Most of us are trying our best to minimise the impact that plastic has on the environment, choosing biodegradable, compostable and recyclable options whenever we can. However, we can’t recycle all types of plastic. Certain types of plastic simply can’t be recycled. Often this is because the item is made from a combination of materials …
When winter is on its way in the UK, we naturally start to think about how to keep our homes warm and cosy over the coldest months of the year. However, the simple act of heating our home can have a negative effect on the environment. The majority of UK homes are heated by natural …
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We only have one planet, and it’s in deep trouble. The Amazon Rainforest is being cut down, the oceans are filling up with plastic and the climate changing rapidly. What can we do about it? In this guide, we’ll look at the impact we’re having on the environment and the different things we can do …
Did you know that your regular laundry detergent could be irritating your skin, triggering a range of health conditions and polluting the land and oceans? That’s why switching to a greener, non-toxic laundry detergent is an important step to take if you’re serious about living a more natural life. In this article we’ll look at …
Finding an eco-friendly, zero-waste moisturiser in the UK can often feel like an impossible task. Sometimes it seems like every single cosmetic product on the market comes packaged in a ridiculous amount of plastic. Whether it’s the plastic container, the plastic label, the plastic wrap or the plastic bag that it comes in… It’s enough …
It’s impossible to know exactly how many plastic bags are in the ocean. All we can do is piece different bits of data to get a very rough estimate. According to Statista, total global plastic production was around 348 million metric tonnes in 2017 (source). Since we couldn’t find an updated figure for 2019, let’s …
Plastic waste is a hot topic at the moment, and many of us are looking to reduce the amount of plastic we use. But if we can just recycle all the plastic that has been produced up to now, what’s the problem? Well, it turns out that plastic recycling is actually a bit of a …
Every year, tonnes of plastic waste gets sent to landfill or ends up in the oceans. This is having a devastating effect on the natural environment, poisoning the soil, polluting the air and killing marine wildlife. In the last few years, awareness of this problem has grown a lot, and now many of us are …
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Nearly every one of us will have a kitchen sponge at home that we use for washing dishes and cleaning our dirty kitchen surfaces, but how often do we throw away our used kitchen sponges? Our kitchen sponges are home to lots of bacteria, and researchers have found that “not only are sponges dirtier than …
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Choose a refillable cleaning product and you can significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic your household uses and fight back against the ever-growing problem of plastic pollution. Unlike other plastics, the packaging from cleaning products is among the least likely to be recycled in the UK. Even if it does make its way into …
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