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Cutting office paper waste with document scanning: If laid end to end would stretch half way to the Moon
Even in our current technology-driven offices, businesses across the country continue to use and produce documents in a paper format. We might see paper as disposable but our attitudes will have to change.
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A sustainable, on-site, eco-friendly food waste solution – a system that digests up to 180kgs of food waste to grey water in 24 hours
Traditionally, foodservice operators have sent food to landfill but this is not environmentally responsible and will become increasingly expensive.
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Anti-food waste bill could lead to a fuller future
Food waste is probably the most upsetting sort of waste there is. A ten minute motion placed before the House of Commons by Bristol MP Kerry McCarthy has recently brought many of the issues with food waste to light.
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The case for landfill gas extraction
Each year the UK alone sends 100 million tonnes of waste to landfill sites. But with space at a premium and landfill taxes frequently prone to being pushed up, this system does not appear to be sustainable in the long run.
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Carpet recycling efforts sweep into action
It’s an unfortunate fact that we rarely stop to think about the world below our feet – including both the surface and what lies beneath. This is perhaps why carpets, despite covering many millions of square meters of British terra firma, are given such short shrift at the end of their lives.
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Household recycling saves councils £20m
New figures show that Scotland’s household recycling efforts save local authorities more than £20 million each year.
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£8m for South West Wales recycling initiative
Over £8m will be invested in new services to reduce and recycle waste across two counties in South West Wales, thanks to an EU funding boost, Deputy Minister for European Programmes, Alun Davies, has announced.
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£250 million fund to herald return of better weekly collections
A fund of up to quarter of a billion pounds to help support councils to deliver better, more environmentally friendly weekly bin collections for residents is now open, Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles announced today.
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Reducing food waste through community focussed initiatives
Many local authorities and waste partnerships have run Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW) activities over the last few years.
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Fly-tipping yet to be swept under the carpet
The battle to eradicate fly-tipping – the notorious practice in which waste is illegally dumped at unauthorised sites – has endured mixed success in the past year, according to data produced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
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Tougher recycling targets to stop 400,000 tonnes of packaging going to landfill
Proposals for tougher packaging recycling targets that will stop 400,000 tonnes of packaging going to landfill by 2017 have been announced by Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman.
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Government finalises new nuclear clean framework
In a step designed to protect the taxpayer and provide investor certainty, the Government has set out statutory guidance for new nuclear operators to produce plans for funding the decommissioning of their power stations and managing their radioactive waste.
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Research results show population welcomes sustainability
Over half the adult population (56%) in Wales know something about sustainable development and just over two thirds (68%) think they could do more to live sustainably.
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Ministers risk fallout over plutonium decision
How do you deal with a problem like nuclear waste? It’s a question that – thankfully not literally – has been the source of headaches to scientists and politicians for decades.
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Scotland’s recycling hits 44 per cent
Figures released today by Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) show that more is being recycled in Scotland than ever before.
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In our haste to recycle have we forgotten how to reuse?
The news that recycling rates in England have topped 40 per cent for the first time has been greeted with some satisfaction. Councils have embraced the trend to get householders recycling more and more
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WRAP reports significant progress on waste reduction
Speaking at WRAP’s annual conference yesterday, Chief Executive Dr Liz Goodwin published results of the organisation’s work over the past three years and set out its future agenda.
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Welsh government to provide £3.2m recycling windfall
The Welsh government plans to help local authorities to reach recycling targets by providing £3.2 million of funding to invest in recycling infrastructure.
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Joined up waste management services begin to pay off
Faced with the harsh realities of today’s economic climate, more and more local authorities are opting to share services in order to save money. Combining their operations with other councils can be
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Save the environment and £50 a month
Research shows 61% of shoppers are concerned about the environmental impact of food and groceries.
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