New Year, New Habits
We’ve all heard it, the New Year means a new you! But the only thing that won’t be new this year is our planet. To help you start your 2019 right, we’ve put together a list of our favourite sustainable resolutions! Veganuary! Of course! Throughout the festive season we all tend to indulge, especially when […]
Tis the season, to be sustainable
We’re now well into December, which means it’s your last chance to make 2018 as environmentally friendly as possible. With the Christmas festivities coming up, we don’t want your sustainable actions so far to go to waste. From vast amounts of food waste and excessive packaging to draining Christmas tree lights, there’s a true cost to […]
Drowning in packaging and we want change!
A recent survey into attitudes towards packaging shows that there’s a growing demand to reduce plastic packaging. Over 7,000 people from different European countries, including the UK, France, and Spain took part. The results show an insight into our views on sustainable packaging, recycling, and other green related policies. The results show that the majority of British consumers want […]
Be more green this Black Friday.
This Friday is Black Friday, which means a day of shopping, great bargains, and irresistibly discounted items. The day is known to mark the beginning of the festive shopping period, with consumers heading to the shops in their masses. From clothing to electricals, homewares and everything in between, there are endless deals – people go wild for […]
Sustainable transport matters, even if it’s not in the budget!
In October, the UK Government released its 2018 Budget. From an environmental perspective, the Budget was not in our favour; lacking the essential funding to tackle the major environmental challenges we face and giving no reference to climate change. A questionable decision, considering the recent UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s recent report. This stressed the urgency […]
Have an eco-friendly Halloween!
We’re speeding through October, and Halloween is just around the corner. Get your pumpkins carved, your costumes sorted, and your sweet treats ready. Here we have a few tips on how to be conscious about your waste this Halloween. Get creative with your costumes Dressing up on Halloween can be great fun for all ages, […]
We can all make a difference.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a critical report earlier this month expressing serious concerns for the future of our planet as we know it. The world’s leading climate scientists warned that urgent and unprecedented changes are needed to limit climate change catastrophe. They even stated that we have just 12 years to keep global […]
Recycle Week is back for 2018!
Recycle Week’s annual campaign, organised by WRAP, will be running from Monday 24th September to Sunday 30th September. This year marks the campaign’s 15th year, and is set to be one to remember. Themed ‘Recycling. We do. Because it matters’, the campaign will be focusing on plastics, aiming to highlight the benefits of recycling and encourage […]
How did your #ZeroWasteWeek go?
Over the last year, we’ve seen a shift in the news to a focus on waste, and rightly so. Our overconsumption of resources and throwaway culture has led us into a crisis – one that’s made of coffee cups, plastic bags and straws! Plastic is a worsening environmental problem due to the material’s inability to […]
Ditching the meat: How cutting meat from your diet can lower your environmental impact.
The link between meat and the environment has been reported in numerous studies and news reports, with the meat industry being highlighted as one of the most significant contributors to current environmental problems. Food production is responsible for a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions, due to land clearance for animal agriculture and also due to animal byproducts, […]
What the hot weather means for your garden and why you should start recycling it again.
After a baking hot few weeks, London’s green spaces haven’t been looking so green. With low levels of rainfall and the longest summer heatwave since 1976, gardens are looking scorched! Garden waste volumes have decreased following the dry spell and we’ve heard from our local authority partners how tough the last few weeks have been for garden […]
Launch of behaviour change programme at the University of Bristol encouraging employees to be the change.
This summer we launched our latest employee engagement programme, known as ‘Be The Change’, to employees at the University of Bristol. Bristol is well known for its dedication to being an environmentally friendly city and in 2015 was awarded European Green Capital status. It is exciting to see the education sector demonstrate the same commitment to […]