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Topic: Plastic

Refill shop
Lifestyle

What next for refill?

Taking your own containers is the best way to cut down on plastic, but the cost-of-living crisis is making people think twice about where to shop. Becky Blench finds out more for World Refill Day.

Packaging Plastic Price
Opinion

Welcome (back) to Wicked Leeks

Climate change Biodiversity Environment and ethics Ethical business Plant-based Plastic
Features

Less waste and healthy diets: Life in the past

Food waste Environment and ethics Plastic
Features

The power of personality

Melissa Hemsley on her mum's kitchen common sense, how TV chefs encourage food waste and why she’s just as conflicted about ethical life choices as the rest of us.

Food waste Plant-based Plastic The big interview
Lifestyle

How to have an ethical Easter

Cut plastic, buy organic and support fair prices to farmers this Easter with our tips for how to buy (or make) an ethical Easter egg.

News

Loose fruit and veg could cut plastic and food waste

Broccoli, apples, bananas, potatoes and cucumbers could be sold loose and reduce plastic pollution with no detriment to food waste, ground-breaking new research finds.

Lifestyle

Best budget lunch ideas

As the cost of living rises and people begin to return to the office, ditch the unhealthy lunch meal deals and use these delicious ideas to make your own, avoid plastic and eat more veg.

Community highlight

'I started what I thought would be a simple barbecue pop-up last year and thought it would be easy to source everything from close by. I quickly found that it wasn't...'

Slothy Chef on “Can sustainable food feed Britain?”