Play It Green

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24/08/2021

Individual and Family, Retail, Sustainability

OVO Energy, the ‘green’ energy supplier is always looking for new ways to help their members be more energy-efficient, reduce their carbon footprint, and lower their bills. That’s why, following the completion of a successful pilot scheme launched earlier this year, it recently announced the national rollout of its flat-rate electric vehicle (EV) charging tariff. […]

How can I be more sustainable? Sustainable Certifications.

16/08/2021

Business Tips, Educational Articles, Individual and Family, Sustainability

People often ask how can I be more sustainable? Well, it’s a journey that won’t happen overnight, but Play It Green is here to act as your guide to a better planet. On your journey to a more sustainable future, one of the biggest impacts you can have is to change your buying […]

Weekly Tip 21 - Change Your Toothbrush

12/08/2021

Individual and Family, Sustainability, Weekly Tip

Let’s remove plaque and plastic from our mouths by moving to a more sustainable toothbrush made from bamboo. Bamboo has anti-fungal, antibacterial, antimicrobial properties making it good for the mouth and it is 100% compostable. Then we get environmental benefits of bamboo due to it being one of the fastest-growing least water-consumptive plants […]

What are the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals?

26/07/2021

Business Tips, Educational Articles, Individual and Family, Sustainability

You may have heard the words Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs mentioned when talk comes around to sustainability, but do you know what they are and why they were created? The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sometimes known as the Global Goals, are a set of 17 interconnected global goals aimed at creating a "blueprint […]

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. 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 […]

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. […]

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, […]

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 […]

News & Articles

OVO Pioneers AI Technology To Save Electric Vehicle Drivers Money

How can I be more sustainable? Sustainable Certifications.

Weekly Tip 21 - Change Your Toothbrush

What are the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals?

A Small Brick With A Big Footprint

Weekly Tip No. 13 - Try Sustainable Sanitary Products

Weekly Tip #12 - Make your pet more sustainable

Weekly Tip #11 - Change Your Cleaning Products

Weekly Tip #10 Change Your Jeans

Great News about UK Green Energy

Weekly Tip #9 - Change Your Footwear