The Sustainable Marketplace

We’re still pinching ourselves that the amazing @therejuliabradbury made this video for us. Julia tried out one Team Sikel's brilliant coin purses made from repurposed bicycle inner tubes - thank you Julia!⁣ ⁣ We love that we have so many creative people in our ethical marketplace, coming up with amazing ways to turn trash into treasure. We are so proud of every single vendor for caring & we’re so grateful for them joining forces with us to help create even more change.⁣ ⁣ For every purchase made at wastelessmarket.com tree's are planted & a contribution made towards vital climate crisis projects. We can’t do this without you, thank you for being part of the journey 💚🌍🌱

We're so excited to announce our Wasteless Essentials range to our lovely Instagram followers! 🌱⁣ ⁣ Find these products and more using the link in our bio. Everything that we're selling can be collected with free pickup on Friday's 10am-6pm & Sunday's 10am-4pm from our Hub in The Conservation Room at The Exchange, Walnut Tree Road, Erith DA8 1RS or alternatively be delivered using perfectly good pre-used packaging or a new 100% recycled cardboard box, with FREE delivery on orders over £40 ♻📦⁣ ⁣ Remember that every purchase plants trees and supports Gold Standard certified climate crisis solution projects that are in line with the United Nation's 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) to transform our world 🌍⁣ ⁣ To top it off, we also plant a tree for every newsletter subscriber 🌳

It’s #WastelessWednesday - today is about electricals ⚡ ⁣ ⁣ Only around 30% of electricals are recycled, which means the rest is ending up in landfill! Small items like cables, that can be thrown away in rubbish sacks have particularly low recycling rates. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ It is estimated that the total number of cables hoarded in UK homes (140 million), could circle the earth more than 5 times! ⁣ ⁣⁣ Most electronics use precious materials that will one day run out, so making the effort to take electricals to be recycled can make a huge difference. Your local tip will have an electrical recycling area ♻ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ One of the Wasteless Market team upcycled her pretty kettle into a plant pot! She chose a succulent to plant it it, as they don’t need much watering. So when it’s ready to be recycled, the precious metals won’t have been damaged.⁣ ⁣ Did you know that you can recycle electricals? ⁣ ⁣ •⁣ •⁣ •⁣ •⁣ •

Today’s spotlight is on Jonathan, the face behind Woodsloths ⁣ ⁣ Why did you start your business? ⁣ During time in South East Asia, I was really inspired by the variety and creative uses of bamboo, and particularly bamboo straws. When I got home, I discovered my friend had bamboo growing in her garden, which her parents needed cutting – I tackled the bamboo bush and started making gifts for friends and family; it was a win-win! Then people started encouraging me to sell them, and it all took off from there!⁣ ⁣ What was the reason you started living an eco lifestyle?⁣ It depends what you mean by an eco lifestyle! I don’t see it as simply making ‘ethical’ or ‘sustainable’ consumption choices (a lifestyle that is limited to those with a certain privilege), but also as living in a way that sees no separation between humans and nature. It’s also about fighting for environmental and social justice through campaigns, solidarity, and action. I guess the root of why I started living this way is just a love for people and planet, and a desire for justice.⁣ ⁣ What’s the strangest thing you’ve had written on a straw? ⁣ Good question! I once met a hedgehog on a train, and their human companion asked for a straw with a hedgehog on.⁣ ⁣ What have you got planned next? ⁣ I’ve been enjoying making my new ‘half-pipe’ bamboo planters. I have a tray of mini cacti and decorative shelling ready to fill them for the relaunch of the Wasteless Market events in August, which coincidentally is in my hometown Beckenham!⁣ ⁣ We really do feel so grateful to have created a marketplace that brings so many inspiring people together 🥰 ⁣ ⁣ If you’d like to buy a personalised bamboo straw, hit the link in the bio 🍹

We so love seeing you enjoying your purchases 💚⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ It makes our day to see photos of you with your products, don’t forget to tag us & use our hashtag so that we can create a little eco community - sharing tips and ideas with each other 💚⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ So next time you purchase from us at wastelessmarket.com please share your goodies using the #wastelessmarket - we'll even share some of them to our grid (with your permission of course)⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ We want to shout loud and proud about you amazing people, that are enabling us to contribute to projects that are helping to combat climate change, as well as planting all important trees⁣...1027 so far!! 🌱🥳⁣ ⁣⁣ Thank you so much for supporting our small businesses, it means the world - literally 🌎

🌱 10 MILLION TREES HAVE BEEN PLANTED 🌱 Not just by our wastelessmarket.com sales...maybe one day! But thanks to everyone that has purchased with us - you are part of that incredible figure We are partnered with @ecologi_hq who had some more exciting news that we wanted to share with you... 🌳 UK Tree-Planting Project News! 🌳 You all know Phil Sturgeon, one of our top Ecologi champions. After planting a whopping 100,000 trees with us, he realised there was a lot of scope for planting trees on agricultural lands. That’s why, together with his awesome team he founded his own charity, Protect Earth @growingthetrees to do just that!

