Weekly Tip 18 - Hug Your Food We all know food waste is an issue and Play It Green looked in depth at the issue in an article posted last month. But recent research has shed further light on the issue. According to a recent global survey, more than 900 million tonnes of food are thrown away each year. […]
Weekly Tip 17 – Ditch harmful laundry detergent Everyone knows that washing on 30 degrees and drying your clothing naturally is far better for the environment than hot washes and tumble dryers. But, did you know that laundry detergent causes plastic waste as it usually comes in single-use plastic bottles? Plastic waste is a global issue as we all need to move away […]
Weekly Tip No 15 - Switch To Recycled Plastic Produce Bags Everyone knows that single-use plastic bags are bad for the environment. Single-use anything is bad as we need to reuse, recycle and repurpose things to reduce our impact on the planet. The problem with plastic bags isn’t though, in production, as plastic bags have a lower production footprint than paper bags and cotton […]
A Small Brick With A Big Footprint This week we take a look at a household name and something that many of us grew up playing with – namely Lego. Lego blocks originated in the Billund, Denmark, workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen, who began making wooden toys in 1932. Two years later he named his company LEGO after the Danish […]
Weekly Tip No. 13 - Try Sustainable Sanitary Products Everyone knows that plastic waste is a big issue, with much of it ending up in landfill pumping out toxic fumes or in the ocean breaking down into dangerous microplastics. But did you know that one of the major contributors to plastic waste is sanitary products? Up to 90% of a menstrual pad […]
Weekly Tip #12 - Make your pet more sustainable Did you know that a survey in 2019 showed that just over 50% of all UK adults owned a pet? Since lockdown, there has been a 25% rise in dog ownership alone. This means there are upwards of 20.8 million pets in the UK and a staggering quarter of a billion worldwide. […]
Weekly Tip #11 - Change Your Cleaning Products Did you know that your cleaning habits can have a negative impact on the environment and contribute to climate change? Every year, home cleaning generates more than 29 billion pieces of plastic each year. We all know that plastic takes hundreds of years to break down and often ends up in the ocean. In fact, […]
Weekly Tip #10 Change Your Jeans We all love our faithful jeans. It’s a staple of nearly everyone’s wardrobe and 2 billion pairs of jeans are manufactured every year. With current fast fashion trends, this is not going to stop any time soon. But did you know by simply changing your denim, you can lower your footprint? […]
Great News about UK Green Energy In this week’s article, there is some record-breaking news about Green Energy in the UK! The UK is committed to Net Zero and a big part of this commitment is the transition to Green/renewable Energy by utilising natural sustainable resources such as solar, wave and wind energy! Earlier this month, Britain’s wind farms set a […]
Weekly Tip #9 - Change Your Footwear Everyone knows that there is a problem with plastic in our oceans, but a lot of people don’t quite know the scale of the issue. Here are some facts about ocean plastic and a way you can help solve the problem by making a simple change. Fact 1 – Plastic will outweigh fish in the […]
Weekly Tip #8 - Change your specs Did you know that over 3 billion pairs of spectacles are sold globally each year? This number is on the rise as the population grows and the fad for fast fashion and multiple ‘looks’ grows within the industry. Spectacles are often manufactured from plastic which is derived directly from oil and has a […]