As big business struggles to adapt to customers wishes for more eco-friendly products, small businesses are starting up. Here's a list.
BuyMeOnce (uk.bymeonce.com)
Founded in January 2016, this is a website that research and sell the longest lasting products "to save time, save money and save the planet". Cover clothing, kitchenware, electricals, leisure, beauty and zero waste.
Urban Green Company (urbangreencompany.co.uk).
Eco-friendly beeswax wraps to replace clingfilm # eco-friendly kitchen sponges # re-usable bamboo fabric pads.
Huski Home (huskihome.co.uk)
Natural grass straws made from bulrush stems (normally a waste product), so they are renewable and compostable.
Lush (uk.lush.com)
Started small with one shop in Poole, now have nearly 1,000 stores in several countries. A range of bath and shampoo products that don't need packaging. They neither test products on animals nor buy ingredients that have been tested on animals. 2020: they are trialing Fresh beauty products (fresh for only a couple of days) in their Paris store.
Sources: in Good Housekeeping, Nov. 2019 and March 2020.
