Great news for the world’s oceans, bad news for single-use plastics! At the Our Ocean conference, hosted by the EU last week, broadcaster Sky announced their commitment to remove single use plastics from all of their operations, products, and their entire supply chain by 2020. Following on from previous environmentally friendly achievements, Sky have been rolling out changes throughout 2017 to help them reach their new goal, such as distributing reuseable drinks bottles to employees, changing the cutlery used in their catering outlets, and dedicating a Sky channel to their Ocean Rescue campaign. Sky have stated that they hope to "raise awareness on a critical environmental issue and influence others to act." We say &q...

We recently came across an article on Energy Voice which got us thinking (as always) about the humble shopping bag and the part it plays in the world economy. The article is about predicted changes in the petrochemical industry, and highlights the point that current forecasts expect sales of crude oil to be increasingly driven by demand from the plastic packaging industry as the automotive industry moves towards increased production and use of electric vehicles. You may well wonder what this has to do with bags. As always it highlights the environmental burden of using single-use plastic bags… But fear not! As we all know - and the article acknowledges - momentum has been gathering for some time to cease or at least reduce o...

Inspired by summer, we’ve created a ‘limited edition’ range of 100% cotton tea towels in pretty pastels. In soft peach, cool pistachio, and dove grey, these tea towels are made from the same cloth as our popular soft white 45x68cm tea towels, so you can be sure their dish-drying ability has been thoroughly tested! Even the most reluctant helper is sure to smile when you add a splash of colour to your kitchen by hanging these tea towels ready for use - and everyone will have a favourite of the three. We hope we're not starting arguments by offering them to you. Just like our white and cream tea towels, these products can be customised with your own design. We think they'd look stunning when printed with fine l...