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After eight years and 436 prototypes, an inventor from Cornwall England has perfected his technique of up-cycling denim waste into luxury sunglasses. In a world full of waste, there’s a lot of it ending up in landfill but the founder…
Do you want to help reduce the amount of plastic entering our seas and rivers? Well, it’s easier than you think. Unblocktober is the world’s first month-long national campaign and awareness to improve the health of our drains & watercourses.…
Consumers vote with their money and the proof of that is in the results of a new research* from Paymentsense. It reveals that over half (54%) of the small retailers surveyed, have seen sales of plastic packaged goods fall over the…
Wrag Wrap is a Devon based company owned by two women Nicky and Louise who aim to revolutionize the gift wrapping market! In a bid to tackle plastic waste their new range is made from 100% recycled (traceable) plastic bottle…
With the UK on an ambitious path towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, a survey from online auction marketplace Auction Technology Group (ATG) has revealed that more needs to be done to raise awareness of the environmental impact of disposable…
One of the UK’s biggest annual vegan festivals - VegfestUK - makes its return to Olympia London. With around 370 stalls including many new vegan brands, 20 featured areas and around 150 speakers all under one roof at Olympia West…
New sustainability research from Thought reveals UK shoppers will buy 28 items of clothing on average this year, but will only wear just over half (57%), with 12 of the garments remaining unworn. That’s equivalent to 640 million items of…
DAVOS, Switzerland, January 24, 2019 – A coalition of the largest consumer product companies, along with international recycling leader TerraCycle, today unveiled a global, first-of-its-kind, shopping system called Loop™. The initiative was designed to change the world’s reliance on single…
To mark the day when humanity has officially used up ‘nature’s resource budget’ for the entire year, (Earth Overshoot Day), new research by sustainable fashion brand, Thought, investigates why we don’t fix things anymore. • Only a third of the UK…
‘Bioreefs’ that fight plastic waste and a environmental campaign for ‘Plastic-Free Periods’ were amongst the winning projects for Waitrose & Partners unique £1 million grant fund designed to tackle plastic pollution. Plan Plastic - The Million Pound Challenge will award…