3rd April 2018 | Commercial Energy
Scotland saw a remarkable rise in the generation of electricity from renewable sources last year and notched up record exports of electricity transfers to England. A record high of 4.8TWh of electricity was transferred from Scotland to England in the final quarter of 2017, almost double that recorded in the same period a year earlier,…Read more
31st March 2018 | Recycling
Water bottles will turn cloudier and “greyish” amid a drive to use more recycled plastic, a major supermarket has announced. The Co-op is to switch all of its own-brand still, sparkling and flavoured water to 50pc recycled plastic bottles in a bid to cut waste. The new bottles will have a cloudier and greyer appearance…Read more
29th March 2018 | Commercial Energy
Britain’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 3 percent las year from 2016 levels, largely due to a decline in coal-fired power generation and marking the fifth straight yearly drop, preliminary government data showed on Thursday. Output of the heat-trapping gases in Europe’s second-larges emitter behind Germany fell to 456 million tonnes of carbon dioxide…Read more
28th March 2018 | Recycling
All drinks containers in England, whether plastic, glass or metal, will be covered by a deposit return scheme, the government has announced. The forthcoming scheme is intended to cut the litter polluting the land and sea by returning a small cash sum to consumers who return their bottles and cans. Similar schemes operate in 38…Read more
27th March 2018 | Recycling
Guilt is a beautiful thing, sadly maligned in our instant gratification culture. It’s what keeps us in check, causes us to reassess our own actions and then rectify them. Take the plastic waste choking our oceans and poisoning all the little fishes from the inside out. That’s on us, thank you very much Blue Planet…Read more