Play It Green

News & Articles

07/06/2021

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Millennials from Berlin, the very heart of the EU, believed in the vision of two Generation X dads from Manchester so much, that they began a collaboration just months after the UK had officially left the EU to help establish a new UK company called Play It Green. This is a heart-warming story of […]

Weekly Tip #11 - Change Your Cleaning Products

03/06/2021

Business Tips, Individual and Family, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Did you know that your cleaning habits can have a negative impact on the environment and contribute to climate change? Every year, home cleaning generates more than 29 billion pieces of plastic each year. We all know that plastic takes hundreds of years to break down and often ends up in the ocean. In fact, […]

May 2021 Tree Planting Report

03/06/2021

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Thanks to our members Play It Green has now planted close to 5000 new trees in our first two months. Our trees are planted across three sites in North-West Madagascar, an island bigger than the UK that is renowned for having a diverse set of animals and plants, having been undisturbed by humans […]

Great News About Sustainable Business Travel

01/06/2021

Business Tips, Sustainability

Currently, the world’s global emissions are around 40 gigatons of CO2 every year and our current ‘climate budget’ for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees is quickly running out! By offsetting our footprint through tree planting we can slow global warming down and by changing our behaviour and reducing our footprint, we can stop […]

Weekly Tip #10 Change Your Jeans

27/05/2021

Individual and Family, Retail, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

We all love our faithful jeans. It’s a staple of nearly everyone’s wardrobe and 2 billion pairs of jeans are manufactured every year. With current fast fashion trends, this is not going to stop any time soon. But did you know by simply changing your denim, you can lower your footprint? […]

Great News about UK Green Energy

24/05/2021

Individual and Family, Sustainability

In this week’s article, there is some record-breaking news about Green Energy in the UK! The UK is committed to Net Zero and a big part of this commitment is the transition to Green/renewable Energy by utilising natural sustainable resources such as solar, wave and wind energy! Earlier this month, Britain's wind farms set a […]

Weekly Tip #9 - Change Your Footwear

20/05/2021

Individual and Family, Retail, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Everyone knows that there is a problem with plastic in our oceans, but a lot of people don’t quite know the scale of the issue. Here are some facts about ocean plastic and a way you can help solve the problem by making a simple change. Fact 1 - Plastic will outweigh fish […]

Adidas Allbirds Collaborate for World's Most Sustainable Trainer

17/05/2021

Business Tips, Retail, Sports, Sustainability

We all know that the fashion industry has a huge negative impact on the environment. But did you know that the footwear sector alone creates over 700 million tonnes of CO2e every single year! A single pair of running shoes alone comes with a footprint (no pun intended) of up to 13.6 KG […]

Weekly Tip #8 - Change your specs

13/05/2021

Individual and Family, Retail, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Did you know that over 3 billion pairs of spectacles are sold globally each year? This number is on the rise as the population grows and the fad for fast fashion and multiple ‘looks’ grows within the industry. Spectacles are often manufactured from plastic which is derived directly from oil and has a […]

What is a Circular Economy?

10/05/2021

Business Tips, Educational Articles, Individual and Family, Social Good, Sustainability

We all know the world has a waste problem, from plastic waste filling the seas to clothing and electronic waste that ends up in landfill. This is because, since the early to mid 20th century, our economic system has been based on a 'linear economy'. A linear economy such as we have now […]

Pride in Supporting Mental Health

10/05/2021

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Thirty six percent of Play It Green members selected the mental health charity Mind as their good cause when signing up and by doing so are passing on vital funds to support people who are struggling. Play It Green is a business that does things differently and 10% of all revenues are passed onto a […]

News & Articles

EU-UK Young and Old Collaborate to Fight Climate Change

Weekly Tip #11 - Change Your Cleaning Products

May 2021 Tree Planting Report

Great News About Sustainable Business Travel

Weekly Tip #10 Change Your Jeans

Great News about UK Green Energy

Weekly Tip #9 - Change Your Footwear

Adidas Allbirds Collaborate for World's Most Sustainable Trainer

Weekly Tip #8 - Change your specs

What is a Circular Economy?

Pride in Supporting Mental Health