Easter Egg recycling
This week the Guardian wrote an interesting post about Sainsbury’s offering dedicated packaging recycling bins. The first facility of its kind, being trialled in 50 stores, this will allow customers to recycle all elements...
Author: Peter Leatherland
The New Eco Friendly Kettle – Make Way for Colonel Thermal
If you like your coffee (or tea!) like me, you’ll LOVE this.
World Water Day 2014
Fact of the week: 75% off all industrial water withdrawals are used for energy production. Did you know 22nd March is World Water Day? Well you do now!
Fair Squared – For Fairer Sex
In a recent Facebook poll during Fairtrade Fortnight, we asked our followers which Fairtrade labelled goods would they buy. The responses were plentiful but somewhat unimaginative with bananas being top, then coffee, tea and...
World Wildlife Day
Today is the inaugural World Wildlife Day, designated by the United Nations to: Celebrate the many beautiful and varied forms of wild fauna and flora; Recall...
Could Bitcoin really be an alternative to Fairtrade?
With it being Fairtrade Fortnight this week, Fairtrade is in the news at the moment. Another hot topic over the last few months has been Bitcoin. Incase you didn’t know Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency...
Meet Foncho, a man on a Fairtrade mission to make bananas fair
The Fairtrade Foundation has launched a report today showing some very positive news for Fairtrade products, coinciding with the beginning of Fairtrade Fortnight which runs from 24th February to 9th March.
Fairtrade Fortnight & 6 Fairtrade products you didn’t know existed
Yep, it’s that time of year again, Fairtrade Fortnight is coming! Fairtrade is a big part of Ethical Superstore and always has been, a big portion of the products we sell are Fairtrade labelled....
A huge thank you to YOU
For a number of years we’ve given shoppers the chance to make a donation at the checkout so just a little bit more on your shopping basket can go to a good cause. We...
Caffeine Free
caffeine ˈkafiːn/ noun: an alkaloid compound which is found especially in tea and coffee plants and is a stimulant of the central nervous system.