★
Would you have an answer if someone asked "What do you want to be doing this time next year?", it's a question Minnie's best friend Leila asks everyone she is with one New Year's Eve each year. A fairly simple question of what you want in exactly one year's time.
At the end of 2019 Minnie has no idea what the world will look like for her in the future, she's expecting her pie business to finally hit it off and move forward. What she wasn't expecting was Quinn, his mother and the rest of the year that came with it. Minnie made plans to end her year at a New Year's Eve party with her boyfriend's friends. She was prepared for her yearly curse to rear it's ugly head once again. You see Minnie has the worst luck on New Year's Eve, which happens to be the day before her birthday.
It all began when she was born 1 minute after another child who happened to be the first one born in London in 1990. This baby was Quinn, who's mother had stolen Minnie's name! Of course Minnie never expects to be stood watching the sunrise on January first with the one and only name stealer Quinn when the night starts to go horribly wrong.
This was another book I really enjoyed reading, it was a feel good, rom com and I loved it! This book got quite a lot of hype last year and I can certainly see why! I was laughing, crying, getting frustrated, sad and every other emotion you can think of along the way during this read.
Dead Inside, Dead Wrong, Dead Perfect and Dead Secret - ★★★★★
by Noelle Holton
Please be aware there is a trigger warning of Domestic Violence and Murder in these books.
One of my favourite series this year! DC Maggie Jamieson is the lead character, in the first book Dead Inside she has joint a brand new task force to deal with the ever increasing amount of Domestic Violence in the area. The dead bodies of abusers start showing up and without any leads the taskforce is searching desperately for the answers.
During the second book, Dead Wrong DC Maggie Jamieson has been called back to her old team, when a murderer behind bars after confessing his crime to her. It's been two years and the new murders are just the beginning of this story! 3 women have been missing without the police realising for the last 2 years. Can they finally answer the unanswered questions from the original case?
By the third book, Dead Inside DC Maggie Jamieson investigates a murder with some eerie circumstances. The victim has been disfigured, had an outfit change and looks remarkably like someone she knows. Can they figure this case out and get the person responsible before more people are hurt?
In the final book (so far) Dead Secret, We follow DC Maggie Jamieson as she tries to figure out a confusing case. A young man has been found murdered with a constellation of black dots drawn on his cheek. Right around the same time a Domestic Violence survivor has shown up at a new refuge in the Domestic Violence task force's area. She won't speak but is desperate for help. Just days later, DCI Hastings still hasn't shown up for work and DC Maggie Jamieson uncovers a connection that sends the case in completely different direction.
I have been purposely vague in the description of these books, I read them all together because I simply had to know what came next. They are a wonderful read and I enjoyed every single word! I was shocked, happy, sad and everything in between. The characters all feel like a huge family which I'm being given the inside scoop on! They are fantastic and I recommend the series if you enjoy detective based books.
Love Locked Down - ★★★★★
by Beth Reckles
*This book was gifted to me in turn for a review on GoodReads .*
In the Beginning of a new virus outbreak, a whole apartment block goes into lockdown. The world outside just keeps on going while those locked inside the apartment block might just be about to have their lives changed forever.
It all begins on a Sunday morning when all the residents of the apartments in London Lane wake to find a notice posted under their doors, informing them that the building is on a 7 day quarantine and nobody will be allowed to come inside or leave the building. Love Locked Down follows the lives of those inside 5 of the apartments. Ethan and Charlotte are a new couple who end up locked on either side of the door Charlotte had been packing up her childhood home for her parents to sell, she returns to find she's no longer allowed inside.
While Imogen and Nate have had a one night stand, only to wake and find that it's going to be repeated for another 7 days! Imogen had been sneaking out when she discovers she locked inside with the man she tried to leave asleep in his bed.
Isla and Dan are another new couple who are going to be putting their relationship through some hoops that neither was quite ready for. It wasn't what either of them expected one month into their relationship.
Even the longer of relationships of 4 years can be put to the test in quarantine. One pineapple pizza sized test reveals that Zach and Serena have a few things they can't hide away from any longer.
Which leaves just Liv who tried to call off the wedding prep weekend she had planned for her best friend. Now she is stuck inside with the bridezilla and two complete strangers for an extra 7 days of wedding preparations in her tiny one bedroom apartment. Can the four women survive a week inside the small, messy apartment together.
It was a hilarious read which had be in fits of giggles! This one doesn't release until next year and was originally called Lockdown on London Lane, this has now been changed. I think this book makes a perfect way to look back on the year 2020 when life for everyone was literally turned upside down.
I really liked that there was so many diverse characters, each with different jobs, lives, wealth, abilities and the fat their lives have just been put on pause. It was wonderful that the author included a range of employers who had differing opinions on working through lockdown or not too.
I highly recommend this read when it comes out in 2022! It is a great Rom-Com
The Mixtape - ★★★★★
by Brittainy Cherry
Oliver has lost his twin brother and band mate. Now he's trying to please his fans and trying to find himself. Oliver is trying to drink away his problems, along with his grief. The problem is he's not good at it, his problems follow him where ever he seems to go. Not to mention the paparazzi who are determined to catch him at his lowest low. He just happens to walk into Emery's bar on that lowest night.
