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Miscanthus bale house in west Wales under construction

A house in West Wales has been built using carbon negative Miscanthus bales in a project aiming to evaluate the benefits and viability of using the plant in construction

Roderick Thackray and Zee West, founders of Algreen

London-based start-up Algreen is developing bio-based plastics to replace fossil fuel-derived plastics and it's thrilled to be nominated for a prestigious Earthshot Prize 2024

Sofas & Stuff has an Eco Pledge which is meaningful

The furniture maker's Eco Pledge is helping customers source furniture that isn't full of PU foam or that will end up in a landfill site in a few years' time

Trex Decking is eco friendly

In the US it's become a generic term for decking, though Trex isn't quite so well known on our side of the pond. Yet. But it's wooing us Europeans with its new Trex Contour decking, which is super eco, super hardwearing and super smart

recycled polyester garden blanket from bluebellgray

Glasgow-based bluebellgray has a produced a gorgeous padded blanket for outdoor use made entirely from post-consumer recycled polyester

Mend it ... the Finns do

A new exhibition at the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum in Helsinki aims to get us all repairing things rather than buying new 

Emma Jeffryes exhibition of paintings in St Ives

Cornish artist Emma Jeffryes has an exhibition of recent paintings coming up at the New Craftsman Gallery in St Ives

Your main bin can now be lined with a compostable bag thanks to EKO

UK-based homewares company EKO has developed compostable liners for large household bins

Lidl's Botticelli inspired Venus made from recycled bottle tops

To celebrate its recycling scheme, the supermarket chain has unveiled in Glasgow a 25 ft high mural of Venus made from over 30,000 plastic bottle tops 

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