| Reference in text | Source – name | Source – details | Source – link | Retrieved on |
| MDF uses petrochemicals [navigation required] | Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) | Health and Safety Executive – undated | http://www.hse.gov.uk/woodworking/faq-mdf.htm | 12/21/2015 |
| Strawbale houses | Super-efficient straw-bale houses hit the market in the UK—piglets need not apply | Inhabitat – Sep 2015 | http://inhabitat.com/super-efficient-straw-bale-houses-hit-the-market-in-the-uk-piglets-need-not-apply/ | 12/23/2015 |
| Passive houses | Passivhaustrust – the UK Passive House Organisation | Website | http://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/ | 12/23/2015 |
| Oil miles of clothes | Analysis: Do clothes miles matter? | Just Style – Mar 2007 | http://www.just-style.com/comment/do-clothes-miles-matter_id96793.aspx | 12/21/2015 |
| Scandinavian proverb | “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes” | Life in Norway [blog] – undated | http://www.lifeinnorway.net/2013/11/no-bad-weather-only-bad-clothes/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Qmilch and other fashionable sustainable materials | Beautiful eco-friendly fashion made from things like milk, coconut and cork | Wabi Sabi – Mar 2014 | http://www.wabisabi.com.es/blog/ecofriendlyfashion/wear-it-or-eat-it-beautiful-and-eco-friendly-fashion-is-being-made-from-things-like-milk-coconut-and-cork/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Recycling cotton and waste management systems | 5 New Solutions For The Fashion Industry’s Sustainability Problem | FastCo – Feb 2016 | http://www.fastcoexist.com/3055925/5-new-solutions-for-the-fashion-industrys-sustainability-problem | 2/2/2016 |
| Detergents vs soap | Soaps & Detergents: Chemistry (Surfactants) | American Cleaning Institute – undated | http://www.cleaninginstitute.org/clean_living/soaps__detergents_chemistry_2.aspx | 12/21/2015 |
| 466,000 barrels of oil (26,800 homes heated) | If every household in the US replaced just one bottle… | Seventh Generation via Facebook – Nov 2010 | https://www.facebook.com/SeventhGeneration/posts/169486369737169?stream_ref=5 | 12/21/2015 |
| palm oil farming – fires | Indonesia’s forest fires: everything you need to know | The Guardian – Nov 2015 | http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/nov/11/indonesia-forest-fires-explained-haze-palm-oil-timber-burning?CMP=ema-1706&CMP= | 12/7/2015 |
| palm oil farming – danger to wildlife | What is Palm Oil? | Urangutan Project – website | http://www.orangutan.org.au/palm-oil | 12/7/2015 |
| 75% of us wash our clothes when they no longer smell like laundry products | Eco laundry habits are about more than sustainable washing machines | The Guardian – Oct 2014 | http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/behavioural-insights/2014/oct/09/eco-laundry-sustainable-washing-machines?CMP=new_1194 | 12/21/2015 |
| 90% of energy used to wash clothes is used to heating the water | 19 free energy saving tips | Uswitch – undated | http://www.uswitch.com/energy-saving/guides/free-energy-saving-tips/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Water companies use 5% of running costs on energy | Severn Trent Plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015 | Severn Trent – 2015 | https://ar2015.severntrent.com/assets/pdf/GroupFinancialStatements.pdf | 12/3/2015 |
| Water companies use 3% of the UK’s energy | Renewable energy potential for the water industry | The Environment Agency – Dec 2009 | https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/291637/scho1209brof-e-e.pdf | 20/09/2016 |
| Paracetamol is made from… | Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) | Imperial College – Aug 2006 | http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/mim/drugs/html/paracet_text.htm | 12/21/2015 |
| Aspirin in made from… | 100 Years of Aspirin | Aspirin Foundation – undated | http://www.aspirin-foundation.com/history-of-aspirin/100-years-of-aspirin/ | 12/21/2015 |
| Prosthetics from PET bottles | Plastic Soda Bottle Prosthesis | Instructables – undated | http://www.instructables.com/id/Plastic-Soda-Bottle-Prosthesis/ | 12/21/2015 |
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