Zero Waste Materials Series – Cork
Cork is a material with which we are all already familiar. It has been used as a means of sealing wine bottles for thousands of years, even being found in the tombs of ancient Egyptians. It was also used by ancient Greeks and Romans to make sandals and as flotation devices for their fishing nets….Read More…
Building A Zero-Waste Branding Message
With the first wave of calls for environmental sustainability in the early 2000s came a tsunami of marketing speak designed to promise big and deliver small. The term greenwashing came to encapsulate this phenomenon of corporate hot air. These days, consumers, investors, businesses and the media are more savvy about what does and doesn’t constitute…Read More…
How To Check Zero-Waste Credentials
In recent years, as sustainability and climate change concerns have become mainstream, there have been an increasing number of companies claiming to have introduced initiatives to minimize their environmental impact, reduce emissions, and even work towards zero waste. In fact, you would probably find it difficult to find a company that hasn’t claimed some kind…Read More…
Coffee & Sustainability – How to Zero Waste Your Brew
More than half of Americans (68 percent) drink two or more cups of coffee each day, which results in hundreds of millions of drips, presses, percolators and pots being brewed across the USA. There are many ways to make a cup of coffee, but probably the most common in America is drip coffee, with the…Read More…
How to Have a Sustainable Holiday Season
The Holiday Season is one of the most joyous times of year. From Thanksgiving through to Christmas and New Year it’s a time to be with friends and family, exchange gifts, indulge around the dinner table, and even let your hair down at the office Christmas party. But all of this comes at a cost…Read More…
10 Top Brands for Sustainable Bedding this Winter
As winter comes around again the night-time temperatures drop, which means we have to wrap up warm both in and out of bed. Combined with a global energy crisis, which is seeing home heating bills skyrocket, it has never been more important to ensure we have adequate bedding to keep us comfortable and warm over…Read More…
Zero-Waste Stain Removal
For zero-waste followers around the world, caring for clothes and other fabrics is a sure-fire way to keep things out of landfill. Ensuring that items are used and reused for their entire functional life means buying less and being less reliant on waste disposal systems, as well as ensuring that the resources used within the…Read More…
8 Products That Unexpectedly Contain Plastic
For many zero-waste followers, cutting out or properly recycling plastics in is among the main goals in creating a more sustainable lifestyle. However, this is no easy task, with everything from the food we eat to the products we buy wrapped in plastic, and then wrapped in plastic again! In fact, in 2015, it was…Read More…
Zero Waste Materials Series – Fungi/Mushrooms
Mushrooms are popping up everywhere. And we don’t just mean on the ground outside. Over the last few years, mushrooms – or fungi, to give them their more technically accurate name – have been used in a huge range of sustainable design projects. This includes as packaging materials, fabrics, insulation, and even for making bricks….Read More…
How to Shop Ethically this Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday
It’s a busy time of year. Thanksgiving is followed quickly by Black Friday, the day that the Christmas shopping season officially starts and a time when retailers offer big bargains on certain items. Just a few days later comes Cyber Monday, following the Thanksgiving and Black Friday weekend, created originally by retailers to get people…Read More…