The Big Picture
The environment's at the heart of all our work.
Welcome to the First Mile features and hot topics that make us tick.
World Environment Day – Focus on Desertification & Restoration
Desertification is a growing problem across the globe that requires urgent action and the focus of World Environment Day 2024 on June 5th.
Why Is Landfill So Bad?
To strive towards a cleaner, greener and more sustainable future, we need to face the issues that are challenging us today.
Partnership with Here East
We’re excited, thrilled AND over the moon with our latest news. First Mile is partnering with Here East, a vibrant mix of organisations based in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
How businesses can fight Food Waste with Too Good To Go
Food waste contributes more to climate change than air travel and while 800 million people in the world go hungry, we waste one third of the food we grow.
10 books to read this Earth Day
If you’re motivated by the stories around Earth Day and want to learn more about climate change, or you’re a seasoned climate activist looking to discover some new reading, we hope you’ll find something on our book list.
First Mile Recycling Standard 2023
As part of our commitment to sustainability, each January we reward our customers with a Recycling Standard certificate to celebrate their recycling efforts for the previous year.
The problem with E-Waste: a Conversation Anthony Levy, The Sustainable IT Guy
In our latest Climate Heroes podcast episode, we're excited to be joined by Anthony Levy, also known as The Sustainable IT Guy and founder of Circularity First. Anthony is one of the people leading the charge in tackling electronic waste (e-waste) - a growing issue that demands our immediate attention.
Reducing Packaging Waste: A sustainable Christmas with GoUnpackaged
In our latest episode of Climate Heroes, we spoke to Catherine Conway, Director of GoUnpackaged, a business dedicated to helping consumers reduce their single-use packaging footprint by transitioning innovative reuse systems and refillable alternatives.
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