6th March 2018 | Recycling
UK businesses are drastically underestimating the amount of plastic packaging waste they produce while paying “barely anything” to deal with the problem, new research claims. Britain generated 2.26 million tonnes of plastic packaging waste in 2015, according to the latest available Government figures. But the true figure is likely to be more than 50 per…Read more
2nd March 2018 | Recycling
Barely a day goes by without a new anti-plastic initiative: the Dutch supermarket with a plastic-free aisle: the Bali inhabitants sweeping the island for jetsam, the moves to get plastic out of teabags – and even out of Lego. And that was all just this week. But can we – or should we – aim…Read more
1st March 2018 | Residential Energy
Michael Bradshaw, of Warwick Business School, who is Professor of Global Energy and researches UK gas security, explains a chronic lack of storage infrastructure is partly to blame: Historically, flexible supply came from simply producing more from the North Sea, but that option has gone. Instead, flexibility today comes from four sources: Norwegian offshore production,…Read more
28th February 2018 | Water
Recent reports that price comparison sites will son offer “auto-switching” promise a new era of reduced energy bills for consumers. With sophisticated computers automatically swapping customers onto the cheapest tariffs, the hassle of searching for the best deal will soon be a thing of the past. James Daley, director at consumer campaign group, Fairer Finance,…Read more
27th February 2018 | Recycling
Starbucks will be the first UK coffee chain to trial a “latte levy” – a 5p charge on takeaway coffee cups – under plans that aim to reduce the overuse and waste of 2.5bn disposable cups every year. In the latest offensive in the war against plastic waste, the chain said it hoped the move,…Read more