Author: kirsten
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EasyJet has introduced new cabin crew and pilot uniforms made from recycled plastic bottles
Forty-five bottles will go into each uniform – with a potential of half a million bottles to be reused annually as part of the airline’s commitment to address impacts beyond carbon and reduce waste. · Over the course of the five-year uniform contract easyJet will be responsible for preventing 2,700,000 plastic bottles from ending up…
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Eco Toy Co – Sustainable Wooden Toys
Hi, I’m Carol and I run the online toy shop, Eco Toy Co, with my partner Alex. We sell a wonderful collection of sustainable, fun, and ethically made children’s toys and games and offer lots of play ideas too. After Alex and I had our first daughter we started to notice how much waste there…
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Pioneers in Climate Crisis Solutions unite; gearing to help Bristolians ditch fossil fuel transport
Latest news from Action Net Zero embargo’d until midnight July 4 2021 For the first time, a collective of pioneers in climate change solutions have come together to help make Bristol’s transport cleaner and greener – sooner rather than later. Spearheaded by digital hub Action Net Zero CIC and its founder Pamela Barbato, key partners…
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Miss Eco U.K. – Another wonderful finalist!
Here at The Eco News we spend every day supporting ANYONE who is doing their bit for our wonderful planet earth. Meet @peculiarmademoiselle_cosi another finalist to the Miss Eco UK Pageant! “Hello my name is Akosua Darko I’m a finalist for Miss Eco UK 2021. I joined the contest to promote sustainability, saving the planet…
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DuraOcean® from LifestyleGarden® – how one chair started a journey to save our oceans
Coming in our autumn edition, the story behind these beautiful eco friendly chairs! https://www.lifestylegarden.com/duraocean/ – Source of information: Tackling a worldwide issue, LifestyleGarden® is the proud producer of the DuraOcean® chair, an innovative product development that is breaking new ground by utilising recycled maritime plastic, to create the world’s first commercially available chair made with…
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Davpack Help Donate Over 87,000 Trees to Eden Reforestation Project
Over the past year, Davpack and its sister companies of the TAKKT AG Group have been in a partnership with The Eden Reforestation Project. Where with every order received from Davpack, one tree is donated to ERP in order to help reforest destroyed environments and local economies in over 8 different countries across the world.…
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Miss Eco Finalist – 5 Things I am Proud of!
Alexandra Mount has been working so hard over the last few years to help teach and educate those who are wanting to lead a more eco lifestyle. She entered the pageant knowing she had been doing the greater good and had a great chance in the competition, you can see by the flying support she’s…
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Who Gives a crap!
First of all, it’s funny. Lots of room for toilet jokes, which we love. But really, we love toilet paper because for us, it’s our way of making a difference. We started Who Gives A Crap when we learnt that 2.4 billion people don’t have access to a toilet (now 2 billion – yay for…
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Miss Eco United Kingdom and Miss Environment United Kingdom – A finalist for 2021!
Alexandra Mount has been working so hard over the last few years to help teach and educate those who are wanting to lead a more eco lifestyle. She entered the pageant knowing she had been doing the greater good and had a great chance in the competition, you can see by the flying support she’s…
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Lego Testing bricks made from recycled plastic bottles
As one of the biggest manufacturers of plastic bricks, they have now unveiled the hope to use recycled plastic bottles in the process of producing Lego. The prototype bricks have been made from PET plastic from discarded bottles, every 1 litre plastic bottle used makes enough material for 10 4×2 bricks. Testing is still in…