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Last updated 21 September 2026
Cookie Policy
This page explains how Rubbish Rebels uses cookies on rubbishrebels.co.uk — what they are, which groups the site relies on, and how you can control them from your own browser. It sits alongside the Privacy Policy, which covers personal information more broadly.
Plain English throughout. Nothing here changes how the site reads without cookies — cookies only help it remember choices and keep forms working while you are on a page.
The basics
What cookies are
Small files, no programs
A cookie is a small text file your browser stores when you visit a website. The site can read that file again on later visits, which is how a page remembers that you already dismissed a notice or that you kept a form half-finished while you looked something up.
A cookie cannot run a program on your device and cannot carry a virus. It holds a short label and a value — nothing more. Where you are reading a low waste home guide or a set of zero waste tips for beginners, the cookie is doing the remembering, not the guide.
Four ways they are usually described
- Session cookies
- Deleted when you close the browser. They keep the current page working.
- Persistent cookies
- Stay on your device for a set period so a choice is remembered next time.
- First-party cookies
- Set by Rubbish Rebels itself, for this site as you use it.
- Third-party cookies
- Set by a service the site relies on, such as hosting or analytics.
Rubbish Rebels does not sell cookie data, and no cookie on this site is used to build a profile of you for advertising.
Set on this site
Categories of cookies we use
Kept deliberately short
Strictly necessary cookies
Required to function
These keep the site usable: holding a form together while it is submitted, keeping a page stable between requests and protecting the site against misuse. They cannot be switched off from inside the site, because without them parts of it simply stop working.
Preference cookies
Remember your choices
If you choose a display setting or dismiss a notice, a preference cookie can hold that so the site does not ask again on your next visit. Turn them off and you may have to repeat the same choice each time you arrive.
Analytics cookies
Read in aggregate only
These show which pages get read and how visitors move through the site, counted together rather than individually. They help us see whether a beginner actually finds the Zero Waste Starter Guide or gives up halfway, so the next revision can fix the dead end.
Where a cookie falls outside the strictly necessary group, it is only set if you have agreed through the site notice, or if your own browser settings already allow it.
Services behind the site
Third-party cookies
Some of the services that keep this site online also set their own cookies when you use it. The two you are most likely to meet are the hosting that delivers each page and the analytics that counts which guides get opened.
Those providers run their own privacy and cookie policies, and we do not control what they write in them. What we can say is that their role here is limited to the service they provide to Rubbish Rebels — no advertising networks, no data brokers, and no cross-site tracking businesses are wired into this site.
- Hosting — serves the pages you request and keeps the site available.
- Analytics — counts page reads in aggregate so articles can be improved.
You are in control
Managing cookies in your browser
Four things you can do
You can see, block, or delete cookies from your own browser settings. Every major browser lets you list what is currently stored, clear the whole set, and set a rule for what happens next time. Exact wording differs between browsers, so the browser's own help pages are the best place to look rather than a third-party how-to.
Blocking everything is a valid choice. Just expect the side effects below — they come with the territory, not with this site in particular.
Our menu guides, such as the Kitchen Swaps & Plastic-Free Storage and Upcycling Projects & Ideas pages, all read fine without cookies.
Option one
Block everything
Strongest privacy, most likely to break a page that needs to know you.
Option two
Block third-party only
Keeps the site working while cutting outside services down.
Option three
Delete on close
Every session starts clean the next time you open the browser.
Option four
Review and keep
Check what is stored, then leave what you are happy with. Fine on a shared machine too.
Blocking strictly necessary cookies can stop the contact form submitting. If a form fails after you tighten your settings, that is the usual cause.
Ask about cookiesKeeping this page honest
Changes to this policy
If the cookies the site uses change, this page changes with them. The date in the header above is updated whenever that happens, so you can tell at a glance whether you are reading the current version.
Where a change is significant — a new category of cookie, for example — the page describes what changed rather than only moving the date. Previous wording is not archived, but the header date is the reliable marker for whether you have read this version before.
- Current version
- 21 September 2026
- Companion page
- Privacy Policy
If you still have a question
Common cookie questions
And how to reach us
Do I have to accept cookies to read the guides?
No. Every guide — from the starter guide through to the kitchen, upcycling, composting and shopping chapters — is written to read without accepting anything beyond the strictly necessary cookies. If a summary of an article is all you need, you can stop there.
Will analytics cookies follow me to other websites?
No. The analytics used here counts activity on this site in aggregate. There is no advertising network or cross-site tracking business wired into the site, so no cookie set here is designed to follow you around the web.
A contact form failed — is that the cookies?
Very likely, yes. If you have blocked all cookies or set your browser to forget everything on close, the strict necessity cookie that holds a form submission together can disappear mid-send. Loosen the settings for this site and try once more before contacting us.
Can I ask what a specific cookie does?
Yes, and we would rather you did than guess. Message through the contact form below with the word Cookies in the subject line and we will route it quickly and describe what the cookie is doing, in the same plain language used on this page.
Getting in touch
Phone
+44 117 496 0283
Address
42 Greenfield Lane, Bristol, BS5 6TY, United Kingdom
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM; Saturday, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Mention the word Cookies in the subject of your message so it reaches the right reply quickly without being queued behind general questions.
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