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• Caught short: lack of recycled toilet paper in UK ‘fuelling deforestation’

  24-06-2023 17:07
  
  Less office waste material during Covid has led big lavatory roll makers to cut amount of recycled paper in tissues, according to consumer bodyHoarding during the Covid-19 pandemic underlined just how important loo roll is to the British public. But working from home had another unexpected effect: less waste paper from offices, which means less recycled material to make toilet roll.New research by Ethical Consumer magazine shows that the three main toilet brands have cut the amount of recycled p
  
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• Hybrid working: reshaping local high streets

  24-06-2023 06:00 via ft.com
  Retail vacancy rates have improved in locations outside central London’s zone one
  
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• Investigation reveals UK’s freshest and least fresh online groceries

  24-06-2023 01:01
  
  Shoppers for consumer group Which? ordered 1,800 items to test the average shelf life at six retailersFrom out-of-date frankfurters to bashed brie, online food shopping can be a lottery, especially when it comes to the groceries’ shelf life, according to an investigation by the consumer group Which?.Groceries delivered by Sainsbury’s were found to have the shortest average time left before their use-by dates, according to the items received by a team of 12 mystery shoppers located ar
  
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