Green Purchasing UK 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


 * 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