In a bid to listen to customers and reduce plastic pollution, the supermarket chain Morrisons and the chemists Boots have recently announced plans to reintroduce paper bags in their stores. This has been met with a backlash from environmental experts across the UK who say that this is a huge step backwards when it comes […]
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Have you ever read the ingredients list on the back of a shampoo or shower gel bottle and thought to yourself, “What on earth is THAT?” Yes, me too! It often feels like you need a science degree to work out what is lurking inside those cosmetics bottles (or even to pronounce the ingredients). Now,
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There’s nothing quite as exciting as seeing a pile of beautifully packed gifts under the tree at Christmas. Or placing a gorgeously wrapped gift into the hands of your loved ones and watching their faces light up as they see what is hiding inside. But unless you’re choosing greener, plastic-free, environmentally conscious gift wrapping or
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Far too many of our favourite packets of sweets and bars of chocolate come packaged in huge amounts of plastic. This includes the obvious places like the plastic bag around your Mint Humbugs, to the wrapper around your Yorkie bar and even the plastic wrap, plastic cover sheet and plastic tray inside that box of
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Cotton pads are an essential part of most people’s health and beauty routines. Because they’re so useful, versatile and inexpensive, these innocent-looking pads are found in almost every bathroom across the UK and get used almost every day. They’re also plant-based and completely natural, so they’re biodegradable and good for the environment. Aren’t they?… Actually,
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With an estimated 3.6 million plastic toothbrushes used round the world each year, a growing number of eco-conscious individuals are turning to eco-friendly bamboo toothbrushes to minimise their impact on the planet. And whilst it’s relatively easy to find toothbrushes with sustainable, biodegradable and compostable handles such as bamboo or castor bean oil, the same
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Have you heard the terrible news for coffee lovers across the world? They say that your daily cup of coffee contains a potentially harmful chemical called acrylamide which could increase your cancer risk, damage your DNA and harm your nervous system? In short, it might taste great but it’s almost certainly not doing you any
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Many of us are looking to reduce the amount of plastic we use around our homes, and so the kitchen is usually one of the first places we tackle. Out goes the plastic wrap and in come beeswax food wraps. We get rid of the plastic storage containers and welcome stainless steel and glass containers
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Most of us Brits like nothing better than to devour a luxurious bar of chocolate after a hard day at work. Or give to a friend or loved one. Or share and indulge in at Easter or Christmas time. According to some sources, we consume more chocolate here than anywhere else in the world (a
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Picture this. You’re standing at the fridge in your local supermarket, gasping for a drink and weighing up which one you’re going to buy to satisfy your thirst. Row upon row of plastic bottles, and row upon row of aluminium cans greets your eyes. Being an environmentally-aware consumer, you start weighing up your options. Hmm…cans
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