Eco & ethical living
A staggering 73 million inhalers are used in the UK every year, for asthma and other respiratory conditions but did you know that you can recycle your inhalers? GSK started their pilot recycling and recovery scheme in the UK in February 2011. By the end of February 2015, over 425,000 inhalers had been collected, giving […]
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If you have some leftover paint, don’t throw it away instead donate it to Community RePaint so they can re-distribute it to those who need it. In the UK alone more than 300 million litres of paint (retail and trade) are bought each year. It’s estimated that approximately 50 million litres are never used and
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If you’ve got unwanted spectacles and glasses, don’t throw them away, you can recycle them for charity. Vision Aid Overseas Vision Aid Overseas is a charity dedicated to fighting poverty by transforming access to eye care and spectacles in developing countries. 670 million people around the world (nearly 10% of the world’s population) are disabled
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Aluminium foil uses a lot of resources to produce so why not try these eco-friendly alternatives to kitchen foil or if only foil will do, buy recycled foil and make sure you recycle it. When you could use an eco-friendly alternative to foil Wrapping meat or vegetables in foil Instead of using foil to wrap
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Made from recycled plastic with replacement heads available, the EcoForce recycled washing up brush is the ideal eco-friendly plastic dish brush. We’re all aware how important it is to reduce, reuse and recycle but something else to consider is buying products made of recycled materials. Recycling is great but it’s not the end of the
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With weddings seeming to cost more and more it’s a great, eco-friendly idea to buy a secondhand wedding dress. You’re probably going to only wear it once so spending less on your dress can mean more money for the honeymoon! And if you buy from a charity shop, you’ll be helping them too as well
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