#StandByBees reacts to the emergency authorisation of bee-harming pesticide
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has approved the use of thiamethoxam – a bee-harming neonicotinoid – on sugar beet in England in 2023 Defra has approved an emergency temporary authorisation for the use of pesticide treatment on this year’s...
PlasticFree: ‘We can design waste out of the system’
Global solutions group A Plastic Planet has launched an online design tool, PlasticFree. The platform showcases unique plastic-free alternatives in order to ‘catalyse global systematic change’. Here, co-founder and Sustainable Beauty Coalition Steering...
Packaging waste regulations: How to prepare for extended producer responsibility
From January 1st 2023, all businesses that deal with packaging must start tracking their activity due to new waste regulations. Here’s why – and how… The way UK organisations responsible for packaging must carry out their recycling responsibilities...
Counter Culture Store: ‘We are about progress, not perfection’
Google searches for ‘sustainable beauty’ reached peak in November. In the same month Counter Culture, a new sustainable e-commerce platform, started to carve it’s own space out online. Here, founders Wendy Martin and Mark Wisniewski reveal their...