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      Fledgling non-profit reaches milestone two years into operation, outpacing others in the space

●        Foundation works with community and government organisations to clear heavily polluted waterways in Thailand to stop waste from entering the ocean

●        Some 80 percent of the plastic waste in the ocean is transported via rivers or coastlines

●        The TerraCycle Foundation sends nothing it collects to landfill

The TerraCycle Global Foundation, a non-profit founded by TerraCycle, has cleared 581 tonnes of waste from waterways – roughly equivalent to the weight of more than 350 cars – in its first two years.

The Foundation has operated in canals throughout Bangkok since June 2020. It partners with local community and government organisations to stop waste from reaching the ocean where it degrades and becomes harder to capture and recycle.

Using innovative wildlife-safe traps, the Foundation collects all types of waste, including plastic, reducing the chance of the waste breaking down into microplastics and other hard-to-capture particles.

Some 80 percent of the plastic waste in the ocean is transported via rivers or coastlines, demonstrating the importance of collecting it as far upstream as possible.

“In its relatively short lifespan, the TerraCycle Global Foundation has already had a significant impact on the health of our planet,” said Tom Szaky, Founder of TerraCycle. “Not only has the Foundation made waterways cleaner and safer places for wildlife, but we have seen real benefits to the local communities as well”

“We’re proud of our team members for their dedication to driving our mission forward and showing how crucial collecting waste before it has reached the ocean really is.”

Since June 2020, the TerraCycle Global Foundation’s operations have provided safe and quality employment for 11 people from the local Lat Phrao community in Bangkok, and have created healthier environments for over 7,000 households alongside the canal with a cleaner environment.

There are three river traps currently in operation in Thai canals, and each trap collects about 150,000 -175,000 pounds of waste directly from the water per year. The Foundation is looking to expand across a number of regions of the world suffering from heavily polluted waterways.

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Local authorities across Greater Brighton are taking great strides forward in their joint push towards net zero living and working.

A report for the Greater Brighton Economic Board (GBEB) shows that extensive progress is being made by councils within the city region towards their climate pledges.

Under Greater Brighton, which includes seven local authorities in Sussex as well as universities, further education colleges and business leaders, the partners are working innovatively together to combat climate change by reducing their net carbon emissions to zero, using a set of pledges known as the GB10.

West Sussex County Council

A key success named within the GBEB report includes the fact that several authorities are successfully phasing out diesel vehicles from their fleets in favour of electric equivalents.

More than 1,200 homes have been visited by Southern Water in the last 12 months to help households to reduce their water consumption and improve their energy efficiency, working towards the company’s commitment to reduce water consumption to 100 litres per person per day by 2040.

 Adur District Council

The report also highlights examples of Greater Brighton councils successfully upgrading and replacing infrastructure in order to facilitate a transition to zero carbon, for example the use of ground source heat pumps to help decarbonise heating in council-owned homes and public buildings, the use of solar panels, and the widespread installation of electric vehicle charging points.

Commitments to biodiversity and nature also feature in the pledges, with good progress also highlighted in the reports. In Brighton, a successful ‘Rainscape Campaign’ by The Aquifer Partnership has provided a specially landscaped solution to managing surface water that will improve water quality and biodiversity in Wild Park, Moulsecoomb.

Big Wave Productions

Meanwhile, the Sussex Kelp Restoration Project is seeing promising signs of growth in a planned kelp forest off the Sussex coast, which would act as a carbon sink as well as improving coastal and marine biodiversity. When complete, the kelp forest alone could remove 70,000 tonnes of carbon per year from the atmosphere.

Cllr Phélim Mac Cafferty, the chairman of Greater Brighton Economic Board, said: “Throughout the Greater Brighton area, every local council is committed to reducing our carbon emissions and the GB10 pledges are the driving force behind this work.

“The annual pledge report is a powerful and timely reminder of the commitments we need to make to protect our environment.

“Over the past year, unprecedented weather conditions have been a stark reminder of the urgent need to combat climate change by moving to net zero. At the same time, the spiralling cost of living has highlighted the need to transition to energy sources that will drive down energy bills and help us to address inequalities and tackle fuel poverty in our communities.

“This year’s annual review shows the strong progress that’s been made on these pledges by local councils and the other valued organisations through the region, but there’s still considerable work to do.”