From today, Protect Earth’s trees have been added to our portfolio of UK tree-planting projects available to all UK Ecologi subscribers. Here’s what you need to know about this new Ecologi partnership 👇 👨🏼‍🌾 Trees are planted on unused pieces of farmland 🌱 Species are carefully selected for each site and soil type, based on advice from conservation experts 🍃Trees can act as wildlife corridors throughout the farmland, and enrich the soil with nitrogen and other nutrients 📌 Each tree’s photo & GPS location coordinates are recorded 🧮 Over 1500 trees have been planted in the UK so far in Wales, Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds 🙌 Our community members can volunteer to be part of the tree-planting events! Photo credit: @growingthetrees #ecologi #forest #treestagram #woods #treescape #naturelover #nonprofit #naturegram #naturewalk #volunteering #uk #planttrees #makeadifference #zerowaste #zerowastelifestyle #zerowasteliving #veganuary #zerowasteweek #reducewaste #lovewhereyoulive # #visitwales #nature_seekers #socialgood #climatecrisis #climatechange #waronplastic #natureisbeautiful #vegan #marchmeetthemaker #bekind

This weeks #wastelesswednesday falls on #StopFoodWasteDay ⁣ ⁣ The last two weeks have been all about food waste, so we thought we’d make it a trio! If you missed them, go check them out for some great tips on how to reduce food waste ⁣ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⁣ 🍓 Every year in the UK 4.5 million tonnes of food end up in landfill, which is down from 11.2 million in 2007 💚 which just goes to show that our little changes do make a difference, & that people are making changes 🌍 let’s keep going! ⁣ ⁣ 🥕 Over 1/3 of all food produced globally is lost or wasted every year.⁣ ⁣ 🥦 All the world’s nearly one billion hungry people could be fed on less than a quarter of the food that is wasted in the US, UK and Europe. ⁣ ⁣ 🍌 We love these inventive ideas by @ecowithem_ on things to do with old banana peels - some of them may surprise you! ⁣ ⁣ We’d love to hear your food waste tips...⁣ ⁣ @stop_food_waste_day

We’ve got a zero waste product with your name on it...literally! ⁣ ⁣ The pubs have reopened, & life seems to be gradually returning. Our bamboo straws by the wonderful Woodsloth’s, are sure to be a conversation starter ⁣ ⁣ They’re biodegradable & made from bamboo sourced from the UK too ⁣ ⁣ They’re one of our best sellers & have five 5⭐ reviews - so you don’t have to take our word for their awesomeness ⁣ ⁣ ‘It’s just one straw said 8 billion people’ - we don’t know who coined this quote, but we do know that it got us thinking ⁣ ⁣ If ever you feel like what you’re doing doesn’t make a difference, just imagine a pile of 8 billion straws & you’ll be reminded that your ‘little’ choices add up to make a big difference. Click the link in the bio to get your very own personalised reusable straw ⁣ ⁣ As with all of our products, we plant trees & fund climate crisis projects with every purchase 🌱⁣ ⁣ We’ve planted 1,027 trees so far & we couldn’t have done it without you 🌍⁣ ⁣ Cheers to that🍹 Grab your personalised straw with the link in our bio or visit wastelessmarket.com/woodsloths

Today is Earth Day 2021! ⁣ ⁣ It's the World's largest environmental movement and every year on April 22nd, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Focused on promoting clean living and a healthy, sustainable habitat for people and wildlife and repairing the world's ecosystems, celebrating Earth Day serves as a conscious reminder of how fragile our planet is and how important it is to protect it.🌍⁣ ⁣ This year the theme for Earth Day is 'Restore Our Earth' and the perfect time to look at what we do at wastelessmarket.com⁣ ⁣ Wasteless Market is an online multi-vendor marketplace, where people join together to reduce waste and fight climate change through the selling and purchasing of items that help to reduce our impact on the world. Everything you'll find at Wasteless Market is better for you and better for our environment, everything is packaged and sent without any single-use plastic in sight and for every purchase, we plant trees and offset carbon by donating to our partner @ecologi_hq, who then invests the money into Gold Standard certified climate crisis solution projects, such as turning waste biogas into electricity in Thailand and the distribution of fuel efficient cookstoves in Honduras to name just two.⁣ ⁣ Together by using the Wasteless Market platform, we have now planted 1,027 trees and we think it's time we gave ourselves a ruddy goody good pat on the back!⁣ ⁣ A thousand trees is a lot in the face of this climate crisis, but let's not stop here, let's keep the ball rolling.⁣ ⁣ Take a look at our forest with the link in our bio or visit us at wastelessmarket.com⁣ ⁣ Together We Can Make a Difference 💚

You seemed to enjoy last weeks food waste post, so we decided to share some apps for this weeks #wastelesswednesday We’d love to hear if you’ve tried any of them, or know of some others that we’ve missed? 🍉@toogoodtogo.uk 🍎@olio.app 🍓@plantjammer 🥕@sharewaste . . . . . #foodwaste #zerowaste #sustainability #waronplastic #ecofriendly #foodporn #nowaste #vegan #savetheplanet #instafood #wastelessmarket #zerowasteliving #environment #healthylifestyle #plasticfree #reducewaste #wasteless #lesswaste #zerofoodwaste #nofoodwaste #veganuary #whatveganseat #veganfoodshare #vegansofinstagram #veganlifestyle #olio #toogoodtogo #sharewaste #plantjammer