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.

How to make a planet-friendly home

While we’re all spending more time at home, there are lots of changes that you can make to reduce the carbon footprint of your household. Here are three ways First Mile can help you greenify your home.

On Your Bike, Landfill

First Mile teams up with Lime to drive recycling of irreparable shared e-bikes.

Dunelm launches in-store textile recycling scheme as part of commitment to sustainability

Homewares retailer Dunelm is rolling out a textile recycling scheme in 10 of its UK stores, allowing customers to recycle old and unwanted household fabrics.

Five things we’re doing to clean up air pollution

For the past decade, many cities have surpassed their legal annual air pollution limit within the first month of the year, sometimes even within a matter of days.

How Does Green Energy Support Business Sustainability?

When it comes to tackling the climate crisis and being generally kinder to our planet, one of the most impactful steps for businesses is so switch to renewable energy.

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.

22 Facts About Renewable Energy

The world is waking up to renewable energy. It’s harmless, totally natural and often cheaper than non-renewable resources such as crude oil, coal and gases.

How recycling is a simple part of the climate change solution for businesses

As consumers and businesses demonstrate a keenness for greenness, it’s time to get serious about recycling.

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Supporting a Green Lockdown Part 2: three ways to come back greener in the kitchen

We’ve been promoting the #comebackgreener handle on social media to help drive the conversation during lockdown around how we can all make choices to help make a clean break from business as usual and address the urgent issues of climate change that still loom over the current disruption from Covid-19.

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