#Waste

Where your recycling goes.

Does the stuff you put in your recycling bin really get recycled? How is plastic separated from paper, cardboard from drinks cans? A...

Nov 4, 20194 min read

Earlier this year, a zero waste conference in Capannori in Tuscany, Italy was attended by more than 100 people from all over Italy - and...

Jun 23, 20183 min read

“In 2013 the UK was home to 6 billion items of clothing, roughly a hundred per adult; a quarter of these never leave the wardrobe.”...

Jun 4, 20183 min read

Plastic is a problem, with visible and hidden impact, and is rightly the focus of much attention. But course it’s not the only material...

Apr 10, 20184 min read

A humble cabbage costing 50p neatly protected in a thick plastic wrapping? Cheese wrapped once in film, then weighed and placed in a...

Mar 11, 20184 min read

As I walk through Edale, I’m baffled by the amount of plastic that appears along the roads after a sunny Sunday: water bottles, chocolate...

Feb 3, 20182 min read