481: C30 C60 C90 Go!   Monday 23 August 2010

Canongate, The Royal Mile , Edinburgh

Canongate, The Royal Mile , Edinburgh

“Where a product is demonstrably an improvement on its predecessor, either by virtue of function, safety or efficiency, then whole classes of existing products can immediately become obsolete.”
source: Consumption, planned obsolescence and waste (PDF)

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480: Highs and lows   Friday 20 August 2010

Eskside West, Musselburgh

Eskside West, Musselburgh

“Tide times in the UK vary around the coast depending on the position of the moon, sun and various other influences. ”
source: TideTimes.org.uk

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474: Take the weight off   Thursday 12 August 2010

Charity shop doorway, North High Street, Musselburgh

Charity shop doorway, North High Street, Musselburgh

“Being physically active for at least 30 minutes a day, at least five days a week, is easier than you think.”
source: NHS Choices

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467: Rinse and return   Tuesday 3 August 2010

Warwick Square, Carlisle

Warwick Square, Carlisle

“The proportion of milk sold by milkmen slumped from 80% in the late 1980s to roughly 10% today.”
source: agrimoney.com

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464: The best thing since   Thursday 29 July 2010

Holyrood Road, Edinburgh

Holyrood Road, Edinburgh

“While the official definition of brown bread is bread containing 10 per cent bran, some brown breads are just white bread with caramel colouring.”
source: All About You

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460: Get it together   Friday 23 July 2010

Lichfield Road, London,

Lichfield Road, London,

“Over half of the adults in the UK have assembled self-assembly furniture in the last 2 years and of these it is estimated that 1.8 million received a minor injury.”
source: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

photo by Sam Oakley

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449: White out   Thursday 8 July 2010

Holyrood Road, Edinburgh

Holyrood Road, Edinburgh

“David Cameron clouds the issue by not knowing his White Lightning from his Diamond White”
source: FactCheck

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441: Footballers coming home   Monday 28 June 2010

Bethnal Green Road, London

Bethnal Green Road, London

“Before you start moaning, angling for excuses, seeking a convenient scapegoat, stop.”
source: The Mirror

photo by Sam Oakley

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427: Burn after reading   Tuesday 8 June 2010

Holyrood Road, Edinburgh

Holyrood Road, Edinburgh

“There are 21 national daily and Sunday newspapers (selling an average of 77 milllion copies weekly) and around 1,290 regional newspapers (with an average weekly distribution of 62 million copies weekly).”
source: Newsprint and Newspaper Industry Environmental Action Group

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418: Stuffed   Wednesday 26 May 2010

Reid's Close, Canongate, Edinburgh

Reid's Close, Canongate, Edinburgh

“8.3 million tonnes of food is thrown away by households in the UK every year, and most of it could have been eaten. Some of the waste is made up of things like peelings, cores and bones, but the majority is, or once was, perfectly good food.”
source: Love Food Hate Waste

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