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Myths and fallacies, opinions and advocacies!There are two sides to every proposed ‘green’ initiative.What’s your take? Plastic Bags vs Paper Bags Plastic bags has long been touted as the culprit that must be banned from our shopping cart, hence the...

  Do you know that an unwrapped cucumber will only last 3 days! The 1.5gms of plastic wrapping of a cucumber extends its life to 14 days. Unfortunately, with glaring waste statistics such as  -the average UK householder throws away...

How much of packaging do we open, use and throw in a day? Have you ever counted? Let’s see, tea and coffee bags, egg trays, milk cartons, plastic bottles, plastic wrapped sandwiches, crisps/snack packets, coffee cups, polythene food wrappings from...

In the light of the recent report of recycling rates falling for the first time in England from 44.8% in 2014 to 43.9% in 2015, one wonders how sustainable is this, one of the main eco-friendly ways of dealing with...

We have often talked about carbon footprint and its effect on the environment. Heard of phosphorus footprint?   What has this to do with our diet and the environment? With the eminent festive season of eating, merrymaking and togetherness, here are...

A 2013 Mintel study states that 19% of people will buy products from and associate with companies that practice green and sustainable activities in order to be perceived as environmentally responsible*. With this importance perceived by so many consumers on...

We  have impacted and been affected by food production, packing, transporting, consumption and disposal. Hence committing to sustainability in the food industry - a pervasive and wide impacting industry - will have a far reaching positive impact on our planet....

‘Going green’ is the in thing and businesses are increasingly offering greener products. But what is a truly green product? When a product says it’s green it must be green. True? Not quite. What is greenwashing? Greenwashing occurs when there...