On Thursday 11th May (2023), the EU parliament voted in favour of new anti-greenwashing rules. The proposal for improvements in product durability and rules to combat greenwashing was voted in with a significant majority. The results stood at 544 votes in favour of...
A sustainable culture occurs when sustainable beliefs, practices and conservations are maintained. This can occur within a home, within a community or in a place of work. Sustainability in the workplace, however, is being pushed to the side as many organisations will...
Over a third of food is wasted worldwide and within the UK we waste roughly 9.5 million tonnes per year. This figure is down 21% per person since 2007, but the UK Government is determined to reduce this further. According to a study by Waitrose, 3 million households...
Wishcycling is the process of sticking an item in the recycling bin with hopes that it will be recycled and not sent to landfill. Without you knowing whether it can be recycled or not. But this isn’t necessarily our fault. According to a study carried out by...
On Friday the 13th of January, the Mission Zero Report, the UK’s review for net zero, was published. The report was commissioned in October 2022 under Liz Truss’s Government, in order assess how businesses could work towards the UK Government’s legally binding 2050...
By the end of 2022, globally, we will have sent 5.3 billion mobile phones to landfill this year alone, according to the international Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Forum. we will have sent 5.3 billion mobile phones to landfill this year alone This...
Construction uses numerous amounts of raw materials that has detrimental effects on our planet. In order to reduce this effect and reduce the emissions created by construction work, construction must become sustainable. In order for construction to be sustainable it...
Due to climate change and the effects our choices have on its impact, we are making more eco-friendly choices when we shop. This includes secondhand items, which creates its own secondhand circular economy. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a circular...
As the UK turns towards renewable energy generation to reach its net zero target by 2050, many people are looking at ways to run their homes on renewable energy. Due to this there has been an increase in the amount of people wanting to add solar panels to the roofs of...
Businesses in recent years have begun to realise that going green is good for business, especially those that deal with consumers. This is because consumers are now becoming more aware of climate change and sustainability and are more considerate of the planet when...
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