Eco & ethical living
Plastic plant pots usually end up in landfill sites because many local recycling schemes don’t accept them but some garden centres are starting to accept returned pots. It’s estimated that we each own about 39 redundant plastic plant pots and over the UK it is suggested there are over 5 million languishing in sheds and […]
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If you buy a green, ethical or eco-friendly gift this Christmas, you can give a wonderful Christmas present with added benefits. Buy a Fair trade pressie to ensure the producers of your item are paid a fair wage. Give a gift to our planet by choosing items made from recycled materials instead of a product which uses more of
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Pai Skincare Camellia & Rose Gentle Hydrating Cleanser is a great natural facial hot cloth cleanser and eye make-up remover which contains 80% organic ingredients. Fragance Damask Rose Otto Oil and Geranium Oil gives this cleanser a calming fragrance but the May Chang also gives it a citrus scent. It’s a great combination which I
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Did you know that there are more than 400 “dead zones” in our oceans where nitrification has exhausted the oxygen supply? Ocean pollution isn’t just a problem for marine wildlife living in our polluted seas. How we treat our marine environments affects humans too and this infographic makes scary reading. How ocean pollution affects humans
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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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Combine an eco holiday with a farm stay by visiting Beechenhill Farm, a rural retreat which has some incredible eco credentials leading to them winning the Lausanne Business School 2015 Sustainable Business Innovation award. Location Located in the Staffordshire and Derbyshire Peak District National Park, Beechenhill Farm is in the middle of the beautiful White
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