The relatively low prices and constant supply of new designs in the shops have made us lost our connection with the origin of our garments and their real value. We are disconnected from the true cost of our clothes, which…
How not to buy new clothes
Fashion Revolution Week 2020
Fashion Revolution Week happens every year during the week of the 24th of April to commemorate the anniversary of the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse. Rana Plaza, a building in Bangladesh, housed a number of garment factories, employing around 5,000 people.…
New stylish sunglasses made from up-cycled denim
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…
Featured Brand: NerdDNA, sustainable workshops & tours that promote healthier ways of living
Gina Williams founded the NerdDNA back in 2012 with the view to raise awareness on sustainable lifestyle alternatives including fashion, home, eating and more. “NerdDNA is a platform of fun and engaging experiences based on sustainable topics” says Gina Williams…
Small UK retail businesses revenue drops as shoppers avoid plastic packaging
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…
New reusable Christmas gift wrap made from 100% waste plastic bottles
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…
VegfestUK returns to Olympia West on October 26th – 27th 2019
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…
Brits Buy 972 Items of Clothing in Their Lifetime That They Never Wear
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…
SUSTAINABILITY-MINDED CORPORATIONS COME TOGETHER TO ANNOUNCE NEW WASTE FREE SHOPPING PLATFORM
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…
5 Ways to Reduce Waste – Zero Waste for Beginners
The process of reducing waste takes time because it is all about adopting a different lifestyle. There a lot of things we can all do to reduce our waste footprint, at our homes, workplaces and schools but first it is…