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Cookie Policy

This policy explains how greenloopliving.co.uk uses cookies and similar technologies, what they are used for, and how you can control them. The site is operated by Green Loop Living, contactable at [email protected].

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Nothing here covers our guides on zero waste living, upcycling projects or kitchen swaps — those are separate pages. This document is about the files your browser stores while you read them.

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow the site to remember information between pages or visits, such as a preference you have already set. Some are set by the site itself, and some are set by third-party services the site uses.

A cookie is not a program and cannot open anything on your device. It carries a short label and a value, and your browser decides when to send it back. That is why deleting them is safe, and why blocking them entirely can change how a site behaves.

First-party cookies

Set by greenloopliving.co.uk itself. They keep a session running, hold your consent choice, and remember basic display preferences while you read a low waste home guide or any other page.

Third-party cookies

Set by a service the site relies on, not by us directly. We keep the list short and we choose providers that collect only what is needed to run the site.

Cookies we use

The site uses essential cookies required for it to function, such as session handling and security. Where analytics are used, they help us understand which pages are read and how visitors move through the site. We do not use cookies for advertising or profiling.

Categories of cookies you may encounter while browsing the site.
Category What it does Can you turn it off?
Essential Keeps a session open, applies your consent choice, and protects forms from misuse. Not through the site's own controls; browser settings can still block them.
Analytics Records which pages are visited and how long people stay, grouped so no single visitor is identified. Yes — the consent notice and your browser settings both let you refuse them.
Advertising and profiling Not set on this site. Not applicable, because none are placed.

Essential cookies

These are necessary for the site to work and cannot be switched off through the site's controls. They do not store personal information for marketing purposes and are typically removed when you close your browser or after a short period.

In practice this covers three jobs: keeping you signed into a session while you move between the zero waste starter guide and its related pages, recording whether you accepted or declined optional cookies, and validating a form so a submission is not duplicated.

What they never do

  • Track how much you reuse glass jars or repurpose old clothes
  • Build a profile you carry to other websites
  • Decide which price or content you are shown elsewhere

Analytics cookies

If analytics are enabled, they record which pages are visited and how long visitors stay, in an aggregated form. This helps us see which guides are useful and which need improvement. Analytics data is not used to identify individual visitors.

What we look at

Which articles get read to the end, which get abandoned early, and where readers drop out of a tutorial.

How it changes the site

A guide that loses people halfway gets rewritten with a shorter opening, clearer steps, and fewer detours.

What it will not do

It will not link your reading habits to your name, your address, or anything you send us by email.

Managing cookies in your own browser

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block cookies entirely, though this may affect how parts of the site work. For information specific to your browser, check its help pages.

Where the setting usually lives

  1. 1.Open your browser's settings or preferences menu.
  2. 2.Find the privacy or site data section.
  3. 3.Review stored cookies, choose what to remove, and save the change.

Clearing cookies also signs you out of sites you were logged into, so it is worth noting that before you wipe everything.

If you block everything

Blocking all cookies is a valid choice. On this site you can still read every guide — zero waste tips for beginners, plastic free alternatives, composting food scraps at home — because the reading pages do not depend on cookies to display.

You may need to reset your consent choice on each visit, and any future interactive tool that relies on a session may behave unpredictably until you allow essential cookies again.

Third-party cookies

Where the site uses a third-party service, that provider may set its own cookies. We choose services that limit data collection to what is needed for the site to function. We do not permit third-party advertising cookies on this site.

What we ask of a provider

  • Collect only what the feature needs, not a broader profile.
  • Keep retention short and document how long data is held.
  • Give a clear route to opt out without losing the whole page.
  • Never resell visitor data or pass it to ad networks.
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Changes to this policy

We may update this policy if the cookies used on the site change. The current version is always available on this page. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated policy.

How a revision reaches you

Each revision replaces the text on this page rather than sitting in an archive, so the wording you read today is the wording currently in force. If a change affects what optional cookies do, the consent notice you see on your next visit will ask again instead of assuming your earlier answer still applies.

Typo-level edits — a clearer sentence, a corrected email address — do not alter how the site treats your data, and we do not treat them as a reason to interrupt your reading.

Before you rely on it

If you are checking this page for a record, save or print the version you read so the date on your copy matches the wording.

Questions we get asked about cookies

Do I need cookies to read the guides?

No. Articles such as the low waste home guide or how to upcycle glass jars load as ordinary pages. Essential cookies cover session handling and form security, not access to the writing.

Will refusing analytics change what I see?

Nothing on the page changes. You simply stop contributing to the aggregate counts we use to decide which guides need rewriting.

Does this policy cover your upcycling and kitchen content?

It covers the files your browser stores while you read anything on this domain — upcycled home decor DIY pages, sustainable shopping tips, composting articles, all of it. What you do with the advice is not tracked.

How do I ask a specific question?

Email [email protected] with the page you were on and what you saw. We answer Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM, and Saturday, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM.

How to contact us

For any question about this policy or the cookies used on the site, email [email protected]. It helps if you tell us which page you were reading and which browser you use, because the setting you need is usually found in a different place in each one.

Email
[email protected]
Phone
+44 117 496 0283
Post
Green Loop Living, 42 Bramley Road, Bristol, BS6 5BT, United Kingdom
Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM; Saturday, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
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