To find out more about the GB10 pledges, visit: https://greaterbrighton.com/work-here/net-zero/gb10/

The Greater Brighton city region covers 7 local authority areas, stretching from Bognor in the west to Seaford in the east, and up to Crawley in the north of Sussex. Greater Brighton Economic Board was formed in 2014 to protect and grow the city region’s economy through creative, innovative initiatives which coordinate economic development activities and investment.

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O! has teamed up with ChopValue UK for its latest restaurant opening in Speke, Liverpool, with a view to a national rollout

–          YO! Speke will recycle every chopstick in the restaurant, with the chopsticks becoming desks, furniture and more

–          Everton footballer Tom Davies is behind the chopstick recycling initiative and joined the team at YO! to support the launch

–          YO! has also developed a special Scouse dish just for Speke

In a first-of-its-kind partnership, YO! has joined forces with ChopValue UK to launch their new Merseyside restaurant as they look to save millions of chopsticks from landfill and instead create incredible new products.

Every pair of chopsticks used at the new Japanese restaurant will be upcycled into beautiful new products for homes, offices and businesses, such as coasters, desks, shelves, and more.

Everton footballer Tom Davies launches a new initiative with YO! which will see every chopstick given a second life at their new restaurant in Speke, Liverpool. Davies is a director at ChopValue UK – an organisation that recycles used chopsticks into desks, furniture and more. YO! expects to expand the partnership out across further UK restaurants in 2023.

Everton midfielder, Tom Davies, is a Director of ChopValue UK and joined the YO! team at the restaurant ahead of its opening today (5th December).

YO! is trialling the service in Liverpool – where ChopValue UK has its first microfactory – with a view to rolling the initiative out across the UK should it prove to be successful. Approximately 1.5 billion chopsticks end up in landfill each year so YO! are looking at ways to reduce this waste and instead find a new use for their bamboo chopsticks.

In addition, YO! is introducing a new Liverpool-inspired dish which will be available on launch week as part of a giveaway. The ‘half and half’ sushi roll is coated in Panku crumb and fried until golden, cut in half and topped with YO! fries, drizzled with curry sauce and sprinkled with chives. The recipe celebrates the Liverpool chippy tradition of ordering half rice, half chips and curry sauce.

Everton footballer and ChopValue UK director, Tom Davies, said “It’s our mission to leave no chopstick behind and this partnership with YO! is a massive opportunity to save tonnes of chopsticks going into landfill and instead giving them a new life. It’s important that we all take steps to protect the future of this planet and I feel we all have a role to play in that. I’m looking to use my profile and platform as a footballer to help spark people into thinking about how they can make a difference. The truth is that many chopsticks go to waste unnecessarily, if I can help to stop that then I’m happy to do so. With YO! coming on board with ChopValue we hope we can save millions of chopsticks and give them a second life.”

Victoria Mathers, UK Head of Marketing at YO! said: “We are delighted to be working with ChopValue UK at our new restaurant in Speke. This partnership is a small step in our commitment to being as sustainable as we can be as a company and is a signal to how we want to evolve and ensure we are looking after the planet around us. Bamboo chopsticks can have a second life as a number of products, as the ChopValue team have demonstrated and we’re really excited as to how the partnership here can evolve. Tom may have goals on the pitch but he’s also very passionate off the pitch too about the steps we can all take to be more sustainability focused, we’ve enjoyed working together and long may it continue. We’re really looking forward to welcoming new customers to YO! Speke and have got a menu that will whet the appetite for all”.

The menu is packed full of delicious Japanese cuisine including as a range of sushi, hot street food, curries and more. There is also a wide selection to meet all dietary requirements, with a third of their menu being vegetarian or vegan. 

The new YO! can be found at the New Mersey Retail Park in Speke and opens from 5 December 2022.

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01 NOVEMBER, LONDON –This Christmas, Lidl has rolled out the red carpet to celebrate two returning festive favourites – its iconic Lidl Branded Christmas Jumper and sell-out Deluxe Pigs in Blanket Pizza – by parodying two of the most popular Christmas movie moments.

This Christmas, Lidl has rolled out the red carpet to celebrate two returning festive favourites – its iconic Lidl Branded Christmas Jumper and sell-out Deluxe Pigs in Blanket Pizza – by parodying two of the most popular Christmas movie moments. With one selling every two seconds on first day in store in 2021, the Lidl Branded Christmas Jumper is back! This time, modelled in the signature style of Buddy the Elf whilst devouring a bowl of spaghetti and a curious candy concoction.

