- Plastic
- Environment & ethics
The real reason why McDonald’s straws matter
The only thing being recycled this summer is a story about how rubbish eco straws are, but why? By Lucy Siegle.
By Lucy Siegle - 9th August 2019
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- Cartoon
- Plastic
Ellis: The final straw
Ellis wonders whether the news about McDonald's new paper straws not being recyclable might be missing an obvious solution.
By Ellis - 8th August 2019
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- Fashion & beauty
- Packaging
- Plastic
Why beauty should be next to offer refill
It's not just about keep cups and reusable water bottles – we need a refill culture that expands across all sectors, writes Becky Blench.
By Becky Blench - 11th July 2019
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- Plastic
- Packaging
New plastic campaign takes off
Campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is calling for mass action to ask supermarkets to reduce plastic while MPs debate banning non-recyclable food packaging.
By Nina Pullman - 25th June 2019
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- Plastic
- Fashion & beauty
How to have a plastic-free festival
From cups to glitter to tents, attitudes towards a disposable society are changing. Read our top tips for a plastic-free festival.
By Nina Pullman - 24th June 2019
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- Cartoon
- Plastic
Ellis: Bags of consumerism
Ellis on the irony of eco shopping bags and how it is consumerism itself, rather than individual solutions, that holds the key to real change.
By Ellis - 21st June 2019
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- Plastic
How to live plastic free
At the beginning of 2018, our family set a bullish goal to reduce our plastic use at home by 80 per cent. Here's how we did it, writes Sophie Tait.
By Sophie Tait - 28th March 2019
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- Packaging
- Plastic
What is home compostable packaging?
Thanks to the plastic revolution, a raft of new environmentally-friendly materials are being used in packaging. But what does home compostable mean and how does it work?
By Nina Pullman - 21st March 2019
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- Plastic
- Fish
Microplastics 'ubiquitous' in sea mammal study
A new study found microplastic particles in each of the 50 sea mammals it examined and called for more research into effects of chronic exposure
By Nina Pullman - 1st February 2019
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Latest articles
- Farming
- Ethical business
- Fairtrade
Roots to Fruits: Seasonality or seasonal workers?
Most British strawberries today are grown in coconut fibre under acres of polytunnels and the season has been extended far beyond summer, writes Louise Gray in her latest Roots to Fruits column.
By Louise Gray - 23rd July 2021
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- Eating & drinking
- Recipes
Celebrating the best of British summer fruit
UK fruit is at its peak of ripeness and flavour; juicy sun-warmed fruits that make for blissful eating whether enjoyed as they are or in one of these show stopping recipes.
By Becky Blench - 22nd July 2021
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- News from the farm
- Farming
Mixed farming and the National Food Strategy
Market forces have driven agriculture towards specialisation and scale; the increased yields have reduced the price of food over the last 70 years, but with catastrophic environmental costs.
By Guy Singh-Watson - 22nd July 2021
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- Climate change
- Farming
UK farmers trial soya alternatives for animal feed
British farmers are trialling alternatives to soya in animal feed, known to cause deforestation in the Amazon.
By Jack Thompson - 19th July 2021
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- Climate change
- Health
- Eating & drinking
My green kid can cook
As the summer holidays approach, Anna Turns tries a new green cooking book with her daughter and finds a wealth of education and creativity.
By Anna Turns - 19th July 2021
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- The big interview
- Inequality
- Farming
Hungry for truth
‘The Angry Chef’, aka Anthony Warner, tells Jack Thompson why food doesn’t have an ‘easy answer’ and why feeding the masses is a forgotten side of sustainability.
By Jack Thompson - 16th July 2021
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