With billions of straws polluting shorelines around the world we’re very pleased to be stocking these re-usable, recyclable and renewable bamboo drinking straws. You can purchase our Bamboo Drinking Straws in a six pack with a cleaning brush or this handy Eco Travel Pack that includes two straws and a brush.
10 tips for living with less plastic
There was a story in the Australian Women’s Weekly about a family whose rubbish filled a small jar after a year which I found very inspiring. I’m still not plastic-free as it’s a huge challenge to prevent plastic packaging coming into the house and sometimes I forget my bags when I go to the supermarket. So I found myself reading …
Hold the straw
Personally, I like drinking out of a straw, it just makes the drink more fun. But few of us realise that those straws are tremendous source of pollution; with the equivalent of 125 school buses being filled daily with trashed straws in the USA alone. So it’s probably a good idea to do away with the straw next time we …
Buy one product to last a life time
My parents’ generation will remember the time when you bought a fridge which lasted your lifetime, and a washing machine. These days we have designed obsolescence which means appliances are designed not to last too long, so that you will need to buy another one and keep the manufacturers very happy. So I love this website which only stocks cookware, …
Sick of plastic vegetables?
Sick of plastic vegetables? I get so frustrated when I need to buy vegetables and they come wrapped in plastic. There is just no need and it simply adds to the masses of plastic polluting our land fills. So I was delighted to see that there is a petition being organised to send to Countdown to ask them to stop …