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Love Stock Hate Waste interview: Luks Linen - Buy Me Once UK

Love Stock Hate Waste interview: Luks Linen

For our second Love Stock Hate Waste interview, we wanted to speak to Rachel Ward, founder of Luks Linen. Read what she has to say about the issue of retail waste, as well as the joys and challenges of being a small business.
Love Stock Hate Waste interview: Elvis & Kresse - Buy Me Once UK

Love Stock Hate Waste interview: Elvis & Kresse

As part of our Love Stock Hate Waste petition, we’re interviewing some of the brilliant CEOs who have taken our pledge to never purposefully destroy stock. We thought it fitting to start with Elvis & Kresse, who make luxury accessories from waste materials.
Our petition aims to end the trashing of unsold goods. Will you sign? - Buy Me Once UK

Our petition aims to end the trashing of unsold goods. Will you sign?

Did you know? The pointless destruction of new, unsold products is common practice for many retailers. Whistleblowing and undercover footage have offered a glimpse into the waste generated by the...
Can she fix it? Our CEO tries FixIt sticks - Buy Me Once UK

Can she fix it? Our CEO tries FixIt sticks

As someone who has ranted about things breaking too often for the last 10 years, I’m always interested when I hear about innovative fixing solutions. Fixits claim they can come to the rescue when super glue, sticky tape or needle and thread just won’t do the trick.

Our team was impressed, but I was keen to try them out personally. While the ideal solution would be for manufacturers to make sturdier products, what if you already have something that’s broken? Can Fixits really help?

Meet the Maker: Luks Linen - Buy Me Once UK

Meet the Maker: Luks Linen

We’ve been huge fans of Lüks Linen’s Turkish textiles for many years now. From their signature peshtemals - traditional Turkish bath towels - to their luxurious dressing gowns and blankets, they’re...
Meet the Maker: NONA Ocean Plastic Pegs - Buy Me Once UK

Meet the Maker: NONA Ocean Plastic Pegs

NONA are the brilliant brand behind these ultra-durable clothes pegs, made from recovered fishing nets and ropes that would otherwise be in landfill or polluting our oceans.

Next in our Meet the Maker series, we chat to founder Alex about these unique and seriously sustainable products.

Meet the Maker: GROUNDTRUTH - Buy Me Once UK

Meet the Maker: GROUNDTRUTH

For the latest instalment of our Meet the Maker series, we interviewed GROUNDTRUTH CEO Georgia Scott about how she and her sisters founded their remarkable recycled accessories brand.
Meet the Maker: Suri - Buy Me Once UK

Meet the Maker: Suri

One of the most exciting products we've launched in recent months is the Suri sustainable electric toothbrush. Whilst we would never add a product to Buy Me Once that our team doesn't...
Meet the Maker: Elliot Organics - Buy Me Once UK

Meet the Maker: Elliot Organics

Welcome to the very first instalment in our ‘meet the maker’ series, where we’ll be offering a peek behind the scenes at some of the incredible brands on Buy Me...
Material stories: what is cotton? - Buy Me Once UK

Material stories: what is cotton?

Cotton is such a ubiquitous fabric, you probably haven’t given much thought to where it comes from. But aside from picturing fields of fluffy cotton-ball plants, how much do you really know about this natural fibre?
Twig - the bank of things. - Buy Me Once UK

Twig - the bank of things.

Twig call themselves a bank of things – Twig Pay is an app that enables you to pay for new things using the financial value of your old ones. Instantly. This brilliantly brings together the environmental benefit of circularity, simultaneously unlocking tangible value for us as consumers. Read on to find out more.
The Minirig 3 portable speaker (and subwoofer): a year review. - Buy Me Once UK

The Minirig 3 portable speaker (and subwoofer): a year review.

Minirig is a small company, so it’s likely you haven’t heard of them before. Bigger brands like Sonos, JBL and Bose have the marketing budgets to make more noise about their portable speakers. But within its price range, the Minirig is quietly (or not so quietly) outdoing them all.