The Lidl Branded Christmas Jumper (£7.99) returns for 2022 with an updated design, while – for a third year in a row – shoppers can once again get their hands on the hugely popular Deluxe Pigs in Blanket Pizza (£3.99).

With one selling every two seconds on first day in store in 20211, the Lidl Branded Christmas Jumper is back! This time, modelled in the signature style of Buddy the Elf whilst devouring a bowl of spaghetti and a curious candy concoction. 

Winter’s must-have accessory is available in a variety of sizes and guaranteed to get the whole family in the festive spirit. But shoppers must act fast – the sought-after novelty jumper is set to fly off shelves!

Also making a welcome comeback is Lidl’s infamous Deluxe Pigs in Blanket Pizza, a sell-out success in previous years thanks to its crusty sourdough base and abundance of traditional festive toppings. 

Taking inspiration from Home Alone 2, the Deluxe Pigs in Blanket Pizza is pictured in the back of a limo with Lidl’s very own Kevin McCallister – enjoyed with a glass of Freeway Cola for the full A-List experience. Shoppers can pick up the Deluxe Pigs in Blanket Pizza on 8th December and Lidl Branded Christmas Jumper on 24th November, both available in stores nationwide while stocks last.

Taking inspiration from Home Alone 2, the pizza is pictured in the back of a limo with Lidl’s very own Kevin McCallister – enjoyed with a glass of Freeway Cola for the full A-List experience.

Shoppers can pick up the Deluxe Pigs in Blanket Pizza on 8th December and Lidl Branded Christmas Jumper on 24th November, both available in stores nationwide while stocks last.

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Award-winning New Zealand Manuka producer, Taylor Pass Honey Co is passionate about the environment. However, over the past 18 months, the whole company has been a hive of activity completing an intensive verification process to become B Corp Certified.

Taylor Pass Honey Co is proud to be B Corp Certified, as they feel this demonstrates their ongoing commitment towards operating ethically and sustainably to their customers.

B Corporation  (B Corp ) are businesses that have been individually verified in terms of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. It is conferred by B Lab, an independent global non-profit organisation, for companies meeting the highest standards to benefit people, communities, and the planet. Taylor Pass Honey Co was queried to an exceptional level, about their traceability, food safety, and authenticity.

Hadleigh Galt, CEO of Taylor Pass Honey said, “We are delighted to have achieved B Corp certification. Taylor Pass Honey has long incorporated sustainable practices to ensure the quality of our honey and to preserve our remarkable environment for future generations. Our decisions are made with lasting good in mind. Now, it’s wonderful to have the accreditation from B Lab that attests to these high standards.”

Taylor Pass Honey Co produces a range of award-winning honey, which captures a taste of the rugged South Island of New Zealand. The bee-friendly company only use sustainable beekeeping practices working in harmony with the environment, with the highest standard of production and traceability at every step from hive to jar.

Manuka honey is only produced when the Mānuka tree flowers bloom, just a few weeks of the year. This superfood has anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antibacterial and antioxidant properties. Mānuka Honey is now given a certified Unique Mānuka Factor (UMF®) or trust mark rating for healing potency.

Taylor Pass Honey Co Mānuka UMF 5+ Honey recently gained 3 stars at the Great Taste Awards 2022, the only New Zealand honey to win this accolade, while their Mānuka Multifloral Honey was awarded one star.

ABOUT TAYLOR PASS HONEY: It was established in 2001, and it is privately owned and located in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. Taylor Pass Honey is available in over 300 independent health retailers throughout the UK in 250g and 500g jars and online with a suggested retail price range of between £9.99 to £29.99. Taylor Pass Honey products are Non-GMO verified, Unique Mānuka Factor  rated, Oritain verified, FernMark licensed, Apiculture New Zealand affiliated, and now B Corp certified.

