Month: January 2018

Reduce Re-use Recycle – Let’s Focus on the First R….

Traditionally the ‘Three Rs’ were about education.  This is slightly strange given that two of them don’t even start with R – a Victorian attempt at irony I guess.  In current thinking the three Rs are the mantra of sustainability and frugality – Reduce, Re-use, Recycle. Our children learn about them at school, our council …

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UK Government Launch Environment Strategy and Extend Plastic Bag Levy

The Government will be launching their new 25 year environment strategy on Thursday.  Snippets released this morning outline plans to extend the 5p charge on plastic bags in most shops and to eradicate all avoidable plastic by 2042. It is certainly positive to have the government clearly accepting that there is a plastic crisis, somewhat …

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Our 2018 Impact against the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good News: UK consumers shopping more and more thically 2018 was a concerning year in many ways – Brexit, financial pressures due to the economic situation and a worrying tendency for people to embrace intolerance. However it was a positive year for ethical and sustainable consumerism in general and ethical fashion in particular – with …

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