Ethical consumerism UK news

• Legal challenge begins against Gatwick expansion, BBC News (Oct 15, 2025)
• UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows, theguardian.com (Oct 08, 2025) — Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’
• UK’s richest set to produce 13 times more transport emissions than poorest by 2035, theguardian.com (Aug 27, 2025)
• Cool Britannia: the heat pumps keeping pace with the UK’s wild weather, theguardian.com (Aug 09, 2025)
• The UK is losing its small fishing boats – and the communities they support, theconversation.com (Aug 08, 2025)
• Tat’s enough: the No Crap Parties movement, positive.news (Aug 01, 2025)
• How the threat of extreme heat is starting to change our holiday plans, BBC News (Jun 18, 2025)
• UK student brews design for a repairable kettle that anyone can fix, positive.news (Jan 13, 2025)

• Keir Starmer says the UK can decarbonise without disruption – that’s neither true nor helpful, theconversation.com (Nov 14, 2024)

• The UPF giants: “staggering” global emissions of the top 10 food and drink manufacturers higher than UK’s total carbon footprint, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Oct 01, 2024) — Ultra processed foods aren't just damaging our health – they're decimating the environment too

• Environmental costs of cruise ships, theguardian.com (Aug 26, 2024) — and how to reduce their impact

• Craft cider is surprisingly good for the environment, theconversation.com (Jul 25, 2024)
• Fruit & veg deserts & the death knoll of the local greengrocer, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jul 23, 2024) — Is there a way back?
• Airlines may have to disclose carbon impact of individuals’ flights under new UK policy, theguardian.com (Jul 23, 2024)
• Regen, organic & agroecology: what’s the difference?, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk (Jul 17, 2024)

• Kelp help? How Scotland’s seaweed growers are aiming to revolutionise what we buy, theguardian.com (Jun 13, 2024)
• What are the embryonic initiatives that quickly and radically transform society? Maybe ours will be gardens, suggests Greg Frey, Daily Alternative (Jun 06, 2024)

• Edinburgh Council bans advertising for fossil fuel companies, airlines, airports, fossil-powered cars, SUVs, cruise ships and arms manufacturers on council-owned advertising spaces, badverts.org (May 29, 2024) — across England, one-third of local authorities now have some form of restrictions on harmful advertising
• Be a better tourist! 28 ways to have a fantastic holiday – without infuriating the locals, theguardian.com (May 28, 2024)

• New Sheffield ad ban shows how councils can act on harmful advertising, adfreecities.org.uk (Mar 19, 2024)

• E-bikes are freewheeling through rain and over hills, with huge promise for sustainable transport in rural tourist areas, theconversation.com (Feb 06, 2024)

• The Tories are right, we should stop the boats. Just not the ones they’re talking about, Aditya Chakrabortty, theguardian.com (Jan 18, 2024)

• Monsters of the road: what should the UK do about SUVs?, theguardian.com (Nov 05, 2023)
• 'This could be the holy grail to replace palm oil' - research team, BBC News (Sep 18, 2023)
• The all-female, grassroots network moving millions away from fossil fuels, positive.news (Aug 25, 2023)
• The pedal-powered ‘zero waste’ grocer taking on London’s supermarkets, positive.news (Aug 03, 2023)
• Is it time to choose sustainable rice?, Wicked Leeks (Jul 17, 2023) — You might not know it, but traditional rice cultivation emits serious levels of greenhouse gases. Clare Hargreaves interviews a man working with rice farmers to get climate-friendlier rice onto British dinner plates.
• Sustainabili-tea: Is it time for an ethical brew?, Wicked Leeks (May 22, 2023)
• On your marks, get set, Sparks! Avon Wildlife Trust opens first pop-up shop at creative arts and sustainability hub, avonwildlifetrust.org.uk (May 15, 2023)

• Britain is boiling – and the government wants to dramatically expand UK aviation, The Guardian (Jul 19, 2022) — Its ‘jet zero’ strategy relies on the invention of pie in the sky technologies to tackle dangerous airline emissions
• The UK’s first community-run shopping centre will have an “indie feel”- carefully curating their shops, and hosting creatives above, The Daily Alternative (Jun 02, 2022)

• Carbon labels for food and drink are coming. Will they make a difference? Sep 28, 2021...^[1]
• The activist entrepreneurs running zero-waste shops, Aug 6, 2021...^[2]
• Rail and sail: how to book the perfect holiday – without any flying.^[3] Jan 27, 2020.
• Going plastic-free: The rise of zero-waste shops.^[4] Jan 5, 2019.

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• London's first eco-friendly, human-powered gym is opening, Mar 19^[1]
• First plastic-free aisle is an example for other supermarkets to follow, Feb 28...^[2]
• Mum's war on plastic waste, Jan 25...^[3]
• The plastic-free stores showing the big brands how to do it, Jan 17^[4]
• Nearly 1m tonnes every year: supermarkets shamed for plastic packaging, Jan 17^[5]
• May's plastic plan is big on gimmicks, but it won't cut waste, George Monbiot, Jan 11^[6]

References

• Shoppers dreaming of a green Christmas as ethical sales boom, Dec 15, 2017...^[1]
• Six simple ways to cut back on plastic, Dec 11, 2017...^[2]
• How to give the gift of FUN, Nov 29, 2017...^[3]
• Campaign for Chester to become 'straw free' city, Nov 21, 2017...^[4]
• High-street outlets move to ditch plastic amid environmental concerns, Oct 16, 2017...^[5]
• Supermarkets must stop using plastic packaging, says former Asda boss, Oct 12, 2017...^[6]
• We Went To London's First Zero Waste Shop And This Is What We Found, Sep 13, 2017...^[7]
• Earth.Food.Love Puts UK On Map Of Zero-Waste Grocery Stores, May 30, 2017...^[8]
• Pressure mounts on UK supermarkets to create plastic-free aisles, Feb 22, 2017...^[9]
• Ethical vouchers that help an entrepreneur in the developing world, December 6, 2014...^[10]
• LED lighting at home: your questions answered, February 26, 2014...^[11]

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