Take recycling to a new level with a “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster. Millions of copies were printed on the eve of World War II, but never displayed. And now the message has taken on a new lease with a different meaning in our credit crunched troubled times.

The simple five-word message is the very model of British restraint and stiff upper lip. Keep calm and carry on. Two-and-a-half million copies of “Keep Calm” were printed, to be distributed should a national catastrophe occur, but thankfully they remained in storage throughout the war.

Recent demand has seen 1000’s of orders being placed every month, and customers include 10 Downing Street and assorted embassies. The design has now been reproduced on T-shirts and coffee mugs, shopping bags and cufflinks.

You can’t beat the British Stiff Upper Lip

Turn your old mobile phones into cash and help reduce the landfill sites filling up with unwanted electrical goods.

Most people, when they take out a new mobile phone contract, receive an new mobile phone which means their old one is either binned or put in a drawer and forgot about until the next spring clean. Mobile Phone Xchange are one of the biggest recyclers of mobile phones with exclusive partnerships with some of the largest players in the mobile phone industry.

Its not only a great way to get help the environment, you do your bit for the environment by recycling your old phone and at the same time earn money. Statistics show that over 1 person per household has an old phone, which is just put in a drawer somewhere.

There are close to one million phones upgraded every month when new contracts are taken out.

Remember 12 inch singles, double A sides and Vynil 45’s? We often wondered what happened to everyones record collection once the CD was introduced and became the death of vynil records.

We’ve since found that your much loved Mowtown record has been removed from its sleeve and cut to make an impressive retro looking set of coasters!

Each of these funky coasters is a unique one-off, cut from old vinyl records and carefully sealed to protect it from any spillages. Trust us, they really do make a very eye-catching tableware.

These make a great gift and are perfect for anyone who cares about the environment and is adamant that vinyl will never die!

Recycled carboard playhouses? Whatever next!

Environmentaly friendly, sturdy and fun, these playhouses from BabiPur are such great fun for children, they are a blank canvas for children to play, create & decorate using paint, collage, pens & crayons, limited only by their imagination.

An innovative concept in creative toys , the card is engineered to be robust and sturdy and each construction is easy to assemble and fold away flat when not in use.

Not just for the girls! BabiPur have introduced a Cardboard Rocket, Recycled Fortress and an Eco Friendly Den to their ranges of products.
 

We know it sounds gross and wrong on so many levels, but stick with us on this one.

Polypropylene was widely used in furniture from the 1960’s and more recently can be found in ropes, thermal underwear, carpets and the lids of tic-tacs.

As you can imagine, with all the different uses of this man made thermoplastic polymer, it often ends up on the rubbish dump where it sits for years.

Now a young UK based designer has decided to give second hand thermal underwear a new lease of life by transforming them, and other Polypropylene products, into lampshades!

This understated pendant lampshade, 1 of 3 simple, yet striking designs, is made from 100% recyclable polypropylene

If, like most people, you never have enough time to eat your 5 portions of fruit and veg, the Graze could be the answer to your problems!

Originally setup by 7 friends who found that whilst working 5 days a week, it was often a struggle to cram in all the goodness the nutritional experts demand us to. Instead of sitting down for a healthy lunch, at noon it would be a rush to grab a sandwich before returning to theirt desk to carry on with work.

Sound familiar?

They decided to pack in their day jobs and built the graze kitchen where they now spend their time sourcing the fruit and veg we should all be eating. They then cut, slice and peel it before placing into a little cardboard box and delivering it direct to your office.

All the packaging is either 100% biodegradable and 100% recyclable or made from recycled materials meaning we can finally cut out the plastic wrap our bananas come in, and the polystyrene trays holding out plums in position.

This eco-friendly bag is a bit different to what you will find in the high street stores. Colourful and fun it is, environmentally damaging its not!

All these bags are eco-friendly having been made from recycled juice packs by a women’s cooperative in the Phillipines. The juice pack bags are a complete range of bags, purses and accessories made from recycled juice packs, the non-biodegradable foil and plastic packaging that would otherwise go into landfill sites and incinerators. They come in a range of styles and colours, and make a great eco friendly gift.

The big question is… are you willing to be seen out and about with a recycled handbag, or will you wait until a celebrity is seen with one clutched to their arm!