29th August 2017 | Recycling
A new “smart bin” could spell the end of environment-conscious families spending hours sorting tins, cartons, bottles and cardboard for recycling. The invention, which automatically sorts rubbish into recycling categories, is being trialled in Poland and is set to go on sale in UK within a few years. The bin, designed by start-up company Bin.E,…Read more
25th August 2017 | Commercial Energy
An ambitious target to phase out sales of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 could halve UK oil imports, a study by environmental and aid organisations suggests. The government has announced plans to ban the sale of conventional combustion engine cars and vans by 2040 as part of its efforts to tackle air pollution…Read more
25th August 2017 | Recycling
Manchester-based Broderick’s is rolling out an environmental scheme in partnership with bio-bean. The vending and luxury refreshments business is the first independent in the north west to send coffee grounds to bio-bean to be recycled into innovative, clean bio-fuels. Broderick’s flagship coffee bar at Manchester Airport’s T2, along with its First Street café, have begun…Read more
23rd August 2017 | Commercial Energy
Renewable energy could entirely power 139 of the world’s industrialised countries by 2050 – including Britain, according to new research. By using 100 per cent wind, water and solar energy, 24 million jobs could be created and many deaths from air pollution prevented, the scientists claim. The plans for a renewable energy future, by scientists…Read more
22nd August 2017 | Commercial Energy
The UK’s geology is not suitable and economically unviable for fracking, according to new research conducted at Heriot-Watt University. The research, conducted under the leadership of Heriot-Watt University chief scientist professor John Underhill, has remarket that the UK’s fracking technique is 55 million years too late. It is claimed that seismic activity around 55 million…Read more