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Interviewing Finisterre Founder Tom Kay
By Joe Hicks Last week Joe Hicks Visited Finisterre to talk Cornwall, business and sustainability with founder Tom Kay to see how you can...
er244981
Apr 18, 20241 min read
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Watch out for The Incredible Bulk
As a nation, we go through a lot of plastic. According to Statista, UK households throw away around 100 billion pieces of plastic...
Emma Evans
Apr 12, 20241 min read
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Taking a look at Cornwall Scrap Store
Join Archie Stevens, as he takes a deep dive into the world of Cornwall Scrap Store, a hidden gem nestled in St Austell, Cornwall, UK. In...
Archie Stevens
Apr 10, 20241 min read
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Sustainable Art: The Artists creating Beautiful Eco-Friendly Artworks
Creative fields are leading the way in conversations around sustainability
Chloe Eathorne
Apr 6, 20242 min read
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House of Hellcat: The salon making hairdressing eco-friendly
Based in Penzance, Cornwall, owner and stylist Fen, talks all things recycling, vegan products, and green-washing.
Emily Reuben
Mar 22, 20241 min read
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Upcycle Kernow: Cornwall's Very Own Repair Shop
In the UK, around 155,000 tonnes of smaller electrical items end up in our household bins every year. These end up in landfill, where...
Emma Evans
Mar 22, 20241 min read
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Flexi-Hex: Meet Cornwall’s sustainable packaging innovators
Flexi-Hex is an innovative and sustainable packaging sleeve made from 100% recycled paper that helps protect fragile products in transit....
Pablo Woolls-Blanco
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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Falmouth University Fights Against Throwaway Culture with Second Hand Swap Shop
Did you know that the UK alone buys two tons of new clothing, which produces greater carbon emissions than driving a car... for 162,000...
Emma Evans
Mar 15, 20241 min read
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Sustainable Art: The Artists creating Beautiful Eco-Friendly Artworks (Full Article)
GWER reporter Chloé speaks to three artists with a connection to Cornwall who incorporate sustainability into their creative practice...
Chloe Eathorne
Mar 15, 202411 min read
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Cornish Spliced: How a family-run business is giving discarded fishing gear a new leash of life
Spliced – to join or connect (a rope or ropes) by interweaving the strands at the ends. ‘Grandad Plummer’ Frank, his two daughters Helen...
Jennifer Wearn
Mar 11, 20242 min read
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Loveland: The community fighting climate change
Tackling the biodiversity crisis with grass roots people power. Tucked off the main road through Penryn, behind St Gluvias church, what...
Tom Barwell-Best
Mar 1, 20244 min read
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Falmouth University’s answer to disposable vape wastage
How Ben Green is making tabletop robots with Elf Bar batteries. If I told you that disposable vapes are creating waste every day, you’ll...
Jennifer Wearn
Mar 1, 20242 min read
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Eco Chef: The Students Calling for Change
A group of students in Falmouth have taken it upon themselves to inspire their fellow students to start living more sustainably through...
Emma Evans
Mar 1, 20241 min read
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Cleaner Seas Group makes washing your clothes more eco-friendly
Founded in 2017 and based in Bude, Cornwall, Cleaner Seas Group is a purpose driven business that aims to develop solutions to...
Emily Reuben
Mar 1, 20242 min read
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The Plastic Cleaning Pirates: Clean Ocean Sailing
Gwer reporter Chloe Eathorne joins Clean Ocean Sailing volunteers for riverside clean in Malpas, Truro, to discuss ways in which we can...
Chloe Eathorne
Feb 27, 20241 min read
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Are DIY Bio-Plastics the answer to sustainable living? The work of Katherine KerrÂ
Katherine Kerr has an ambition to combat plastic pollution, one DIY kit at a time. Her design is catching the eyes of students across...
Archie Stevens
Feb 23, 20242 min read
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