Re-use
Aug 27, 2023
The Most Sustainable Eco-Friendly Packaging Ideas: Reuse
Racking your brains about the most sustainable and affordable way to send items in the post? We can sum it all up in ...
Aug 20, 2023
Where to Find Second Hand Furniture in Newcastle and Gateshead
There are lots of great places to shop second hand furniture in Newcastle and Gateshead with many different businesse...
Jul 27, 2023
Clothing Take-Back Schemes: Garments Destroyed, Burnt, Shredded, Dumped
The clothes you donate as part of clothing take-back schemes could be destroyed, piling up unused in distant warehous...
Jul 16, 2023
Reducing Fashion Waste in the UK: Lessons We Can Learn From France's Clothing Repair Bonus Scheme
A new garment repair scheme in France begins in October, which will encourage people to take their clothes and shoes ...
Jun 4, 2023
What to do with Fur Coats
Fur coats were once the height of fashion. But it isn't as socially acceptable to wear them as it used to be.
Whether...
Apr 30, 2023
This Is How Much Clothing Waste Goes to Landfill in the UK
It's time to act and deal with our rubbish. We take a look at the key issues of waste in the UK, including e-waste and fast fashion and discuss solutions such as reusing, upcycling and reworking preloved clothes, books and other items.
Apr 20, 2023
Here's How Many Clothes the Average UK Adult Has in Their Wardrobes
Why is nobody talking about the sheer amount of clothes that we have in our wardrobes?
In the UK alone, the average ...
Apr 16, 2023
What Does Preloved Actually Mean in Fashion?
We'll hold our hands up, we love to use "preloved" to shout about lots of the clothes we rescue from landfill at Gree...
Apr 2, 2023
What Is Wishcycling and Why Is It Bad for Our Planet?
It's the most anticipated moment of every week in the UK, bin day.
So you'll imagine my horror when not one, but TWO...
Mar 12, 2023
Here’s Why Shopping Second Hand Fashion Is Ethical and Why Everyone Should Do It
Shopping second hand can be an ethical minefield whether you're buying preloved garments to wear, or worse, reselling...
Feb 26, 2023
Where Does Textile Recycling Go, Really?
Even fast fashion can’t hide its own trail of waste.
And yet it was still shocking to learn just how far some ‘textil...
Nov 25, 2022
Kintsugi: Three Things You Need to Repair Your Favourite Keepsake
We've all been there. You're admiring your favourite ceramic vase. Suddenly it slips out of your grasp, heading to th...