Category: environment
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My Values Underpinning This Website
I’ve held the values that underpin this site my whole life, but I’ve not always been true to them. But it’s not too late to make a change, and that change starts now.
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Little Miss Giggles and 70,000 Tonnes of Plastic
Not all Happy Meal toys are equal, but if they all weighed as much as Little Miss Giggles, that’s 71,190 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic per year. How many of those end up in the bin before they’re a day old?
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Plastic Bottles: 10 Million a day in the UK!
I don’t know what made me first notice them. But when I did, I realised that they were everywhere. If I go for a half-hour walk from home, I’ll usually see three or four discarded water bottles.
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In my lifetime, the world has changed from one of hand-knitted jumpers & TV repair shops, to one where we just throw things away, to make way for the new model. …there’s no doubt the planet can’t cope with our current rate of consumption.