Shops & Shopping

Recycling and re-using waste from the home is one part of the recycling process. The materials that are sent for recycling are then made into more goods. By buying products that are made from ...

Freeganism is an anti-consumerist lifestyle. Freegans try to find alternative ways to get things that they would usually have to pay or work for. Being a freegans is about trying to opt out of the ...

Give away shops do just that – they give goods away. Yes, really. Everything in a give away shop has been found or donated and people can take what they want away for free.

Naturally, ...

Freeganism is an anti-consumerist lifestyle. As an ethical choice freegans try to buy as little as possible, and instead get the things that they need by using up the waste that others throw away. ...

Giving to charity shops is an excellent way of ensuring that unwanted items get re-used, and also a great way to make a charitable contribution at the same time - the money made from donations to ...

Carrier bag waste is a big problem in the UK. We use a lot more plastic bags than we need to and often throw the carriers away after just one use. When they are sent to landfill, plastic bags take ...

Many products come in a disposable form and are seen as a convenient and cheap option. However, by their very nature disposable goods use a lot more energy and resources than their re-usable ...

Many products that we buy are over-packaged and as soon as we get home the packaging gets thrown in the bin, or at best the recycling. Packaging now accounts for a third of all household waste. ...

Every year in the UK we generate enough electrical waste to fill Wembley stadium six times over. This electrical waste includes items such as fridges, televisions, toys and hairdryers.

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