21st June 2017 | Recycling
A plant near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire has begun commercial operations to recycle plastic aluminium laminate. This is increasingly used by manufacturers to package food, drinks, cosmetics and pet food, but is not currently recycled by councils in the UK. It is a light, flexible material which is cheap and environmentally friendly to produce and transport,…Read more
20th June 2017 | Commercial Energy
Newly appointed Secretary of State for the Environment, Michael Gove, has been urged to take “urgent action” to reverse the decline in England’s recycling rates. A letter written to Mr Gove by the Trade Association Group (TAG) of the resources and waste management industry, sets out three action it believes should be taken to improve…Read more
18th June 2017 | Commercial Energy
As the sun shone on millions of solar panels and unseasonable gusts turned thousands of turbine blades last Sunday, something remarkable happened to Britain’s power grid. For a brief period, a record 70% of the electricity for the UK’s homes and businesses was low-carbon: nuclear, solar and wind crowded out coal and even gas power…Read more
8th June 2017 | Commercial Energy
Britain’s increasing reliance on energy imports as the North Sea’s oil and gas wealth declines has been highlighted by the diplomatic crisis engulfing Qatar. Nearly a third of the UK’s gas imports are from the tiny Gulf state, the world’s largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), which it ships to Europe and Asia, including…Read more
7th June 2017 | Commercial Energy
In the UK, wind, nuclear and solar power were each generating more electricity than gas and coal combined at 1pm on Wednesday, for the first time ever. Including hydropower and biomass burned at power stations such as Drax in North Yorkshire, renewables provided 50.7% of demand at lunchtime. High wind speeds and the growing number…Read more