The 1,000,000th compost bin is being delivered in the UK this week, and to celebrate Recycle Now’s Compost at Home team and Waste Aware Scotland brought a bit of glitz and glamour to home composting in Trafalgar Square yesterday with… Read More »Big Brother’s Lea celebrates composting
There are a number of options available to you if you decide that you want to live in a more eco-friendly home. You could start from scratch and build your own eco-home, you could retrofit your current home to make it more sustainable, or you could go out there and buy an off-the-peg eco-home. This is the first of a series of posts looking at these options, and starting with buying a ready-built eco-home in the UK.
The National Household Hazardous Waste Forum has launched a campaign to help local authorities implement their campaigns for safe use, storage and disposal of garden chemicals. At this time of year, garden chemicals can make up over 50% of chemicals… Read More »Making sense of garden chemical disposal
The Energy Saving Trust shows you how to increase the value of your hope by up to £10,000, save yourself some money on your heating bills, and reduce your carbon emissions. Play the game here.
Beginning next year, all homes that are put up for sale in England and Wales will have to be energy rated similarly to the way that fridges, washing machines and other home appliances are already rated. A qualified home inspector… Read More »Energy Rated Homes in England & Wales
A recent Canadian study gives a boost to green building. The study highlights case studies in the U.S. and Canada that provide further evidence that it does pay to build green.
Here are a few success stories from the executive summary:
Pennsylvania Power and Light noted a conversion’s electricity savings amounted to a payback in 4.1 years with a 24% return on investment. However benefits from lower absenteeism and higher productivity meant a simple payback of just 69 days, a 540% return on investment.
At Wal-Marts Lawrence, Kansas, Eco-Mart skylights were installed to reduce lighting costs. Employees asked to be moved to the daylit part because sales were higher there.
If you would like to be listed in the EcoStreet directory, submit your link here. It’s FREE. — Our latest listing is Naturebotts, selling eco-friendly mother and baby products. They are stockists of Moltex Oko eco-disposable nappies, biodegradable wipes and… Read More »Latest Green Listings
If you would like to be listed in the EcoStreet directory, submit your link here. It’s FREE. — The Urban Commuter listed his* blog Cycling London at the EcoStreet directory this week, and also brought it to my attention that… Read More »Latest Green Listings
The Independent has collected ideas from its readers on how the government can make small changes that will greatly benefit our environment. Proposals for change Fit new buildings with solar panels or wind turbines Label products according to their effect… Read More »Independent Reader’s Ideas for a Greener Future