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Welcome to the world’s first zero-waste island A tiny Greek island has undergone a green revolution, becoming energy self-sufficient and permanently closing its landfill site Environment Lifestyle Society World
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The pedal-powered ‘zero waste’ grocer taking on London’s supermarkets ‘Zero waste’ shops are popular, but not always convenient. This small business has a solution Written in partnership with DAUN
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Living life to the greenest: the sustainability trends that will dominate in 2022 Positive News spoke to green-living experts on the trends that will be at the forefront this year Written in partnership with Triodos Bank
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Edinburgh plastic-free grocery shop join’s the UK’s zero-waste ‘revolution’ The Refillery, the latest in a string of plastic-free shops to open up in the UK, encourages shoppers to ‘think beyond the bin’ Economics Environment UK
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New label helps shoppers swerve plastic packaging A plastic-free ‘trust mark’ has been launched to help shoppers steer clear of products that are packaged in plastic Environment UK
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Music festivals to host reverse vending machines for plastics this summer Heading to a festival this summer? The Co-op supermarket is trialling a ‘reverse vending machine’ to encourage festival-goers to return thei... Environment UK
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