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    The Rise and Fall of the Plastic Bag

    I'd have gone £1 per bag... making the average 'big family shop' almost a tenner more expensive I personally use plastic bags for recycling etc but we're lost the culture/mindset of re-using our disposable items Perhaps a £10 increase in a weekly shop would re-kindle the shopping bags of...
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    Sock water filter - how to..

    I've made them using two socks one inside the other, deprecated by a charcoal layer Inside sock is a thick 'wooly' type for large particles Outside sock is a fine nylon type for small particles Worked okay but needed a dose of chlorine afterwards (You can do the same with several...
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    Combining water treatments (last post didnt work!)

    Filter heavy particulates in water 'socks' Filter fine particulates through micro gauze Chlorine tablets Neutralising tablets Boil Worked for me out in Iraq and Afghanistan wetlands. Plenty of the mechanical units broke or ran out of 're-fills' so you aught to have a back-up plan when...