{"id":9119,"date":"2021-09-08T07:37:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T07:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/?p=9119"},"modified":"2021-09-08T07:37:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T07:37:59","slug":"brits-embrace-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/brits-embrace-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Brits embrace sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>According to new research published this week, over 55% of Britons now say they are living \u2018sustainably\u2019 \u2013 while one in six of us (17%) admit we are not.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p>According to The Pru, the financial services company that compiled the statistics, Brits are in the midst of making huge changes to their daily lives, which will have a positive impact on the environment. This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>67% of us taking a reusable bag to the supermarket<\/li>\n<li>56% recycling plastics and waste<\/li>\n<li>38% choosing to save electricity by turning off the lights, etc&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>19% holidaying in the UK to reduce pollution associated with flying<\/li>\n<li>18% aving water by reducing teir time in the shower \u2013 and walking or cycling instead of using a car<\/li>\n<li>17% of us are reducing the amount of packaging we use, or create<\/li>\n<li>11% of Britons deciding to stop eating meat<\/li>\n<li>10% repairing clothes, rather than throwing them out at the first sign of wear and tear<\/li>\n<li>8%&nbsp;consciously buying eco-friendly cleaning products<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8169 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2021\/03\/Sorted-Says-e1631086633448.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"173\"><\/p>\n<h3>Regardless of household income or age, we can all make small changes to our daily lives and make our voices heard and values known.<\/h3>\n<p>We can all make changes to our daily lives. Even the smallest of changes \u2013 like cycling to work instead of taking the bus, or recycling more as a household \u2013 can help. The collective impact we can have with our consumption, recycling and buying habits can, over time, help to create better communities and safeguard the planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to new research published this week, over 55% of Britons now say they are living \u2018sustainably\u2019 \u2013 while one in six of us (17%) admit we are not.&nbsp;&nbsp; According to The Pru, the financial services company that compiled the statistics, Brits are in the midst of making huge changes to their daily lives, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":692,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-content","category-homepage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9123,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9119\/revisions\/9123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runyourownwebsite.uk\/sorted\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}