Play It Green

News & Articles

12/07/2021

Retail, Sustainability

“A whopping 24 million slices of bread get thrown in home bins every day in the UK.” – The Guardian. It makes you stop and think, doesn’t it? Here are some more thought-provoking facts about food waste. In the UK, 38.7 per cent of all lettuce and 25.5 per cent of all […]

Weekly Tip No 16 – Chew Plants, Not Plastic

08/07/2021

Retail, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Whether it’s being used as a mid-day breath refresher or in the playground to see who can blow the biggest bubble—chewing gum is a daily habit for many people. But, if you've ever stuck your hand under a school desk or gotten your new shoe stuck in a giant wad of sticky gum, you […]

Does Your Money Have a Footprint?

06/07/2021

Other, Sustainability

When you consider your impact on the environment, what comes to mind first? Is it the flights you take? Or road trips in your car? Or maybe it's the food you eat? Have you thought about your money? Money isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the climate emergency. […]

Weekly Tip No 15 - Switch To Recycled Plastic Produce Bags

02/07/2021

Retail, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Everyone knows that single-use plastic bags are bad for the environment. Single-use anything is bad as we need to reuse, recycle and repurpose things to reduce our impact on the planet. The problem with plastic bags isn’t though, in production, as plastic bags have a lower production footprint than paper bags and cotton […]

A Small Brick With A Big Footprint

28/06/2021

Individual and Family, Retail, Sustainability

This week we take a look at a household name and something that many of us grew up playing with – namely Lego. Lego blocks originated in the Billund, Denmark, workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen, who began making wooden toys in 1932. Two years later he named his company LEGO after the Danish […]

Weekly Tip No 14 – Ditch Single Use Water Bottles

24/06/2021

Retail, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Most people nowadays are aware of the damage to the environment drinking water from a single-use plastic bottle does. From the manufacturing process which uses lots of energy and pumps out harmful emissions to the fact that plastic takes up to 500 years to break down. Sadly, this awareness has not led to […]

United Nations Environment Findings Support Play It Green Methods

22/06/2021

Sustainability, Tree Planting

When Play It Green was set up, the founders chose to focus on reforestation, using natures own carbon storage machines, trees, rather than other ways of offsetting. This decision has recently been supported by a report from the United Nations Environment. At a time when biodiversity loss has been overshadowed by climate change, […]

Weekly Tip No. 13 - Try Sustainable Sanitary Products

17/06/2021

Individual and Family, Retail, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Everyone knows that plastic waste is a big issue, with much of it ending up in landfill pumping out toxic fumes or in the ocean breaking down into dangerous microplastics. But did you know that one of the major contributors to plastic waste is sanitary products? Up to 90% of a menstrual pad […]

Unilever Announces World's First Paper Based Detergent Bottle

14/06/2021

Business Tips, Retail, Sustainability

Everyone knows that there is a big problem with plastic. Over eight million tons of plastic are dumped into the ocean every year, accounting for over 80% of all marine debris. Once plastic is dumped into the ocean, it remains there for a very long period. Over time, plastic will break down […]

Weekly Tip #12 - Make your pet more sustainable

10/06/2021

Individual and Family, Weekly Tip

Did you know that a survey in 2019 showed that just over 50% of all UK adults owned a pet? Since lockdown, there has been a 25% rise in dog ownership alone. This means there are upwards of 20.8 million pets in the UK and a staggering quarter of a billion worldwide. […]

Sweden Now Has Net Zero Airports

07/06/2021

Other

We all know that air travel is damaging to our environment - it contributes around 5% of all climate change causing emissions. But did you know, it’s not just aeroplanes, but the actual airports themselves that contribute to the climate crisis? Ground-based airport Green House Gas emissions are caused by petrol and diesel […]

News & Articles

Having your cake and not eating it – the problem of food waste!

Weekly Tip No 16 – Chew Plants, Not Plastic

Does Your Money Have a Footprint?

Weekly Tip No 15 - Switch To Recycled Plastic Produce Bags

A Small Brick With A Big Footprint

Weekly Tip No 14 – Ditch Single Use Water Bottles

United Nations Environment Findings Support Play It Green Methods

Weekly Tip No. 13 - Try Sustainable Sanitary Products

Unilever Announces World's First Paper Based Detergent Bottle

Weekly Tip #12 - Make your pet more sustainable

Sweden Now Has Net Zero Airports