Category: News
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Quooker Partners With Used Kitchen Exchange
To Create A Sustainable Deal For Consumers Quooker and Used Kitchen Exchange (UKE) have partnered to offer consumers an ethical & sustainable purchase at an affordable price. From Wednesday 24th November Used Kitchen Exchange www.uke.co.uk will be exclusively offering reconditioned ex-display Quooker tap products at a 32% to 39% discount on their recommended retail prices.…
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A Greener Acer. The New Christmas Laptop.
Acer Aspire Vero Now Available to Buy in the UK – With 100 Trees Planted for Each Unit Sold. London, UK (November 2021) The Acer Group Global Commitment. Back in May 2021, The Acer Group announced that it had joined the RE100 initiative and shared a pledge to achieve 100% renewable energy use by the…
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98% of renters want greener homes – and they’re happy to pay for them!
1st of November: 98% of renters would prefer a green home (LettingaProperty.com)· 52% would pay 10% more for a greener home (LettingaProperty.com)· 85% of renters would consider a ‘green lease’ (LettingaProperty.com) A new survey from rental platform LettingaProperty.com has revealed how hugely important green issues have become to the UK’s renters. A staggering 98% of respondents said that they…
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Eco Art Tips – By Diana Green
Art supplies generally are not very eco friendly, paper bleaching and processing, solvents, glues, fixative sprays, varnish, plastic pens, acrylic paint the list goes on… In my previous blog I discussed making your own paint, what else can we do as artists or as people wanting to paint for fun at home to reduce our…
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A New Generation of UK Retailers Lead the Way: 93% Say Sustainability is a Focus for the Year Ahead
London, UK — 1st November 2021: Creoate, the UK-based B2B marketplace, has surveyed 565 UK-based retailers to assess their stance on current issues, challenges and priorities. A full write-up can be found here. It’s clear small retail businesses still have a lot to contend with. For those who had experienced business life pre-pandemic, 48% said they…
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Davpack Begins its Challenge to Walk 125 Miles for Legs4Africa
The employees of Davpack have volunteered to walk the distance from its base in Derby to the charity’s location in Bristol in order to raise money for the Leg Up campaign United Kingdom, November 1, 2021: Davpack, a leading mail order packaging supplies company, recently launched its ‘Davpack Walks to Legs4Africa’ fundraiser to help collect…
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‘EATING OUR WAY TO EXTINCTION’ LIGHTS UP LONDON AMIDST THE CLIMATE CHANGE CRISIS
London, 9th November 2021. The filmmakers behind the incredible documentary, Eating Our Way to Extinction, took a stand on the climate change crisis last night by projecting a giant image of the film’s striking ‘skull planet’ logo onto London’s Houses of Parliament. Illuminating the issues raised at COP26 this week, Broxstar Productions said, “How can…
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Ben Fogle and Visit Jersey launch the Little Red Squirrel Count, an island-wide survey mapping red squirrels.
St. Helier, 19th October: With the help of conservationist Ben Fogle, Jersey is launching the first ever Little Red Squirrel Count, an initiative aimed at preserving the future of one of the island’s most precious fauna. With the red squirrel population on the brink of extinction across the British Isles – research has estimated a…
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Last Chance to Save the Middlewick Ranges, Colchester Essex.
We are urging members of the public and nature organizations across the UK to respond to the Colchester Borough Council Local Plan adoption of Section 2: Middlewick Ranges. The Eco News Review: “Why is this important? The Middle Wick Ranges in Colchester Essex is home to a very rare type of habitat known as “acid…
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MORRISONS COMMITS TO NET ZERO CARBON EMISSIONS FROM ITS OWN OPERATIONS BY 2035
Morrisons has brought forward its commitment to be net zero carbon emissions from its own operations by 2035, five years earlier than initially pledged and 15 years ahead of the UK government target[1]. Morrisons is also committing to reducing its wider ‘Scope 3’ emissions across its entire own brand supply chain – by 30 per…