7th August 2020 | Recycling
Globally, an estimated 92 million tonnes of textile waste is created each year and, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the equivalent of one rubbish truck full of clothes ends up going to landfill every second. By 2030, we are expected as a whole to be discarding more than 124 million tonnes of textiles a…Read more
6th August 2020 | Commercial Energy
Integrating offshore oil and gas, offshore wind, hydrogen and carbon capture and storage could help deliver 30% of the UK’s carbon reduction requirements to get to net zero, according to a new report. The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) Energy Integration Project report highlights the additional potential for offshore wind, wave and tidal to contribute…Read more
5th August 2020 | Recycling
A London-based computer support company has funded the planting of several thousand trees after failing to register packaging waste. EMC Computer Systems (UK) Ltd in Brentford failed to register the packaging waste it produced between 2002 and 2003 and from 2008 to 2015. According to the Environment Agency, companies with a turnover above £2million, handling…Read more
5th August 2020 | Commercial Energy
Wind power in the UK now accounts for nearly 30% of all electricity production. Land-based wind turbines now produce the cheapest type of energy – and there is no doubt wind farms can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by replacing the fossil fuels that have traditionally been used to generate electricity. But what of…Read more
4th August 2020 | Commercial Energy
BP is to cut the amount of oil and gas it produces by 40% by the end of the decade, the energy giant announced on Tuesday as it fleshed out plans to become a “net zero” company by 2050. Boss Bernard Looney said the business will increase the amount it invests in low-carbon projects tenfold…Read more