Being an avid composter, this article by Marion Owen really appealed to me. From now on I will be composting wool socks, old leather gardening gloves, pencil shavings, toenail clippings, wooden toothpicks, stale bread, old pasta, dead bees and flies,… Read More »163 things you can compost
Our family car needs new back tyres and the quote from our local tyre dealership for a set of two run-of-the-mill type tyres was surprisingly expensive. My husband labours under the impression that retreads are of inferior quality and for… Read More »Rethinking retreads
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
It wasn’t good news for the environment when the only reprocessing plant dedicated to the recycling of Tetra Pak cartons in the UK was closed down this summer. But things are looking up as Tetra Pak moves into talks with a number of UK paper mills in an attempt to to reach a 10% recycling rate by 2008 in the UK. Across the globe, the goal for Tetra Pak is to reach a 25% recycling rate. Read More »Tetra Pak talks about recycling
Water shortages are taking their toll on south-east England. The hosepipe ban over most of the area means lugging water-cans around the garden, and the drought order in some of the worst affected areas means no car washing. The old… Read More »Beat the drought
The Environment Agency claims that businesses that adopt green practices are saving UK industry upwards of £5 million every year. And while going green can save £££s, it also serves to enhance reputations with customers and investors, drives innovation and creates markets.
In it’s Spotlight on Business report, the Environment Agency looks at what is changing:
EPEAT can help you identify high performance, environmentally friendly computer equipment via their searchable online database. The database will be available to the public from Monday, 24th July 2006, listing products that meet the tough new green computer standard for… Read More »Can you EPEAT that?
Since last weekend, 16th July 2006 to be precise, it is illegal to dump tyres (even shredded ones) into landfill in the UK and Europe. All tyres removed from cars must now be recycled, recovered or re-used with options including… Read More »Landfill ban on tyres now effective
NEWS RELEASE From The Office Of Jean Lambert, London’s Green MEP
The European Parliament has today approved the awaited Battery Directive. Green MEP Jean Lambert welcomed the decision that will ensure schemes for the collection of used batteries and accumulators are set up throughout Europe by 2008.
Read More »Green MEP Welcomes Battery Directive Approved Today