11th January 2019 | Commercial Energy
Energy experts at Mypower explain how “generating your own energy is the future. By 2025 the Government are planning to close all coal power stations”. It is, therefore, time to enter a new era of renewable energy and solar energy farms could be the answer. Humans consume 221 tonnes of coal, 1,066 barrels of oil,…Read more
5th January 2019 | Recycling
Packaging-free refill shops are on the rise in Wales as the backlash against plastic gathers pace. Last year saw “zero waste” shops open in Crickhowell in Powys, Tenby in Pembrokeshire and in Cardiff. “It’s a more modern way of doing an older thing,” Sophie Rae, founder of Cardiff-based Ripple said. Customers bring their own containers…Read more
3rd January 2019 | Recycling
With Brexit looming large on the horizon, I believe that the UK’s departure from the EU offers fresh opportunities for our nation and its manufacturers to secure their raw material supplies, such as recycled plastics, from a stable domestic market and stimulate a circular flow of materials. With uncertainty persisting around the whole Brexit process,…Read more
21st December 2018 | Recycling
The latest household recycling statistics from Defra show that Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are now ahead of England for the first time. England reported a slightly increased recycling rates of 45.2% for 2017 compared with 44.9% in 2016. These are the figures used to report against EU targets. The EU target is for the…Read more
18th December 2018 | Residential Energy
Energy giants and Npower have scrapped their merger plan, blaming “challenging market conditions” and the government’s price cap. The companies said the deal has been affected by multiple factors, including the performance of their businesses, clarity on the final level of the government’s default tariff cap and changing energy market conditions. A spokesperson for SSE…Read more