Plastic Free Blog

Fairtrade Fortnight

As Fairtrade Fortnight comes to a close, let’s reflect on what it means, and why it’s important. How do the choices we make when shopping impact the lives of those a world away?

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Published: March 9, 2021
Author: Sophie Robinson
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A life on our Planet. David Attenborough’s witness statement.

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When David Attenborough joined instagram, he gained one million followers faster than anyone else in history. Over 6.2 million people connected to listen to his wisdom. The account was set up purely to bring attention to this new special, A Life On Our Planet. This is his witness statement of how we have gone about destroying the world over his 93 years. The film is both harrowing and hopeful.

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Published: December 22, 2020
Author: Sophie Robinson
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All About Real Plastic Free’s Packaging

We all know there’s too much plastic in the world, and that not all of it can be recycled. The food system generates a huge amount of plastic waste, but how does Real Plastic Free’s packaging reduce your impact?

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Published: December 21, 2020
Author: Sophie Robinson
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How to reduce waste this Christmas

Christmas is finally upon us, with adverts for the latest big thing everywhere. Whilst Christmas is the time of togetherness and celebration we all need this year, it is also a time of huge waste. Here are some tips to reduce waste this Christmas.

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Published: December 16, 2020
Author: Sophie Robinson
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Plastic-Free Organic Fruit & Vegetables for Your 5 a Day

Buying plastic-free fruit and vegetables doesn’t need to be boring!
All year round we offer the staples like potatoes, carrots and onions but we also stock more interesting, seasonal varieties, like rainbow carrots, Jersey royal potatoes and red cabbage.

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Published: May 14, 2020
Author: Ruth Mildred
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A Plastic Free Journey

Since we started our plastic free journey at the beginning of the year we have made progress, but we do keep bumping into new issues which we hadn’t thought of at the start.

To be honest, that’s probably a good thing or we might not have made it as far as we have!

In this final (at least for now) post I wanted to highlight some of solutions we have found to these issues in the hopes that the may be of help to others on their own plastic free journeys.

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Published: November 19, 2019
Author: Sian
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