4th July 2019 | Recycling
The UK has reduced the amount of food waste going to landfill by almost two million tonnes since 2013, according to a report from food waste recycling company ReFood. The report, titled “New Food Waste Horizons,” was launched at the UK AD and World Biogas Expo in Birmingham (3-4 July) and sets out the progress…Read more
2nd July 2019 | Commercial Energy
Half of Scotland’s nuclear reactors are off-line over safety concerns, but the lights still stayed on, writes Dr Richard Dixon. Nuclear power is the ultimate unsustainable form of energy. For some electricity today, we are leaving a thousand generations of future humans dangerous radioactive waste. During the 1990s public inquiry into the Hinkley Point C…Read more
30th June 2019 | Recycling
Wimbledon has vowed to ramp up its efforts to cut plastic waste at this year’s Championships after coming under fire for the rubbish-strewn grounds seen in 2018. Evian, one of the main sponsors, is using this year’s championships to pilot its new bottle made from 100% recycled plastic. The brand, which is owned by Danone…Read more
27th June 2019 | Commercial Energy
Wind and solar output in the UK achieved a record share of nearly 24% of electricity generation in the first quarter of 2019. In the figures, released by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), total renewable generation increased by 9.2% on the same quarter last year to 31.1 terawatt hours (TWh). As…Read more
24th June 2019 | Recycling
The final instalment of the BBC’s War on Plastic highlights just how broken the linear economy is, as Anita focuses on the mountain of free plastic toys from places such as fast food restaurants, while Hugh learns how the plastic industry plans to increase production by 50%. When Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall places the spotlight on a…Read more
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