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Jeans are the nation’s favourite trousers.  Probably the world’s favourite trousers. Match them with anything. Dress them up, dress them down. Heels, trainers, flip flops, flats, hiking shoes and boots, t-shirts, jumpers, tunics, shirts and jackets – any will work!

I don’t know about you, but I find it a challenge to find a good pair of jeans that I like and that fit me well. Usually, about once every three years I find a winning pair that I cling to, wearing them whenever I can. Eventually they inevitably wear through and usually (for me) – in rather unfortunate places. I try to keep wearing them until they reach the officially ‘unwearable’ stage, but at some point you have to say goodbye.

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Plastic Bag Freedom?

A customer posted a review on our Degradable Swing Bin Liners this week, saying “We’ve just ordered these bags for the second time. They are really good. They are large and strong enough like a normal bin bag but they are degradable and don’t harm the environment as much. If everyone was using these, can you imagine what a difference it would make?” and it got me thinking, imagining.

Good point.

What would it be like?

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Here at the Ethical Superstore offices we always try to think eco. Our light bulbs are all energy saving, our staff kitchen boasts an Eco Kettle, and we recycle all of the paper and card that we can get our hands on.

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We’re proud to sell products from ethical companies that take an interest in our wonderful planet and put that into practice in their business.  There’s so much to consider when creating a thoroughly eco-friendly business; the sourcing of goods, the production of the goods, factory emissions, waste during and after production, transportation of the goods…  So it makes us happy to find that the outdoor clothing company, Patagonia, has taken being ethical one step further; making a promise to consider what happens to their goods even after they’ve been sold.

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