Earth Day: 5 easy ways to get your kids to care about the planet
April 22nd is Earth Day – an international day for everyone to focus on the environment and caring for our planet. And even if your children are still very young, remember it is never too early to start teaching them the importance of looking after our beautiful planet. Conversations and activities based around the concepts […]
3 years ago
Earth Day: 5 easy activities to get your kids to care about the planet
April 22nd is Earth Day – an international day for everyone to focus on the environment and caring for our planet. And even if your children are still very young, remember it is never too early to start teaching them the importance of looking after our beautiful Mother Earth. Conversations and activities based around the […]
4 years ago
Woman becomes first to use greener gas and air during child birth
It benefits more than just the planet. A mother in the UK has become the first person there to use environmentally friendly pain relief while giving birth. The new mother tried out a new method of pain relief as she went into labour, making her the first woman to do so in the UK. Typically, […]
5 years ago
Soft plastic packaging can now be put into Irish recycling bins
Major changes afoot in the recycling game. Soft plastic items are now acceptable to place into Irish household recycling bins, provided that the material is clean, dry and loose. All permitted waste collection companies will now accept the items so long as they meet the above criteria. Soft plastic may be placed alongside “rigid” plastic […]
5 years ago
Aldi to trial loose pasta and rice to reduce plastic waste in UK
It could eliminate more than 21 million pieces of packaging from stores: approximately 130 tonnes of waste. Popular supermarket chain, Aldi, has supposedly been carbon neutral since 2019 and has been championing greener shopping practices for many years. Now, they are taking their next step in a five-year plan to the amount of plastic use […]
5 years ago
Aldi bans non-detectable black plastic trays from beef products
The new initiative will save 6.5 million single-use units of non-recyclable waste. Aldi Ireland has become the first supermarket in the country to officially ban the use of non-detectable black plastic trays from its fresh beef range. In their place, new 100% recyclable packaging trays have been introduced across the entire range, saving over 6.5 […]
7 years ago