UK throwing away £13bn of food each year

12th January 2017 | Recycling

UK households binned £113bn worth of food in 2015 which could have been eaten. This suggests that progress in reducing the national food waste mountain has stalled. Despite efforts to reduce food waste through the supply chain, a new national update from the waste and recycling advisory body, Wrap, showed that and estimated 7.3m tonnes…Read more

Is night time the right time to use electrical appliances?

9th January 2017 | Residential Energy

A small independent energy firm has launched the UK’s first variable electricity tariff, promising households significantly lower bills. They will have avoid using electrical appliances at peak times and run them overnight. For years, energy experts have suggested that smart tariffs, which price electricity according to the time of day are the future. They could…Read more

5th January 2017 | Commercial Energy

WWF Scotland have analysed official government data to reveal that the average ‘climate impact’ of generating a unit of electricity in Scotland is now only half the UK average. This impact has fallen by almost two-fifths (38%) between 2010 and 2014, the most recent years for which figures are available. WWF and others are now…Read more

Renewables investment will fall 95% over next three years

4th January 2017 | Commercial Energy

Renewables investment will fall off a cliff edge over the next three years. This will put the UK’s greenhouse gas reduction targets at risk, according to a thinktank. The Green Alliance found that more than £1bn of future investment in renewable energy projects disappeared during 2016. It added that investment in wind, solar and biomass…Read more

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