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Not long ago it seemed flood control experts were close to mastering the unruly flows funnelling toward Hudson Bay and the Prairie city of Winnipeg. But as more intense and out-of-synch flood events occur, wary cities like Winnipeg continue to depend on
systems and specifications that will soon be out of date. Rivers have impulses that defy many of the basic human assumptions underpinning otherwise
sophisticated technologies. This is the river-city expression of climate change.
In Just One Rain Away Stephanie Kane shows how geoscience, engineering, and law converge to affect flood control in Winnipeg. She questions technicalities
produced and maintained in tandem with settler folkways at the expense of the plural legal cultures of Indigenous nations. The dynamics of this experimental ethnography feel familiar yet strange: here, many of the starring actors are not human. Ice and water – materializing as bodies, elements, and digital signals act with diatoms, diversions, sensors, sandbags, and satellites, looping theories about glacial erratics and feminist science studies into scenes from neighbourhood parks, conferences, survey maps, plays, archival photos, a novel, an emergency press conference, LiDAR images, and a lab experiment in a
bathtub. Through storytelling and environmental analytics, Just One Rain Away provides a starting point for cross-cultural discussions about how expert knowledge an practice should inform egalitarian decision-making about flood control and, more broadly, decolonize current ways of thinking, being, and becoming with rivers.

Stephanie C. Kane is professor of international
studies at Indiana University.
6×9 • 344pp • 23 photos • December 2022
ISBN 9780228014287 • Paper • £29.99
ISBN 9780228011361 • Cloth • £99.00

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• Contact: Andy Black, UK & EMEA Sales & Marketing Coordinator, andyblack.mqup@mcgill.ca, +44 (0) 7510 703659

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During the first half of the twentieth century, Canadian fisheries regularly produced more fish than markets could absorb, driving down profits and wages. To address this, both industry and government sought to stimulate domestic consumption via increased
advertising. In Eating the Ocean Brian Payne explores how government-funded marketing called upon Canadian housewives to prepare more seafood meals to improve family health and aid an industry central to Canadian identity and heritage. The goal was first to make seafood a central element of a “wholesome” diet as a solution to a perceived nutritional crisis, and, second, to aid industry recovery and growth while decreasing
Canadian fisheries’ dependency on foreign markets. But fishery managers and policymakers fundamentally miscalculated consumer demand, wrongly assuming that Canadians could and would eat more seafood. Fisheries continued to extract more fish than the environment and the market could sustain, and the collapse of the nation’s fisheries that we are now seeing has as much to do with failed assessments of market demand as it does with faulty extraction practices.
Using internal communications between industry leaders and Ottawa bureaucrats, as well as advertising and promotional material published in the nation’s leading magazines, national and local newspapers, and radio programming, Eating the Ocean traces the
flawed understanding of not only supply but demand, a misguided gamble that caused fisheries to become the most mismanaged resource economy in early-twentieth-century Canada.

Eating the Ocean
Seafood and Consumer Culture in Canada
Brian Payne

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6×9 • 272pp • December 2022
ISBN 9780228015987 • Paper • £29.99
ISBN 9780228014492 • Cloth • £99.00
Canadian History • Environmental Studies

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A Film from Eve Wood – Edit Director | Devised and Written by Richard and Eve Wood

RUNNING TIME: 117 Minutes CERTIFICATE: 12A | RELEASED IN UK CINEMAS FROM 9TH DECEMBER 2022

SYNOPSIS
The Felling is an epic tale of people power, telling the true story of a small group of
residents in Sheffield who battled to stop a powerful city council and a giant
multinational corporation from chopping down thousands of healthy street trees as part
of a massive £2.2 billion private contract to maintain the city’s highways.
What started as a local protest, soon attracted national and international support. As the
stakes increased with threats of bankruptcy and imprisonment, ordinary citizens were
forced to ask themselves the crucial question: How far am I prepared to go to save a
tree?

This is an extraordinary and shocking first-hand account of what happened on the tree-
lined suburban streets of Sheffield.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT FROM EVE WOOD

I live around the corner from the street featured in the first scene of the film, where, in
2016, seven trees were brutally felled at 5 am in the morning. Two ‘pensioners’ were
arrested as well still in their dressing gowns, of which one ‘pensioner’ Professor Jenny
Hockey, is a good friend of mine. At the time I was too busy to get involved in the
protest myself (which I feel bad about).

The producer and self shooting director of the main footage, Jacqui Bellamy, however did get involved and started filming the protest in January 2017, and kept telling me about it. She had been my sound woman on various occasions. I lent her some equipment and helped with a crowdfunder video to raise money, but that was it as I had my hands full with a full time job and two kids at home. But when I left my job in 2020, Jacqui had finished filming and my production company Sheffield Vision, which I run with my husband Richard Wood, took the film on and I became the edit-director and Editor.

