Blogposts tagged 'Wyevale'

B&Q commit to selling good wood in China

Posted by jamie - 14 June 2007 at 10:14am - 0 Comments

B&Q are to sell only certified timber in their Chinese stores

Not only are homes in the UK gradually becoming greener, their Asian equivalents could also heading in the same direction now that B&Q is removing all products containing illegal timber from their shelves in China.

Article tagged as: B&Q, china, DIY, forests, FSC, garden furniture, illegal timber, notcutts, papua new guinea, solomon islands, south east asia, wyevale

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Wyevale agree to stop using timber from trashed rainforests

Posted by admin - 28 April 2005 at 7:00am - 0 Comments

Orang-utans at the Wyevale garden furniture centre

Article tagged as: burma, forests, FSC, garden furniture, illegal timber, wyevale

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Garden Furniture Guide 2005

Posted by admin - 24 March 2005 at 8:00am - 0 Comments

Following the success of our garden furniture work in 2004, we undertook new research in Spring 2005. This revealed that in their quest to supply garden furniture Wyevale, Britain's largest garden centre chain, were trashing endangered rainforests and helping to fund one of the most brutal military dictatorships in the world.

Article tagged as: forests, FSC, garden furniture, illegal timber, wyevale