I managed to score a gorgeous linen duvet set that fits my stupidly-large bed.
It's from M&S's super duper range. A button hole is damaged but who cares? I got a weighty, crisp, full cotton spread and pillow cases for £4.
They're usually north of £50! I found a cool charity shop.
The guys seem to approve. I'll leave them be.
Louis Rossmann reminds us that https://consumerrights.wiki/ is a collaborative community project.
Europe’s supermarket shelves packed with ‘misleading’ claims about recycled plastic packaging
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/33471447 [https://slrpnk.net/post/33471447] > cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/24447292 [https://beehaw.org/post/24447292] > > > > Europe’s supermarket shelves are packed with brands billing their plastic packaging as sustainable, but often only a fraction of the materials are truly recovered from waste, with the rest made from petroleum. > > > > > > Brands using plastic packaging – from Kraft’s Heinz Beanz to Mondelēz’s Philadelphia – use materials made by the plastic manufacturing arm of the oil company Saudi Aramco. > > > > > > The Saudi state-owned holding opposes production cuts under the UN plastic treaty and is the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitter (more than 70m tonnes up to 2023). > > > > > > Aramco’s petrochemical subsidiary, Sabic, along with other big players, devised a successful way to rebrand their harmful business as “planet saver”. They label plastic as “circular” and climate-friendly, although in practice it remains almost entirely fossil-based, exacerbating global warming and the plastic crisis. > > > > > > Under industry pressure, Europe is on track to legalise this practice, which independent experts have described as greenwashing, with lax EU rules set to take effect in 2026 and similar UK regulations to be enforced as of 2027.
Europe’s supermarket shelves packed with ‘misleading’ claims about recycled plastic packaging
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/33471447 [https://slrpnk.net/post/33471447] > cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/24447292 [https://beehaw.org/post/24447292] > > > > Europe’s supermarket shelves are packed with brands billing their plastic packaging as sustainable, but often only a fraction of the materials are truly recovered from waste, with the rest made from petroleum. > > > > > > Brands using plastic packaging – from Kraft’s Heinz Beanz to Mondelēz’s Philadelphia – use materials made by the plastic manufacturing arm of the oil company Saudi Aramco. > > > > > > The Saudi state-owned holding opposes production cuts under the UN plastic treaty and is the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitter (more than 70m tonnes up to 2023). > > > > > > Aramco’s petrochemical subsidiary, Sabic, along with other big players, devised a successful way to rebrand their harmful business as “planet saver”. They label plastic as “circular” and climate-friendly, although in practice it remains almost entirely fossil-based, exacerbating global warming and the plastic crisis. > > > > > > Under industry pressure, Europe is on track to legalise this practice, which independent experts have described as greenwashing, with lax EU rules set to take effect in 2026 and similar UK regulations to be enforced as of 2027.
low-tech cellphone recs for someone in the US?
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/32733945 [https://slrpnk.net/post/32733945] > housemate and I are sick of smartphone AI and spyware!! looking for cheap, refurbished cellphones from the 00s > - the problem: all models we have found run on 2G, which is rapidly being phased out by all US carriers > - desired features: basic call and text functionality, durability, physical buttons, fits in pocket
Maybe the Default Settings Are Too High
https://www.raptitude.com/2025/12/maybe-the-default-settings-are-too-high/
#slowLife #minimalism #decroissance #AntiConsumption #anticonsumerism #degrowth #slowliving #lotr
Dare to be inconvenienced.
We have been trained to prioritize "seamless" experiences over ethical ones. But every convenience has a hidden cost, whether it is labor rights, environmental impact, or the erosion of privacy.
Efficiency is a metric for machines, not for a meaningful life. When we stop choosing products solely for their convenience, we reclaim our agency. We choose local over global, human over algorithm, and sustainable over instant.
What would happen if we stopped using services that do very little good for society, even if it means taking the long way around?
#DareToBeInconvenienced #DareToBe #EthicalLiving #Intentionality #SlowWeb #noai #DigitalSovereignty #deGoogle #privacy #privacymatters #humanscale #degrowth #EthicalConsumerism #SupportLocal #AntiConsumption #LaborRights #SimpleLiving #Mindfulness #LowTech
What your cheap clothes cost the planet
The Atacama desert in Chile is one of the most beautiful and forbidding places on Earth, so dry that it’s sometimes used by scientists to test run Mars missions. Most years the area sees less than half a centimeter of rain, but this past September unusually heavy precipitation brought forth a desert bloom, blanketing the ground with delicate purple flowers that disappeared as quickly as they’d appeared. It was a rare treat for locals used to grimmer ornamentation: Since 2001, colorful mountains of used clothing have been the main feature growing across the Atacama. By the time the largest mound was set on fire in 2022, it contained some 100,000 tons of discarded fabric, roughly the weight of an aircraft carrier. Today, piles like it continue to grow. This fashion graveyard has become so large that some outlets have dubbed it the “great fashion garbage patch.” It owes its growth to the nearby duty-free port of Iquique, where Chile imports all manner of international goods without customs or taxes — including heaps of used clothing from the United States, Europe, and Asia. While the best items are resold to international markets, overwhelming volumes of cheap fast-fashion pieces don’t make the cut. Instead, they are dumped in the desert — an open secret that the government largely ignores. The burnings, whether they’re intended to destroy the evidence or make more space, fill nearby towns with smoky, unhealthy air. Activists have been fighting against this desert dumping for years, documenting the burnings and suing both the federal and local governments to stop it. But the real blame for Chile’s mess lies beyond the country’s borders. From the moment these garments are spun from fibers to the time of their undignified disposal, they are part of a vast global pollution machine — one that has grown massively as the world economy has globalized and factories have begun pumping out ever-cheaper, ever-faster styles to customers half a world away. This new hyper-vast, hyper-fast-fashion system is phenomenally destructive. Today, the clothing trade generates some 170 billion garments a year — roughly half of which wind up being thrown out within that year, and almost all of which despoil the world’s land, air, and seas. In the process, it generates as much as 10 percent of all planet-warming emissions, making it the second-largest industrial polluter, while also holding the distinction of being the world’s second-largest consumer and polluter of water. When all its many offenses are cataloged and counted, fashion is the third-most-polluting industry on the planet, after energy and food.
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