shopping

The first 100% organic maternity range and general organic clothing for adults and children.

Have you always wanted to get involved a clothes swap but don't know where to start?

Are you concerned about the effect on the environment of fast fashion? Do you question the working conditions of those in the garment making industry in developing countries? Do you want to consume less and recycle more?

Jackie and Naomi have been organising neighbourhood clothes swaps for 10 years and they would love to share their simple, no frills formula to running a successful clothes swap in your street/ group.

email us at jackiejonesfacebook@gmail.com for free help and advice.

Try to choose containers that may be recyclable, with minimal packaging. e.g. glass perfume bottles can be recycled with jars and wine bottles, most plastic pots can be recycled in the plastic kerbside collection.  A wide rang of soaps, of course, are sold in paper wrappers - easily recyclable.  See plastics section for details about how cosmetics and beauty products have tiny microbeads in their ingredients, which are causing havoc for marine and land life.  Their use will only be partially banned, so please investigate carefully these products. The Shrewsbury United Reformed Church will take certain cosmetic plastics for recycling,  ( see www.surc.co.uk)

Local Whitchurch company, sometimes in the markets in the Square, selling loads of creams, sometimes made of goats milk or honey,  that are good for skin conditions, such as eczema, psoriasis, etc.

Wholefoods and local breads. Fair trade rugs and goods

Original eco-friendly clothing

email: info@followtheriver.co.uk

Greenoptionszerowaste is a single use plastic free store. The idea is simple, bring your own container and refill. There is a large range of dried foodstuffs, spices, teas, oils, cleaning liquids and multi-use items. There is a till system that allows people to self-serve ( help will be available), and lots of tips and advice on how to cook or use any of the products. There's lots to see, try out and explore with new stock available upon popular demand. They offer a choice to alternative consumption, with a closer connection to what we buy and use. Open 6th April Tuesday-Saturday 9.30-5.00


Shop and mail order:
Eco goods and garments.


Small stall in the market hall, Shrewsbury.

Sells organic sustainable ethical; Wine, Coffee and Tea, inc loose tea.

Coming monthly to Castlefields Community Hall, selling lots of plant-baseed and chemical-free kitchen and bathroom- friendly products, like Faith in Nature and bio D washing products, and refilling your containers - to reduce plastic use. See their website and Castlefields facebook page for dates, times, etc.

When finished with, and cleaned, these can be posted to an animal sanctuary in Scotland because they are ideal for cleaning the feathers of wildlife in their care!

Ethical, Organic, Beauty and health products.

 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 are thrown away.  If you want to sell your rags, take them bagged to the demountable shed near TK MAXX at the Meole Brace car park.  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.

Hair stylists who sell Aveda bodycare products, and less harmfull hair colourings