Weekly Tip 39 - Feed Your Pet Sustainably All humans have a carbon footprint, but have you ever thought about the carbon footprint of your pet? Over the pandemic, while most people were stuck at home, U.K. pet ownership grew to a record 59% of households. Unsurprisingly, cats and dogs were the most popular, with an estimated 24m of them across the […]
Weekly Tip 38 - Ditch Wrapping Paper The festive season is upon us, and Christmas, the most celebrated holiday in the U.K., is just around the corner. It is a time we can all enjoy ourselves in the company of our family and friends. Yet, it is also the season we eat the most food, spend the most money, and create […]
Weekly Tip 37 - Change Your Toilet Roll As I’m sure all of our Play it Green members know, there are literally millions of different ways to lead a more sustainable life. Yet, one area of waste that often gets overlooked is, well, your own bodily waste. Toilet paper is a global multibillion-dollar industry, and it’s anything but environmentally friendly. The first and […]
Member in Focus - Preloved Kilo For our first-ever Members in Focus, we talked to Steve Lynam, Managing Director of Preloved Kilo, about sustainability in business, the impact of fashion, and their partnership with Play it Green. Can you tell us a bit about Preloved Kilo and how you got started? Preloved Kilo is the U.K.’s leading fully-independent vintage and retro clothing […]
Weekly Tip 33: Switch Up Your Wallet Wallets are a practical everyday item and fashion accessory that almost everyone owns, but have you ever thought about their environmental impact? The vast majority of wallets and purses are made of leather and a common misconception is that since it is a natural, organic material, it is therefore better for the environment. This, […]
Weekly Tip 31 - Use Sustainable Makeup Makeup and other cosmetic products are used regularly by billions of people around the world. Sadly, this has a terrible impact on our environment. One major contributor to this is plastic waste. According to Zero Waste, more than 120 billion units of packaging are produced every year by the global cosmetics industry. Most […]
Weekly Tip 30 - Choose Eco-Friendly Baby Products While plastic bags and straws have received a lot of publicity, single-use baby products such as nappies also have a devastating and wide-reaching impact on the environment. The modern plastic diaper wasn’t developed until the 20th Century. Before, people around the world would use a piece of material, usually cloth, held together by […]
Weekly Tip 27 - Switch Your Deodorant Almost every stick or spray can of deodorant or antiperspirant leaves a mark on the environment, from the materials used to store and ship it to the actual chemical ingredients it is made of. This week’s tip looks at why deodorants are harmful to the environment and what you can do to mitigate their […]
Weekly Tip 25 - Ditch Your Dish Scrubber Everyone knows that plastic is bad, right? That’s why we are ditching our shampoo bottles for bars, our toothpaste tubes for toothpaste mints and most of us take our reusable bags to the supermarket. On top of that, most of us recycle paper, tin, plastics (those that can be recycled) and food waste. […]
Green Rankings for Savers When Which? surveyed their members about their savings, they found that well over a quarter said ‘they care about the values of the companies they invest their savings in’. Following on from this they also found out that over two-thirds of their members had no idea how to find out information about a bank’s […]
Weekly Tip 23 - Buy A Reusable Coffee Cup Did you know that your latte to go comes with a significant negative environmental impact? Consider this next time you order a vanilla latte to go: “Every day, we use an estimated 1.6 billion disposable coffee cups, globally”. Single-use cups (along with lids, sleeves, and stir sticks) are frequently made of difficult-to-recycle […]