Green Purchasing UK

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"The public gets what it asks for: ask for the "good stuff" and that's what they'll have to supply, Similarly, refuse to buy the "bad stuff" and the market for it will collapse. The power of the public is potentially enormous - let's use it." Bill Oddie

The term Green purchasing is used here to include not only ideas such as Sustainable consumption, Ethical consumerism, etc, but also doing (more?) with less.

Contents 1 Action Ideas 2 Resources 3 Random facts 4 Related topics 5 External links

[edit] Action Ideas

Articles Buy nothing Christmas Buy recycled, Freecycle, Give or Take, etc - see also Reduce, reuse, repair & recycle CarrotMob, CarrotMobUK Fair trade promotions	Wanted pages Buy Nothing Day Fair Trade towns	other ideas Procott, the flip side of boycott. A movement to support the production and purchase of earth-friendly and justice-friendly goods and services. Eco-product supplies Co-purchasing clubs Sustainable tourism initiatives Equipment sharing lobbying for Government action to enforce the use of bio-degradable plastic bags by supermarkets

[edit] Resources

• 16 pain-free ways to help save the planet, by Maxine Holdsworth with Paul Steedman, National Consumer Council, March 2005 - The report looks at 16 creative sustainable consumption schemes from around the world and analyses them to see whether they'd work here in the UK. All use incentives, rather than the more usual penalties and finger-waving. This is the approach the NCC is recommending... Available for download from NCC website pdf 1.1MB

[edit] Random facts

• The clothing and textiles sector in the UK alone produces around 3.1 million tonnes of CO2, 2 million tonnes of waste and 70 million tonnes of waste water per year - with 1.5 million tonnes of unwanted clothing ultimately ending up in landfill. Source: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, February 20 2009

[edit] Related topics

• Global connections UK
• Seasonal UK
• Design and sustainability
• Fairtrade Fortnight UK
• Sustainable consumption controversy

[edit] External links

A number of sources already provide links to the growing array of commercial websites. These don't need to be duplicated here.

• cars and CO2 campaign website
• Ethical Consumer
• The Shopper's Guide to GM Information from Greenpeace
• Buy Recycled
• Natural Death Centre
• Tourism Concern
• Fairtrade Foundation
• Buy nothing day
• Consumer Products and the Environment - Information from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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