At that point I knew little about the story and did not know how much footage Jacqui had. Looking through the footage together, she talked me through what was happening. The more I saw, the more shocked I became.
I found Jacqui’s bold approach of going straight into the action incredibly brave. She
managed to capture an amazing mix of the disturbing, the comedic, the moving and the
absurd with all the ingredients for a drama.
Richard, producer and writer on Sheffield Vision’s previous music documentaries Made
in Sheffield- The Birth of Electronic Pop and The Beat is the Law -Fanfare for the
Common People, came on board to pull the story together like a fiction drama.
To me it felt like a privilege to be able to work with this unique footage of Jacqui and
other video footage from the campaigners, as well as the amazing contribution of
Sheffield musicians donating their music.
I hope this film shows the arrogance of public bodies and multinationals that seemingly
feel they can get away with misleading the public to protect their own interests at the
expense of innocent people standing up for what they believe in.

CREDITS – The Felling – An Epic Tale of People Power
Key Cast

THE CAMPAIGNERS
Dave Dillner
Paul Brooke
Alison Teal
Chris Rust
Russell Johnson
Calvin Payne
Simon Crump
Alice Fairhall
Justin Buxton
Paul Selby
Benoit Compin
Gary Stimson
Martin Young
Paul Powlesland – Barrister (Pro Bono) for the campaign and Nature rights activist
Baroness Jenny Jones – Green Party member of the House of Lords.


THE OPPOSITION
Paul Billington – then (unelected) Director of Culture and Environment Sheffield City
Council
Darren Butt – then Account Manager for Spanish owned Multinational infrastructure
company AMEY
Brian Lodge – Councillor Sheffield City Council
Julie Dore – then Councillor and Leader of Sheffield City Council
Alan Billings – South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner

CREW
Producer Jacqui Bellamy
Edit Director Eve Wood
Self Shooting Director Jacqui Bellamy
Additional Footage Contributors.
BANAMAN – Urban Archives, Rob McBride, Alan Story, Paul Wiseman, Gary
Stimson, David Glass, BBC News, Sheffield Live! Community TV, BBC Radio
Sheffield (audio).
Mobile Phone Footage Contributors.
Russell, Kaarina, Neil, Isabel, Jan, Dave, Mark, Craig, Devin
Drone Footage Chris Pickering
Photographs Chris Saunders, Jacqui Bellamy, Fran Grace, Deepa Shetty
Camera for Interviews Paul Wiseman, Jim Wraith
Sound Jacqui Bellamy
Written and devised by Richard & Eve Wood
Editor Eve Wood
Motion Graphics Alex Noble
Sound Design Eve Wood
Sound Mastering Alan Smyth at 2Fly Studios
Voice Artists. Gerry Fletcher, Steve Marles
Artwork Ian Anderson in The Designers RepublicTM
Legal Services Tony Morris, Swan Turton LLP
Producer Richard Wood
Executive Producer Gary Stimson
Soundtrack Bands/Artists
Sieben, Rasp, The Cuckoo Clocks, Black Cat White Cat,
Don Valley and the Rotherhides, Rumpus, Benoit,
Mzylkypop featuring Stephen Mallinder
The following artists appear courtesy of the 23 tracks in memory of Paul Bower album,
compiled by Jamie Headcharge.
Adi Newton, Dean Honer, Andy Vonal, Fierce Whirlpool
The Felling | A Sheffield Vision Film 2022.

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Geb & Green is the first UK houseplant company to grow at scale without using peat

1 December 2022 – Cambridge, UK – Think your houseplants are already green? Think again. Brand new houseplant grower Geb & Green is on a mission to make houseplants up and down the country even greener, thanks to their plants being grown without using peat right here in the UK.

Geb & Green is the only houseplant company in the UK growing at scale that doesn’t use peat as a growing medium, making sustainable, environmentally friendly plants easily accessible to plant parents who want to make the conscious choice when it comes to their plant babies.

For many of us, choosing to fill our homes with beautiful, lush plants is a way to bring nature inside, improve the quality of the air we breathe and reap the plentiful health, wellness and aesthetic benefits that houseplants provide.

But behind our UK houseplants is an industry that is damaging our environment more than most of us realise. The majority of houseplants sold in the UK are imported as mature plants and grown using peat[i], a natural carbon store that is extracted for use as a growing medium.

Every year in the UK, peatlands release more carbon than all of the HGVs on our roads combined and globally, damaged peatlands are emitting 6% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Suddenly, those beautiful green plants don’t look quite so green.

