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Green living: tips & tricks

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Throughout January our Instagram account featured a number of small steps you can take to help make positive choices for a healthier lifestyle and healthier planet. If you missed them, here’s a quick summary to get up to speed!

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Get ahead for a green christmas!

So much of what we are encouraged to buy in the run up to Christmas tends to be single use or plastic based, so here are a few things you could start saving through November and December to lower your environmental impact over the festive season!

how can we be better consumers to help the planet?

We’ve put together some useful tips that you can use to make the most of the materials and possessions you already own, and collated some questions that you can ask before you buy something new to make sure you are reducing the impact of your decision on the planet.

Reducing Plastic Use

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Here at True Food we have been supporting the world-wide initiative of Plastic Free July.  Plastic Free July is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution by cutting down on single-use plastics. The poster below suggests various, easy ways in… Read More »Reducing Plastic Use

Shopping with a Difference

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Have Fun With Refills!? Why not bring the kids to True Food Co-op in Emmer Green.  Make an activity of it – put aside a box of used plastic bottles and containers – get the kids to clean them! Then come down to True Food and have some… Read More »Shopping with a Difference