We’we all heard about Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch in Wales, but in the Lofoten islands in Northern Norway we have the place which holds the shortest name in the world. It’s simply just called Å
The Olsen twins have launched their new high-street collection which will allow you to grab their vintage-inspired looks for less than £25, but only if you live in Norway and Sweden.
The collection has been a collaboration between the twins and scandinavian retailer Bik Bok and mixes grungy-glamorous with luxury basics; think layers of jersey, chiffon, leather and oversized accessories. The collection price ranges between £22 - £430.
Reports suggest that the UK could copy Norway and adopt a deposit-based system for recycling bottles, in an effort to reduce the amount of plastic waste.
In Norway, consumers pay a deposit on every bottle they buy (from 10p-25p), before putting it into a deposit return machine, which reads the barcode and produces a coupon for the deposit. It is viewed as one of the most successful recycling methods.
Kjell Olav Maldum, chief executive of Infinitum, which runs the Norway scheme, said, ‘There are other recycling schemes, but we believe ours is the most cost-efficient. We think it could be copied in the UK, or anywhere.
‘Our principle is that if drinks firms can get bottles to shops to sell their products, they can also collect those same bottles.’
Back in December 2017, the UK government’s Environmental Audit Committee outlined the benefits of a deposit scheme. ‘Around 700,000 plastic bottles are littered in the UK every day,’ said Mary Creagh MP, chair of the committee. ‘The introduction of a small charge to encourage the return of plastic bottles will result in less littering, more recycling and reduction in the impact of plastic packaging on our natural environment.’
Weekend Hashtag Project is a series featuring designated themes and hashtags. For a chance to be featured, follow @instagram and look for a post every week announcing the latest project.
The goal of #WHPseeingdouble was to make photos celebrating pairs that mirror one another — in obvious or subtle ways. Each week, we feature some of our favorite submissions from the project, but be sure to check out the rest here.
This wraps up my 2018 adventures. I got so busy and was living life that I didnt have time to upload all the adventures until now, so thanks for getting through that with me. Life has changed A LOT over the last year. More than it ever has before. and way more so than I showed you in these 2018 posts. It was a good year of change that I am happy to say hello to.
However, its 2019 now and I have a whole lot of goals and ideas that I hope to accomplish this year. I plan to make a “life update” video and upload it to my youtube channel, to go over all the crazy and exciting changes that happened in 2018 and my big plans for 2019. So if you haven subscribed make sure you do! I am going to be focusing a lot on youtube this year by making a lot of travel and lifestyle videos and content.
Also make sure you follow along on here and on my instagram(where I am most active)because I am leaving next week for Europe for 2 and a half months!!! I am so excited I can barely contain myself! So over the next few days expect to see posts preparing for this long trip!
Some of the countries I am visiting… (are subject to change)
