shopping

Shop on High St. selling Natural Soaps and Skincare products which are free from Palm Oil, Sulphates and Preservatives........handcrafted in Store

All parts of textiles and shoes, bags and belts can be recycled and reused – even into industrial rags or underfelt, so never just bin them. Give good quality clean items to Jumble sales or charity shops, for reuse and resale, and thus fundraising, or second-best place them in clothing skips at supermarket recycling centres, and at Battlefield HRC, which also has a skip for
- Bras - recycled for Cancer Research or take them to M&S who pass them on to Oxfam.

- H & M, Castle St, Shrewsbury, will receive and recycle your old clean clothes, proceeds going to charities. They have an organic range.

Stitch in Time, Mardol, Shrewsbury.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Altered Image, St. Mary's St.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The Sewing Machine, 10-11 High St.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Shrewsbury Top Tailoring. Lower Ground Floor, Pride Hill Shopping Centre.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Skincare products made with biodynamic ingredients

No longer a shop in the town, they are still available on line ! Organic, ethically sourced and produced, range of fashion clothing made from soya, bamboo, hemp etc.,  plus handmade cosmetics and vegan/cruelty free perfumes 

A marketplace for fair and sustainable goods , owned by its users

Put bottles and jars in the green box for recycling collections.

Pyrex, window glass or incandescent light bulb glass can’t be recycled -  there's a special skip at Battlefield HRC, also for used fluorescent lights.

Cheese plates, olive dishes, spoon rests and lemon boards, made of recycled green and blue glass bottles by Sarah Hill, T: 01939 236 478  www.sarahhillglass.co.uk

(There is a box for special glass donations for Sarah Hill at Battlefield Recycling Centre)

Hand made . Have a vegan range, and will resole their shoes. Run workshops.

Ethical & Fairtrade Fashion and Jewellery.

There may be some family jewellery, or buy from antique shops or commission local skilled crafts people to make bespoke jewellery, 
or choose ethically-mined and sold gold - this makes a lot of difference to the lives of miners and their communities.

A UK gov website with loads of useful tips on caring for your clothes including mending, washing and recycling.

Lots of clothes, toys, household goods and cosmetics, mail order.

 Organic, fair trade cotton fabric shop. Mail order too..


PETA People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

They say ‘ Animals are NOT ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment or abuse in any way.’ Peta is a American organisation campaigning for cruelty-free clothing, animal friendly lifestyles. They say – keep wildlife out of your wardrobe (leather and fur).

Since March 2013, experiments on animals for cosmetics have been banned in the EU.

greengrocer and grocery, some organic, some local. Refills Ecover cleaning products. Some kitchenware and assorted goodies.  Now have a veg and fruit box delivery scheme.

We've noticed how many rags end up being burnt in the incinerator at Battlefield.  Unnecessary waste, as all the 16 charity shops in Shrewsbury can earn extra money from selling on their rags to rag merchants, who can sell on for  re-manufacture for texitle products like carpet underlay etc.  To help the charities out, please make sure whether you are giving them clothes and white goods, or rags, and label the bag so it's clear. They ask that no-one leaves any bags outside their premises after closing time, as these canNOT be used due to possible contamination.   See also clothes.

Try out a Bamboo toothbrush. Completely recyclable!

can be repaired and resoled, at a fraction of the original purchase cost. Most charity shops or clothes banks will be able to reuse or recycle them. Or Clarks, in Pride Hill Shopping Centre, will recycle for UNICEF.
 

Sells lots of ethically produced  foods in small or large quantities.

Good choice of dry herbs and spices .Can buy very small amounts of spices, herbs and loose herbal teas  etc

Also organic flours, natural toothpaste and soaps wrapped in paper, and deodorants in cardboard, not plastic. 

Take  clean clothing, bedlinen and  textiles - even clean rags and shoes to Charity shops, where they are bought by the public for re-use  or sold on to textile dealers who sort for re-use or recycling.  Or put in textile skips at supermarkets, or at Battlefield HRC .
(Please don’t put in duvets or pillows or rugs – these could be offered to Home Essentials, if in good condition, or local dog’s homes.)

Seconds Out, Bomere Heath, Shrewsbury SY4 3AP.  T: 01939 290272 have been collecting in bulk for 30 years, (from charity shops, car boots sales and in the past, jumble sales) - clean clothes, rags, bedlinen and shoes, mostly for reuse in developing countries.

A charity which recycles and remakes textiles into new clothes, sold in their London shops or online, to fund health and education projects abroad.
Also does education projects in the Uk on making new clothes from used.  http://www.traidremade.com

 Leather-free shoes for men and women, shop and mail order.

 A new textile process - an ecostitching technology which allows garments to be selectively disassembled at end of life, the seams can be processed to fall apart, and then the garments can be re-used in various ways.

Products from Wenkock Edge Farm (Meats) plus ,fresh meat, eggs, milk, cheese ,bread, veg........

Plus locally produced (Longville) Shropshire County Oils and other local goodies.