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Textile dyes: how do our clothes get those beautiful colours?

9 April 2025

shopping clothing footprint

Very cosy all those bright colours and prints in your wardrobe, but where do those bright colours actually come from? That story is often a little less...

Help greenwashing! Are you being misled by green claims?

26 March 2025

grocery tips shopping marketing footprint trends

Arrgh! Thought you'd made a more sustainable purchase, turns out you've fallen victim to greenwashing! No! You have been vulgarly misled by clever marketing tricks....

Green Energy Day: the day all renewable energy runs out for this year

22 March 2025

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24 March 2025 has been declared Green Energy Day. That sounds like a holiday, but unfortunately it is less festive. It is the day when...

Vegan potting soil and garden soil? Why isn't all potting soil animal-friendly?

14 March 2025

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Whether you are an enthusiastic balcony gardener, an avid urban farmer or your home now resembles a veritable urban jungle - sooner or later you will have...

How durable is aluminium foil around an Easter egg?

10 March 2025

household tips recycling Easter footprint

Hooray, it's time for Easter eggs again! At thegreenlist.nl, we are as happy as an egg to see that these days there are eggs in almost every...

Microplastics from your shoe soles?

24 February 2025

shopping shoes footprint

Oh dear, you've just bought a pair of fine, perhaps second-hand footwear, turns out there's a new problem: the shoe soles! The soles of many shoes pose a...

Offsetting your business activities

18 February 2025

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As an entrepreneur or sole trader with sustainable ambitions, you naturally want to do as little harm as possible with your business activities, but zero waste, CO2 emissions, environmental pollution or resource use...

Sustainable toilet paper, does it exist?

12 February 2025

personal care footprint grocery tips

Fat chance you use it every day: toilet paper. In the Netherlands, we use an average of 57 sheets of toilet paper per person per day, which adds up to a daily...

A sustainable flower on Valentine's Day

7 February 2025

holiday season shopping gift ideas footprint

Whether it is for your great love, a secret crush or your ex: a bunch of flowers remains a popular choice on Valentine's Day. But those...

How do you organise a sustainable children's party?

3 February 2025

footprint birthday kids tips

If living more sustainably with children is already a party, then of course a sustainable children's party is totally awesome. With a little creativity, you can make it super fun...

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