A Simple Guide To a Zero Waste Lifestyle

Going zero waste isn’t easy. It takes thought and you have to break habits. It can seem daunting. Start small, but start. Here are some tips to help you on your way … Refuse. If you don’t need it, don’t use it. Just say no. Single-use items are the biggest culprit here but it’s also all those little things that we take and don’t need. … Continue reading A Simple Guide To a Zero Waste Lifestyle

Ask The Retailer: Waitrose & Partners

Recently Waitrose launched a plastic free aisle trial with the help from @unpackaged, which is very exciting. Me: This is great but will it be priced same as packaged products ? As in my experience, unpackaged is often more expensive. Waitrose: “Hi, depending on what product you buy from packaging free section. It can either be cheaper or a little more in price. It’s worth … Continue reading Ask The Retailer: Waitrose & Partners

Ask the retailers : Hello Fresh UK

As I embark on this journey of a less waste lifestyle, I quite often get frustrated and confused by it all. Things just aren’t so black and white, are they ? There is a huge mountain of information out there and reading through it all ( often contradictory ) takes ages … What I have found quite useful recently though, is asking the brands questions … Continue reading Ask the retailers : Hello Fresh UK

10 Ways To Win At Zero Waste Living

Shop naked – Do your research. Find out where you can shop naked groceries and remember to bring your reusable bags and containers ! Green grocers and farmers markets are usually good places to go but I have also found that supermarkets are getting better too. Aldi has a great bakery section, as well as a good selection of unpackaged nuts. Morrisons now do a … Continue reading 10 Ways To Win At Zero Waste Living

Sustainable fashion campaign #nonewjune launches to tackle UK fast fashion

MCR Love Your Clothes, a Manchester-based ethical fashion organisation, has launched #nonewjune to ask people to stop buying new clothes for a month. In the UK, we buy more clothes per person than any other country in Europe [1], and produce more than 350,000 tonnes of textile waste each year [2]. The fashion industry globally is also responsible for producing more CO2 than international flights … Continue reading Sustainable fashion campaign #nonewjune launches to tackle UK fast fashion

Stop Clinging – DIY Wax Wrap

Cling-film is such a great thing and it really does help keep food clean and fresh, doesn’t it ? But unfortunately, cling film, despite being made in similar plastics to plastic bags, can’t be recycled, either; due to food contaminations or the chemicals and resins added to make the cling wrap “clingy” and stretchable cannot be removed, making it too complex a plastic to recycle. … Continue reading Stop Clinging – DIY Wax Wrap