26th August 2021 | Recycling
Britain is heading towards a full-blown recycling crisis which if left unchecked could cost the economy billions of pounds and do untold damage to the environment. The pandemic and explosion in online home shopping have driven huge shifts in consumer behaviour and the UK’s creaking recycling infrastructure can no longer cope with the sheer amount…Read more
26th August 2021 | Commercial Energy
The UK Hydrogen Strategy, unveiled last week, has many similarities with the EU’s own blueprint presented one year before, analysts say. But trade and regulatory cooperation between the two sides is complicated by Brexit, with the UK likely to become a rule-taker at the end of the day. The EU outlined its long-term hydrogen plans…Read more
18th August 2021 | Commercial Energy
UK business and energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has set out plans to create a thriving low carbon hydrogen sector in the UK over the next decade and beyond. The UK’s first-ever Hydrogen Strategy aims to support more than 9,000 UK jobs and unlock £4 billion investment by 2030. The strategy document lays out its bid…Read more
13th August 2021 | Commercial Energy
A study by Cornell and Stanford University researchers has found that – despite being touted as an environmentally friendly approach to heating – blue hydrogen has a carbon footprint significantly greater than natural gas, coal and diesel. Hydrogen is a potentially zero-carbon fuel source, producing just heat and water when burned or used in fuel…Read more
10th August 2021 | Recycling
Coca-cola branded bottles remain the most common plastic litter found washed up on UK beaches, according to new analysis. Some 16 per cent of plastic found on Britain’s shores had the Coke label attached, according to marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS). Around 65 per cent of all plastic discovered by the charity originated…Read more