Plastics + Waste

It's no secret that single-use plastic products (SUPPs) are a major threat to environmental and human health. 5 million tons of plastic are generated within the UK every year. This is equivalent in weight to roughly 25,000 blue whales, 714,286 elephants or 5,000,000 walruses. That’s a lot of blubber, if you ask us...

We make plastic cleaning bottles. That’s right, you read that correctly. Before you take a screenshot and pass this news on to the Daily Mail, hear us out – because we’re pretty sure you’ll get it.  Homethings was created when we realised that the typical bottle of household cleaner was 90% wate...

We live in a world that loves acronyms. Whilst some are pretty commonplace, like TBC or EOD, there are some that are not as widely known: like LOL (the classic Boomer / Millennial divide between ‘laugh out loud’ and ‘lots of love’) and SDG (sustainable development goals). Whilst we're not here to...

Don’t hate the player, hate the game – and other slogans we have never used when talking to our customers here at Homethings. Yet this approach is something that we have seen crop up time and time again by huge conglomerates who suggest that the climate crisis is your issue to solve, and not thei...

Sustainability is great, but what’s really great is when making that sustainable swap is easy and at no extra cost or hassle to you. We’ve got your household cleaning sprays covered with our refillable glass bottles and non-toxic cleaning tabs, delivered directly to your door (fun) but what abou...

Just when you thought you’d escaped all of your distant relatives who were obsessed with posting pictures of their laundry day all over Facebook, the Hinchers movement takes Instagram by storm. It appears that no social platform is safe from humble bragging about stain removal or dazzling dishes...