4th September 2019 | Recycling
Recycling such as plastic and paper may be burnt in Gloucestershire’s waste incinerator if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal, a district leader had said. Officers at Cotswold District Council said a no deal Brexit could mean recyclable material from the district ends up being incinerated at the Javelin Park facility, the authority’s…Read more
2nd September 2019 | Recycling
Rachelle Strauss, head of Zero Waste Week, told The Telegraph that the “lost art” of sewing should be resurrected and we should resist the urge to throw out garments when buttons fall off. Launching her annual drive to reduce waste in the UK today, she said sewing and knitting will help combat our “love of…Read more
30th August 2019 | Commercial Energy
To acknowledge her commitment to the environment and to bolster her own legacy, one of the final acts of Theresa May’s administration was to legislate for net zero by 2050. The Statutory Instrument introduced in June by former Business Secretary, Greg Clark, amended the 2008 Climate Change Act target of 80 per cent carbon emission…Read more
30th August 2019 | Commercial Energy
Research claims the emissions created in EV batteries is offset by CO2-free driving. Electric vehicles are cleaner than petrol and diesel cars over a lifetime despite battering production emissions, a report has claimed. Research by Imperial College London for electric firm Drax suggests the carbon emitted from created a battery for some of the most…Read more
29th August 2019 | Recycling
Official figures released by the European Union’s statistical arm, Eurostat, have suggested that the UK continues to lag behind some of the top performing member states on recycling. However, the data covering the 2017 calendar year, shows that the UK is now sending proportionally less waste to landfill than many of its European counterparts. The…Read more
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