29th October 2019 | Water
Thames Water has revealed that it is now using 100% renewable electricity across its operations, in a mix which is partly self-generated and partly sourced through power purchase agreements. In its latest environmental, social and governance (ESG) statement, published this week, the water firm sets out the first steps it is taking as part of…Read more
29th October 2019 | Commercial Energy
A detailed study of the world’s coastlines has found that offshore wind farms alone could provide more electricity than the world needs – even if they are only built in windy regions in shallow waters near the shore. Analysis by the IEA revealed that if wind farms were built across all useable sites which are…Read more
28th October 2019 | Recycling
What a difference two years makes. Back in October 2017, the BBC’s Blue Planet II aired. The final episode, detailing the disastrous impact of plastic waste on the oceans, was a wake-up call that resonated round the world. Groups such as Greenpeace and Wrap, which campaigns for less waste, found overnight that their mantra –…Read more
24th October 2019 | Recycling
Two material recover facilities (MRFs) are run on behalf of the NLWA by Biffa and Bywaters, where all the plastic, paper, cardboard, glass aluminium and steel is sent from Hackney, Islington, Barnet, Camden, Haringey, Enfield and Waltham Forest to be sorted and sold on. But last year Bywaters, which was paid £1.7m to run a…Read more
23rd October 2019 | Commercial Energy
Thanks to the fact the UK was producing more than 500 million tonnes of CO2 on an annual basis, the government sought help from the Committee on Climate Change in how they could actively tackle the harming contribution to global warming. The decision has been reached that CO2 emissions must be entirely stopped by the…Read more
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