UK plastics sent for recycling in Turkey dumped and burned, Greenpeace finds

17th May 2021 | Recycling

Turkey has become the latest destination for British plastic waste, which ends up dumped, burned or left to pollute the ocean, a Greenpeace investigation has found. More than half of the plastic the British government says is being recycled are sent overseas, often to countries without the necessary infrastructure to do so. The UK exported…Read more

How bad are Bitcoin and Dogecoin for the environment?

13th May 2021 | Commercial Energy

Elon Musk has become one of the world’s richest and most successful entrepreneurs with his commitment to reinventing the electric car and to renewable energy.  The billionaire Tesla CEO’s flirtations with cryptocurrency was therefore always problematic.  For the Bitcoin industry as a whole is estimated to use the same amount of energy as the annual amount used by a country the…Read more

Pandemic disruption reflected in England recycling figures

13th May 2021 | Recycling

England’s preliminary recycling figures for April to June 2020 show a 3.4 percentage point fall compared to April to June 2019. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) points to disruption in local authority waste collections as a result of the first national lockdown last Spring. The effect on local authorities varied, Defra…Read more

Ikea starts buy-back scheme offering vouchers for old furniture

8th May 2021 | Commercial Energy

Ikea has launched its long-awaited furniture buy-back and re-sale scheme, in an attempt to reduce the number of products going to landfill. The move is part of the retail giant’s sustainability drive to become “climate positive” by 2030. Customers will get vouchers to spend in-store if items they no longer need are returned in good…Read more

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