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• New DPD-based faster delivery for time critical items
• Recommend not using Royal Mail 2^nd Class after 15^th December for Christmas Gifts
• Royal Mail 1^st Class option remains, but cannot be guaranteed to take 24 hours

We are recommending that after orders placed from today (15^th December) onwards are at minimum using Royal Mail 1^st Class (£3.95) as we cannot guarantee that Royal Mail 2^nd Class (£2.95) will get there in time. If the parcel is time critical then we are offering the next day delivery service at £7, which will be using the DPD Next Day carbon neutral service.

IMMEDIATE RELEASE NON PLASTIC BEACH SALES UP 81% DESPITE COVID-19 CHALLENGES 3rd December, 2020 South-Oxfordshire’s Non Plastic Beach has posted a second record month in a row, with sales up 81% over November 2019 and 13% over October 2020, itself a record month by a significant margin. The Woodcote-based online retailer and wholesaler, which sells alternatives to plastic direct to the public and to retailers across the world, only celebrated its second birthday in October this year. The record came despite a challenging month in which the founding partners had to isolate away from the office and warehouse after their...

Can you get a plastic free razor? Well happily the answer is yes! Last year we launched our bamboo safety razor and we followed up last month with our Maui Metal Safety Razor range, both of which have proved popular! Why can't you recycle razors? Well unfortunately most disposable razors or disposable razor blades are a combination of metal and plastic, often with several different types of plastic. These are termed "mixed materials" and are virtually impossible for recycling companies to separate in a practical or affordable way.  Are disposable razors a big problem? 5.5 million people use disposable razors...