21st July 2020 | Recycling
Barclays and Triodos have been joined by Tide, Handelsbanken and the Ecology Building Society in becoming the first banks to sign up to a new Bankers for NetZero commitment. The initiative will see banks lead cross-sector discussions with businesses and policymakers to outline ways to de-risk and unlock capital to assist with the green recovery….Read more
20th July 2020 | Recycling
The Covid-19 pandemic has increased the use of plastic medical and protective equipment, such as single-use gloves, masks and aprons. Much of this equipment must be discarded after use to limit the spread of the virus. But demand for plastic packaging has also spiked in the retail sector, as customers wary of catching the virus…Read more
16th July 2020 | Recycling
UK households and businesses produce 1.45 million tonnes of electrical waste each year, research shows. The e-waste research organisation Material Focus calculates that at least 500,000 tonnes of the waste were thrown away, stolen or hoarded. Its latest study suggests un-recycled household electricals cost the UK over £370m a year in lost materials like gold,…Read more
16th July 2020 | Recycling
The UK could generate enough low carbon heat to support more than half a million homes by 2030 by burning waste, according to a new report. Think tank Policy Connect says diverting the nation’s 27.5 million tonnes – or 80% – of non-recyclable waste for green heat could also help avoid four million tonnes of…Read more
15th July 2020 | Commercial Energy
The UK Government has moved to relax planning rules for large-scale energy storage arrays, in the hopes of speeding up the energy sector’s net-zero transition and boosting investment in the sector post-lockdown. Ministers at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) voted on Tuesday (14 July) to pass secondary legislation which will enable…Read more
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