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Tomato trickery

Wow – ain't it exciting the way spring's doing its thing?

12 ways to get rid of daily plastic

Welcome to the small steps page, where we celebrate the little things our readers do to live more sustainably. Last issue we asked for your ideas on removing disposable plastic from our everyday lives. Here are our readers’ tips – plus inspiration from the Green Ideas team.

Black gold in our landfills

Plastic is just solid oil – that’s the striking message from Akinori Ito of Blest Corporation, Japan, which has invented a desktop machine that turns plastic rubbish into useful fuel.

Plastic-free July: Giving up Glad Wrap!

Reader submitted

In the Santé household we quit using Glad Wrap (cling film) a few months ago. We got to the end of our last roll and as we are trying to reduce the amount of waste our household produces, we decided Glad Wrap was not something we needed. So we haven’t

What’s the fuss about BPA?

Despite thousands of studies on the common chemical, debate still rages about its safety.

Wow! 19-year-old unveils plan to pull plastic from the ocean

You have to check out the website of Boyan Slat, the Dutch teen with the amazing plan for cleaning plastic from the ocean: http://www.boyanslat.com/ It's projected that his Ocean Cleanup Array could remove 7,2500,000 tons of plastic waste from the world’s oceans. The device consists of an anchored network of floating booms

Some hard facts about plastic waste

Reader submitted

Over the last 60 years plastic has become central to our lives and now approximately 500 billion plastic bags are used annually worldwide. They take 1000 years to biodegrade and litter the planet, causing mayhem to plants and animals. Over 1 trillion plastic bags are used every year worldwide. Consider China, a country of 1.3

World's first bottle made from ocean plastic!

Reader submitted

Method have just released the world's first bottle made from ocean plastic to help raise awareness of this ever growing issue. "As a small soap company, we know we can’t clean up the world’s oceans. but we can raise awareness about the issue and use our business to demonstrate smart ways