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Plastic-free tipples

Planning a work party and wondering what to drink? Or perhaps climate breakdown has got too much and you need something to take the edge off it! If you feel like having a drink without having an ethical shopping crisis then check out these brands who have developed plastic-free packaging and reducing the environmental impacts of their products.   ​Read to the bottom for our tips on choosing the office party booze. Cheers!    Mermaid […]

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Plastic Reduction Tips for Procurement Teams

If you work in procurement and your business is looking to reduce plastics, it may fall on you to take action. So here are some tips on tackling plastics in the supply chain. Audit your supply chain for single-use plastic packaging and quantify the amountsIdentify what comes in single-use packaging. Establish the weights of the packaging and the quantities bought over a year- you can do this by asking your suppliers who will have it […]

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How to do an Office Waste Audit

What’s in your bin?  In order to understand what your biggest waste issues are, the first thing to do is a waste audit. This will let you know the volumes of items and what is in the wrong place e.g. coffee cups in the paper recycling.     What you will need Gloves Paper and pen Table  Tarpaulin or sheet Space A colleague or two to help​​ A camera     Steps to take First off, do […]

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Food Waste Findings for a Sustainable Food City

In the build-up to Bristol’s campaign to achieve Gold status as a Sustainable Food City, we have been working with Bristol Food Network to produce a guide on how food businesses can reduce their food waste. Find out more about the project’s ambitions, how we worked with food businesses to gather data on their food waste as well as getting some top food waste tips.      Photo credit: WRAP ​   Worldwide 1/3 of […]

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