My Story

A Green Journey

The Mum of two amazing adults, I'm very proud to have started my little business in later life. Having worked in a school for 18 years as a Finance and Business Manager it was time for a complete change. I've always liked to do my bit with recycling but that was really as far as it went. After visiting my daughter in Canada in 2019 we regularly visited a lovely little eco shop, this was run completely by volunteers, people who felt passionate about helping the planet. It was such a refreshing concept. It made me more aware of the types of changes I could personally make in my everyday life and I didn't know of similar shops in the UK. I felt the best way to share my message was to take my products to the customers, and hence Dorseteco was born. I attend Markets and Events across Dorset and surrounding counties and can be found under my gazebo with all my lovely products at some amazing venues. I am simply encouraging other like minded individuals to change their routines into more sustainable, eco friendly habits.

I am no expert myself but I'm loving making these changes and constantly finding new ways to live a more sustainable life. I believe that together we will make a difference. Let us together change consumer trends for a better future. I have chosen a range of eco products of the highest quality which are either recycled, repurposed, sustainable, compostable or biodegradable products. Lowering both my own and others impact on the planet.

I test drive everything I sell so that I can compare items for customers and advise them accordingly to the products I've found to work the best. I'm so chuffed that through this journey a lot of my personal friends and family have all made changes too, it makes me feel confident that accumulatively we can actually make a difference. The business is a small family run business with additional support from close friends to help out at busier events and packing parcels for me as and when a little extra help is needed.

There are various ways to purchase your eco products from Dorseteco, either online, face to face at local events, from the Purbeck Artisan Yard in Wareham or from the View Coffee Shop in Milton Abbas.

We offer free local delivery within 15 miles of our base in Winterborne Whitechurch.

As I've now been selling eco friendly products for nearly 5 years I've found that they really last a long time, thus restricting the need for customers to purchase replacements for a long time going to show that these products really are better for the planet!

I hope you enjoy looking through the range of products on my online eco shop and I hope I can tempt you to change some of your habits to more eco friendly alternative products.

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Here are some suggestions of eco swaps that are easy to achieve:

Use a refillable water bottle to stop buying water on the go (most outlets will now happily refill your water bottle for you). See our range of Elephant Box water bottles built to last a lifetime.
Use compostable alternatives such as our eco friendly washing up sponges, or eco coconut scourers.
Take reusable tote bags or shopping bags with you to the supermarket or support your local market and buy direct from the suppliers.
Use a bamboo toothbrush instead of a plastic one, we have soft, medium and hard in the adult bamboo toothbrushes and we have a soft child's bamboo toothbrush, fully compostable after use.
Use wooden or stainless pegs rather than plastic, and reusable razors rather than disposable ones. This was an item that I didn't really think about but many ladies will be in the habit of buying disposable razors and there really is no need, a good quality razor with a changeable blade makes a massive difference.
Use beeswax wraps instead of cling film, foil or sandwich bags. Beeswax wraps make a very versatile alternative for covering leftovers, or storing cheese in the fridge or freezer.
Use refill stations for your body wash, shampoo and laundry detergents, as well as dry pastas, nuts, spices and seeds. Swap to soap, shampoo and conditioner bars instead of liquid.

If we all make these types of changes we will collectively be reducing the amount of single use plastic in our lives. Choose to stop adding to the pollution and become part of the zero waste solution! Thanks for choosing Dorseteco.