Welcome to this week’s post on food waste. Did you know food waste is responsible for circa 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and according the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), over 70 billion pounds (lb) of food waste enters landfill every year? When...
Friday blog series 3: Be Clean – Go Green How to be plastic free! Plastic pollution threatens food safety and quality, human health, coastal tourism, and contributes to climate change. Circa 12 million tonnes of plastic are poured into the ocean every year and If this...
Friday Blog Series 3: Be Clean – Go Green Recycle the present to save the future. In the UK, we throw away 13 billion steel cans every year – Stacked on top of each other, you could make 3 piles of cans that would reach to the moon! This week’s tip is all...
Friday Blog Series 3: Be Clean, Go Green! Let’s keep 1.5 alive! Our next series will be tips on how you can make a difference, big or small, to be clean and go green! We want to help you understand ways you can reduce your carbon footprint, to do your part towards...
Earth Day is celebrated each year on 22 April and acts as a reminder to protect the environment and try to live a more sustainable life. Earth Day started in 1970 when the impacts of 150 years of industrial development could no longer be ignored and by 1990, 200...
I thought it would be a good time to share some tips on how you can stay both ethical and green over Easter! Choose Fairtrade Easter eggs! I love to receive a chocolate egg at Easter, so why not make it a Fairtrade Easter Egg? According to the Fairtrade Foundation...