Will Clayton, one of the founders of Geb & Green, said: “Many people simply don’t know about the negative effect that extracting peat has on our environment and that houseplants are contributing to climate change by using peat as a growing medium.

As a nation we are all becoming so much more conscious of our environmental impact, switching to recyclable materials instead of plastic, driving electric vehicles and being mindful of our carbon footprint, but what lots of people aren’t aware of is that the very item they expect to be green, in fact is quite the opposite.

We set up Geb & Green as we weren’t aware of any UK houseplant grower cultivating plants at scale without using peat as a growing medium and saw an opportunity to make it easier for people to buy UK grown plants and stop damaging our peatlands, which are unfortunately at huge risk.

My family has been in the horticulture industry for 25 years, most recently growing and selling ornamental flowers, but I knew I wanted to put our glasshouses to better use, to grow plants in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way that would make a contribution towards restoring our valuable peatlands. By making one simple change and only buying houseplants grown in the UK without using peat as a growing medium, UK consumers can contribute positively to reducing our carbon emissions.”

Kate Brown, Co-founder and Marketing Director at Geb & Green, said: “As a mum of two young children, the legacy we are leaving for the generations to come is hugely important to me and when I started exploring peat extraction and the use of peat to grow plants, I knew I wanted to be part of Geb & Green’s mission to transform the houseplant industry.

All of Geb & Green’s plants are grown right here in the UK, in a peat free growing medium using environmentally friendly growing techniques to make our plants some of the greenest in the UK. We know that people are passionate about their plants, and with Geb & Green consumers now have a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative when choosing plants for their homes.”

Geb & Green’s houseplants launch in January and will be available to buy online at www.gebandgreen.co.uk.

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UK, 29th November 2022: Bushfired has just launched the first-ever sustainable carbon-neutral charcoal made from the husks of the shea tree. Traditionally, charcoal is made from carbonising wood which means trees are cut down purely to be used for charcoal and which can lead to deforestation.

Derived from the Shea tree, exclusive to its native West Africa, Bushfired is the world’s first and only sustainable charcoal to be produced from the once, discarded husks of the Shea tree fruit. Bushfired uses a process which carbonises the husks from the shea tree to create charcoal, meaning no trees are chopped down.

Bushfired is a new, all-sustainable alternative to traditional charcoal perfect for barbeque grills, outdoor stoves, mobile chimneys, coal ovens, outdoor fire pits and much more. With an average burn time of 4.5hrs, cooking BBQ food and lighting outdoor fire pits for garden parties this winter has never been more sustainable, not to mention cost-effective.

In 2021 Toyin Ariyo founded a skincare company, which uses Shea butter as its primary product. Realising the leftover husks would take years to decompose, while also releasing greenhouse gases into the environment, Toyin discovered the husks could be carbonised during a net zero carbon emission process to form a highly efficient charcoal, with excellent heat output, a long burn time and sustainable properties.

Other key features include:

  • Natural soil improver after use.
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  • Long-lasting (average burn time = 4.5hrs)
  • Well-engineered.
  • 100% sustainable and eco-friendly.
  • Completely traceable from source to end user.

Founder of Bushfired, Toyin Ariyo says:

“Having witnessed first-hand the devastating deforestation of the forests of Nigeria through charcoal production, I was determined to find an alternative to charcoal to protect the planet and create a sustainable fuel choice, which is how Bushfired was created.

Bushfired believes in doing anything it can to support the West African community, in which” 95% of the workers within the Shea industry are women. By increasing the production elements of the Shea tree, we are creating more jobs for the workers to give them and their offspring better life opportunities. The charcoal is fully traceable from the tree through to the workers, which is something we pride ourselves on. We have produced an eco-friendly product, while also helping people.”

Dr. Shaibu Baanni Azumah, Director at Action for Shea Parklands added:Bushfired’s interest and business model fit into our global agenda of planting and protecting some 8 million shea trees in the next 10 years, helping the environment in general and improving the lives of the communities living within these parklands.”

Bushfired charcoal currently starts at £6.99 for the hookah cubes and £13.99 for the premium long briquettes and is available to pre-order for delivery in the UK and Ireland, from https://www.bushfired.com/.

Price Guide!

Bushfired’s full product carbon neutral charcoal range includes:

Long premium Briquettes – 12 pcs per box (7.5kg) – RRP: £13.99

Hexagon short (36pcs per box) 6kg – RRP: £11.99

Hookah Cubes (64pcs per box) 1KG- RRP: £6.99