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Ethical Consumer Magazine

Ethical Consumer Magazine is an indispensable read for any independent thinker.

Each issue features detailed product guides, news of ethical products and campaigns, in-depth features, opinion, comment, boycott updates, readers' letters, and much more. Discover the truth behind the products we buy and the companies we buy them from.

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Issue 191 (July/August 2021)

Shopping guides:

  • Laundry detergent
  • Washing-up liquid
  • Dishwasher detergent
  • Washing machines
  • Dishwashers

The magazine includes:

  • score tables rating and comparing the brands
  • Best Buy recommendations
  • which brands do refills and minimise plastic packaging
  • which brands are vegan and cruelty free
  • bottles vs pods vs tablets vs powder
  • which  washing machines are energy efficient
  • are dishwasher machines better than handwashing in the sink?
  • microfibres and washing your clothes
  • comparing coffee shops on climate change

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Ethical Consumer magazine is printed on chlorine-free, 100% post-consumer waste paper sourced from Paperback. It is printed locally by Rap Spiderweb using vegetable-based inks. Our envelopes are also 100% post-consumer recycled paper.

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Issue 192

(Sept/Oct 2021)

Shopping Guides to: High street clothing, Ethical clothing, Outdoor gear (waterproofs, fleeces etc)

Published August

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Back issues

  • Issue 158

    Cover of back issue Issue 158

    Product guides: Clothes Shops, Jeans, Waterproof jackets

    Features: Synthetic biology

    Corporate lobbying at the COP21 climate summit

  • Issue 157

    Cover of back issue Issue 157

    Product guides: Cat & Dog food, Instant & Ground Coffee, Perfume & Aftershave

    Features: Amazon's tax turnaround? Ethical charity sponsorship and climate change