Emery is feeling totally alone, she is raising her daughter as she struggles to hold her job bartending at night to pay her bills and not lose their home. Emery has no support system to fall back on, any unexpected expense or added bill will throw their whole world upside down on them.
While drowning in her own problems, Emery helps Oliver to lose the crowd of fans and paparazzi. The two are each scared by their own loss. Can the two navigate the world around them and find a love that will outlast it all?
This was a true feel good read, there was so many moments of sadness but it was also full of equally joyous moments too. I loved all of the characters, especially Emery's daughter! A great read.
I do realise how lucky it has been during the month of May to read 11 books that have been incredible, so much so that I still remember each in October! I haven't managed to read as many books since then but I will be doing another update to hopefully cover the months between June and August soon.
A day full of autumn - Our Ordinary Moments
Life seems to now be settling into a routine of being busy, there's always something that needs to be done. Our school days are longer and twice a week there's after-school club to add on. It's often dinner time before we even have time to stop. It's this time of year, when the routine is new and We're still figuring it all out to work for us that some things slip, mostly the longer chores like organising the toys, going through the junk that's building up or doing the jobs we put off. That does mean that by the weekend we will have things that need done at home.
This weekend we decided to ditch the chores and get ourselves outside. We really needed to blow away the cobwebs after 3 weekends of being ill or catching up on chores.
We decided to head out in hunt for autumn treasures of leaves, pinecones, sticks and conkers. Which of course meant we definitely had to stop off for hot chocolate along the way too!
On our way we also came across my favourite building to visit at autumn! This is a church which we pass by quite regularly on our walks and the ivy during Autumn is incredible. We love watching as the colours change to this deep red colour. It's also surrounded by big trees which change the same colour. The children all loved getting the leaves that had fallen in all their lovely red shades.
What is your favourite place to visit during Autumn?
Coloured Worlds - Our Ordinary Moments
It's been a while now since I shared one the Our Ordinary Moments posts. I'd always intended to share this post weekly but sometimes like just kind of gets in the way. Recently we've been ill, Scarlet picked it up from school and since it's made its way round the house. So we've not actually done anything or been anywhere in over a week now!
We did however head out just before everyone got ill and we had gone to visit somewhere new. It was a request after they'd been learning and talking about cities in school. We'd been asked to go visit somewhere new and if you know us or even just read the blog regularly then you know we've been most places that are child friendly here. Instead we decided to go see something cool! We are really lucky that Belfast has a huge array of architecture and art built into the buildings around the city.
One of those amazing pieces of architecture is The Computer Sciences Building for Queens University, the whole buildings front section is covered in these long thin coloured glass panels and I think you will agree, the effect is stunning!
We had intended to come and get a good close up view of the panels and walk around exploring a little. I knew I wanted to take a photo of the children with the building as the backdrop because seriously it looks so cool.
Within minutes the exploring around had turned into a game of coloured worlds, each glass panel was a portal into another world and standing behind it took you there! Never would I have imagined up the fun my three children created simply using the glass panels attached to a building.
The glass panels also created a beautiful effect when we took photos, so when they played the coloured worlds game I took some photos of them behind the glass panels. Which I absolutely love, they are very unique and we'd never have found all the colours of glass to create this effect elsewhere.
I have no doubt they will request to visit the coloured glass building again. It's also opened up a whole new perspective on what we can do to make our exploring more exciting. I've realised that we don't need to only go to places that are for children. We can explore and visit the various unique buildings and places of our city too. Which opens up a literal (and imaginary) new world to discover.
Have you got a really unique building or place in your town or city that you love to visit?
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The end to summer {Our Ordinary Moments}
With both bigger children in school this week was also the time for mine and Simon's annual first day coffee date. We started this tradition when Dylan first started nursery, he was in for an hour and it seemed pointless to go all the way home, sit for 20 minutes and go back. Instead we enjoyed a nice coffee outside in the last days of summer time. The following year we did it again, with a little baby Scarlet in her pram. Now it's been 6 years and every first day we find a coffee shop to enjoy the beginning of the school year and just talk, because it's been a whole summer without time to just sit and talk without several little people wanting conversations too.
This year of course is also going to be our last yearly coffee date which involves Avery being with us because next year he'll be off to nursery! He got to enjoy his Babychino and cookie from Starbucks which he happily sat eating until it was time to go. I think he enjoyed being the only one around again too.
This week also held the only thing we'd not managed to do from the children's summer days out list, which was going to watch The Paw Patrol Movie. I honestly think this has been Avery's absolute favourite outing this summer as he is a huge Paw Patrol fan now! I can't believe it took us so long, we've had this one on our list since the trailer released but we waited for a time when the cinema would be very empty and not near the opening. Turns out we left it right until the final week to do it!
Which of course had to be followed up be donuts on the way home, along with the most rubbish cup of coffee I think I've ever had. It was such a shame as we usually love their coffee. This time however it was totally undrinkable. Ah well! The donut on the other hand had been perfectly delicious and fueled our walk home.
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