23rd December 2019 | Recycling
The United Kingdom’s fashion industry is not cutting waste fast enough to hit its December 2020 target of a 3.5 percent reduction, the Waste and Resources Action Plan (WRAP) admitted Thursday. According to a progress report from the WRAP’s Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 (SCAP 2020) commitment, supply chain waste has dropped only by 1.4…Read more
21st December 2019 | Residential Energy
British Gas has been appointed to take on the supply of 18,000 customers after Breeze Energy ceased trading, the energy regulator said. Ofgem said on Wednesday that Breeze Energy, which has topped Citizens Advice customer rankings in recent months, had ceased trading. On Saturday, the regulator announce it had appointed British Gas to take on…Read more
20th December 2019 | Recycling
The Queens speech has set out the UK’s intention to ban on the export of plastic waste to countries outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This is a “step in the right direction” said a spokesperson for waste management firm Biffa. “We welcome the renewed focus on the environment in the Queen’s…Read more
19th December 2019 | Commercial Energy
UK Government figure show that from July to September this year renewables generated a record quarterly amount of electricity, outperforming gas for the first quarter ever. The latest Energy Trends report, published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) shows that in the third quarter of 2019 renewables provided a record 38.9%…Read more
17th December 2019 | Commercial Energy
This year marks the third consecutive year of reductions in the number of people who regularly donate money to charities in the UK. Considering in 2015, a report by True and Fair Foundation revealed one-in-five charities spend less than half their income on good causes, the decline is hardly surprising. As a sector which requires…Read more