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04 Feb
Criticisms
A few weeks ago, just after the Guardian Film came out, I got a phone call from a woman who has been doing an experiment where her and her family have resolved to put zero waste in landfill in 2010. A few of the national papers picked up on the story, and with that came the inevitable criticism from the public. Not only that, but somebody out there was so outraged by their efforts to minimise their ecological impact that they decided to dump loads of rubbish bags on her front doorstep.