I Forecast Good News Coming Your Way!
I don't know about you but the constant drip of bad news can be quite a Debbie Downer. So perk yaself up with some feel good stories..
1. Recycle Microfibres in your Wash
Microfibres can be found in all sorts of places including washed up in beaches from discarded waste, or even from simply washing our clothes. A start up company in Cornwall have designed a new filter to catch microfibres - they can be sent in for recycling to help make construction or packaging materials.
https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-25-of-2025/
Check out our post on ‘The Story of Microfibres’ by Lovelier Planet.
2. A Tidal Energy Milestone
Scotland is one of the world leaders in tidal energy – not reliant on sun or wind but making energy from strong tidal currents. The MeyGen site off the Scottish coast are delighted that their turbines have exceeded six years in sea water without needing any maintenance.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/07/08/turbine-in-scotland-hits-very-significant-milestone-in-a-breakthrough-for-tidal-energy
Check out our ‘Eco News in Scotland’ post for some more great achievements!
3. Conservation Bringing Back Species across The UK
A Species Recovery Programme funded £13m from 2023 to 2025 which supported over 150 species according to Natural England. The project include building tunnels for Adders to safely navigate roads, to supporting rare species such as water voles, oyster catchers & orchids.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c5ypkx206r4o
Check out these other feel good stories on the benefits of supporting nature:
Water Voles Returning to England: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c5yd3zdlw46o
Golden Eagle Chick Born in Scotland: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2pxwl09w3o
Scotland is one of the world leaders in tidal energy – not reliant on sun or wind but making energy from strong tidal currents. The MeyGen site off the Scottish coast are delighted that their turbines have exceeded six years in sea water without needing any maintenance.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/07/08/turbine-in-scotland-hits-very-significant-milestone-in-a-breakthrough-for-tidal-energy
Check out our ‘Eco News in Scotland’ post for some more great achievements!
3. Conservation Bringing Back Species across The UK
A Species Recovery Programme funded £13m from 2023 to 2025 which supported over 150 species according to Natural England. The project include building tunnels for Adders to safely navigate roads, to supporting rare species such as water voles, oyster catchers & orchids.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c5ypkx206r4o
Check out these other feel good stories on the benefits of supporting nature:
Water Voles Returning to England: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c5yd3zdlw46o
Golden Eagle Chick Born in Scotland: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2pxwl09w3o
Beavers Help Water Voles Survive: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c0ddyl83jjro
Other Positive News for Wildlife by Lovelier Planet:
https://www.lovelierplanet.com/2020/06/positive-news-for-wildlife.html
4. Peatland Recovery through Wet Farming!
The PaluWise Project EU will transform rewetted peatland into ‘wet farming’ which involves growing crops on wetlands without draining them.
The Great Fen across Cambridgeshire will join sites in Poland, Finland and the Netherlands to take part in the four-year pilot.
Quoted in Positive News ‘Besides locking up carbon in restored peat soil, it has the potential to create havens for wetland wildlife such as birds, voles and insects.’
https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-26-of-2025/
5. Garbage Cafes – Food in Exchange for Plastic Waste
New garbage cafes are popping up in India. Volunteers are rewarded with food in exchange for plastic waste that is brought in.
The plastic waste is cleaned up from the streets by volunteers & sent off to be recycled, helping to clean the streets & fill hungry tums at the same time. Bravo!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250818-the-indian-garbage-cafes-giving-out-food-in-exchange-for-plastic-waste
6. Flexible Plastics Recycling in your Bin Collection
10 local authorities took part in trials in the UK to collect flexible (soft) plastics from households in their normal bin collection.
Over 400 tonnes of flexible plastic packaging was collected from 160,000 households during the trials – equivalent to more than 50 million bread bags.
The UK government is hoping to introduce this country wide by 2027.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-flexible-plastic-recycling-trials-172025421.html
7. Recycling Fishing Nets through Ocean Recovery Project
Tidy Britian via the Ocean Recovery Project have rescued & recycled fishing nets & body boards from UK beaches. Did you know that fishing nets contain plastics which can be washed, ground up into pellets & re-used for another purpose?
https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/uk-fishing-net-recycling /
To discourage beach goers from buying body boards (shipped over from China en masse) & discarding them onto British beaches, a new scheme to hire a board for £1 was introduced to beaches across the South West which has helped cut down waste at an affordable price.
https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/news/keep-britain-tidy-fights-back-against-polluting-bodyboard-wave-waste
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The UK government is hoping to introduce this country wide by 2027.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-flexible-plastic-recycling-trials-172025421.html
7. Recycling Fishing Nets through Ocean Recovery Project
Tidy Britian via the Ocean Recovery Project have rescued & recycled fishing nets & body boards from UK beaches. Did you know that fishing nets contain plastics which can be washed, ground up into pellets & re-used for another purpose?
https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/uk-fishing-net-recycling /
To discourage beach goers from buying body boards (shipped over from China en masse) & discarding them onto British beaches, a new scheme to hire a board for £1 was introduced to beaches across the South West which has helped cut down waste at an affordable price.
https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/news/keep-britain-tidy-fights-back-against-polluting-bodyboard-wave-waste
.jpg "Save Nature, Future & Your Soul by Markus Spiske from Pexels")
8. NHS Plants 1 Million Trees via Ecosia
The NHS have pledged to use the online search engine Ecosia for web searches to help fund tree planting across the world. In return, Ecosia donated trees to be planted around NHS Trusts. Imperial College NHS Trust helped plant over 229,000 trees thanks to more than 11 million searches made by staff.
https://www.essexmagazine.co.uk/2025/09/nhs-staff-help-plant-1-million-trees-through-ecosia-partnership/
9. More than 10 Million Trees Planted in Northern Forest
In our Save The Trees article in 2019 we spoke of the Woodland Trusts plan to plant 50 million trees in a Northern Forest (an area spreading across from Liverpool to Hull). In July 2025 a milestone has been reached of 10 million trees planted to date.
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/press-centre/2025/07/more-than-10-million-trees-planted-across-the-northern-forest/
10. Halloween Clothes Swap in Devon
For families living in Devon, local libraries are hosting Halloween costume swaps for children to bring their old costume & choose something new. This helps to reduce waste & is great for growing kids, as they step into something new. Ghoulishly good idea!
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/families-devon-urged-join-library-040000407.html
The NHS have pledged to use the online search engine Ecosia for web searches to help fund tree planting across the world. In return, Ecosia donated trees to be planted around NHS Trusts. Imperial College NHS Trust helped plant over 229,000 trees thanks to more than 11 million searches made by staff.
https://www.essexmagazine.co.uk/2025/09/nhs-staff-help-plant-1-million-trees-through-ecosia-partnership/
9. More than 10 Million Trees Planted in Northern Forest
In our Save The Trees article in 2019 we spoke of the Woodland Trusts plan to plant 50 million trees in a Northern Forest (an area spreading across from Liverpool to Hull). In July 2025 a milestone has been reached of 10 million trees planted to date.
10. Halloween Clothes Swap in Devon
For families living in Devon, local libraries are hosting Halloween costume swaps for children to bring their old costume & choose something new. This helps to reduce waste & is great for growing kids, as they step into something new. Ghoulishly good idea!
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/families-devon-urged-join-library-040000407.html
Some Extra Goodies for You
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How to build an ARK (Acts of Restorative Kindness):
New life for old plastic – how plastics are recycled: https://britishrecycledplastic.co.uk/about-us/plastic-recycling-process/
Re-used paint network (donate unused paint to a worthy cause):
Ideas for Recycling Old Tyres:
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