Live Greener

How you can live a greener life - solar power installation not required!

You don't need to make any drastic changes to your lifestyle - it's the little changes that can really make a difference - like adding a pack of Nouvelle Soft to your shopping list.

We all know we should recycle, but do we really understand why?

The UK imports around 61% of its consumption of paper and board and currently only recovers 57% of this consumption for recycling, the rest ending up in landfill. Paper is biodegradable, so if it is sent to landfill, it can decompose, producing methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas considered to be a significant cause of climate change.

But recycling by itself isn't enough. If we don't buy products made from recycled materials, then we're not completing the recycling loop. If we all choose recycled products such as Nouvelle Soft, there'll be a bigger incentive for manufacturers to use recycled materials in their products and for consumers to recycle more.

To make Nouvelle Soft, we recycle unwanted paper from the commercial sector, helping businesses lessen their effect on the environment and limiting the amount of waste going to landfill. Nouvelle Soft is manufactured by Georgia-Pacific. For more in-depth information on Nouvelle's environmental credentials click here.

There are other positive effects of recycling. If everyone in the UK recycled all their newspapers and magazines it would save local authorities an estimated £100 million in waste and disposal costs every year. Imagine what could be done with that money!

Nouvelle Soft is a great way to start going green. Changing your habits can also be easy, cheap and fun. Just have a look at some of our inspirational and encouraging ideas in the tips on the menu bar above.