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Cookie Policy
This policy explains how greenloop-living.co.uk uses cookies and similar technologies, what each type does, and how you can control them in your own browser. It applies to visitors in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
Before you read on
What this policy covers
GreenLoop Living publishes practical guides on zero waste living and upcycling. This page deals only with the small files the site stores on your device — not with the guides themselves.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Some are essential for the site to work. Others are optional and are only set with your agreement where the law requires it. The same page also uses a handful of similar storage techniques, such as local storage, and this policy covers those too.
What cookies are
A cookie is a small file that a website places on your device. It lets the site remember information between pages or between visits — your preferences, or whether you have already seen a notice. Cookies are not programs and cannot access other files on your device.
How long they last
Some cookies are cleared when you close your browser and others stay on your device for a set period. A preference you save, such as a dismissed notice, is remembered until it expires or until you clear it yourself in your browser settings.
The four groups used on this site
The cookies you will meet here
Each row below covers one job. Nothing on this list is used to build a profile of you across other websites.
Essential cookies
Needed for the site to function. They support basic features like page navigation and form submission. Without them, parts of the site may not work properly.
These cookies do not require consent because they are necessary to provide the service you have requested.
Analytics cookies
If analytics are used, they help us understand how visitors use the site — for example, which guides are read most. Where they are active, they are configured to avoid identifying individual visitors where possible.
You can refuse analytics cookies without affecting how the site works for you.
Third-party cookies
Some pages may include content or features from third parties, such as embedded media. These providers may set their own cookies when you interact with that content. We do not control those cookies, and their use is governed by the provider's own policy.
If you want to avoid third-party cookies, you can block them in your browser settings.
Preference storage
How we remember your cookie choices
When you accept or refuse optional cookies, the site stores that decision so it does not ask you on every page. If you clear your cookies or move to a different browser, that stored choice is lost and the notice will appear again.
You are in control
Nothing optional is set before you agree, where your consent is required.
Your own settings
Managing cookies in your browser
All major browsers let you view, block, and delete cookies. The settings menu usually has a privacy or cookies section — often under advanced settings. Blocking all cookies may affect how some websites work, including this one.
If you clear cookies, any preferences you set may be lost, and you may see a cookie notice again on your next visit. That is expected behaviour, not an error.
Open your browser settings and find the privacy or cookies section.
Review the list of stored cookies and decide which to keep, block, or remove.
Save the change and reload the site. Your new choice applies to this browser only, on this device.
Keeping this page current
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy if the cookies used on the site change or if legal requirements change. The current version is always published on this page, so the wording you read here is the wording that applies right now.
The same standard applies across the site: the guides on zero waste living, the upcycling project write-ups, and the kitchen and shopping swaps pages all sit under one privacy and cookie framework, described here and on the privacy page.
Questions about cookies
Talk to the GreenLoop Living team
If you have questions about cookies on this site, contact us through the Contact page. We answer during working hours, Monday to Friday.
- [email protected]
- Phone
- +44 20 7946 0821
- Post
- 42 Bramley Road, London, N14 4HP, United Kingdom
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Quick answers
Cookie questions we hear most
Short answers to the points that come up most often. If your question is not here, the Contact page reaches the team directly.
Contact the teamCan I use the site without accepting optional cookies?
Yes. Essential cookies keep the site working, and you can refuse analytics or third-party cookies where consent is required. The guides and pages you came to read stay available.
Do cookies identify me by name?
Cookies store small pieces of information such as a preference or a session state. Where analytics are active, they are configured to avoid identifying individual visitors where possible.
Why do I see the cookie notice more than once?
Usually because your browser cleared cookies, you switched browsers or devices, or the stored choice has expired. Confirming your preference again restores the setting.
Does blocking cookies stop me reading the guides?
Reading stays open. Blocking everything can affect smaller conveniences, such as a saved preference, so it is usually worth keeping essential cookies enabled.
Where can I read more about how data is handled?
The Privacy Policy covers how personal information is collected and used across GreenLoop Living. This Cookie Policy sits alongside it and deals only with cookies and similar storage.
From the rest of the site
Where the guides live, if you came looking for them
Start here
Zero Waste Starter Guide
Zero waste tips for beginners, a first zero waste starter kit, and the sustainable lifestyle habits that are easiest to hold onto week to week.
Make something
Upcycling Projects & Ideas
Creative upcycling ideas, simple upcycling projects, how to upcycle glass jars, repurposing old clothes, and the upcycling vs recycling difference explained plainly.
Everyday swaps
Kitchen & Shopping Swaps
Zero waste kitchen swaps, plastic free food storage, eco friendly kitchen cleaning, reusable produce bags, beeswax wraps usage and care, and sustainable shopping tips for buying in bulk.