Shops & Shopping

Discover how to shop more sustainably, including zero-waste shopping strategies, bulk buying options, and retailers committed to reducing packaging waste.

A Guide to Buying Recycled Goods

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...

All About Freeganism and Dumpster Diving

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 fre...

All about Give Away Shops

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 wa...

Freeganism: Is it Safe?

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 usi...

Giving Your Used Goods to Charity: Does it All Get Used?

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 t...

Great 'Green' Ways to Re-Use Your Carrier Bags

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...

Great Ways to Avoid Disposable Products

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 a...

How to Avoid Excess Packaging

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...

Interview With a Charity Shop Worker

Laura Grant is a Senior Retail PR Executive at Cancer Research UK. We caught up with her to get the lowdown on how you can make the best donations possible t...

What You Can Do With Old Electrical Goods

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, televi...