Supermarket giant Tesco has announced that it will be moving its freight from road to rail, as truck company Eddie Stobart moves from the roads to the rails. Cumbrian haulage company Eddie Stobart is undergoing a huge makeover as all… Read More »Tesco moves to greener transport option
Earlier this week it was revealed that the average temperature in central England has increased by one degree since 1960. The Met Office announced their findings at the Climate Clinic in Brighton and confirmed that the temperature rise can only… Read More »England has warmed one degree since the sixties
Wal-Mart subsidiary Asda has stopped sending non-hazardous waste to landfill from its distribution centre in Dartford, Kent. The centre is recycling and composting all of it’s material, “down to the chicken fat in the canteen” after signing up to a… Read More »Asda recycles
Instant Karma Films are a newly launched eco-friendly spot company about to embark on their first project and the first carbon neutral television ad ever produced. The ad will be for Maybelline New York and Gotham Inc., shot in Shanghai… Read More »The first ever carbon neutral TV ad
The National Consumer Council has published a consumer-focused environmental rating for British supermarkets. In it the council puts the top eight supermarkets to the test on four green indicators: seasonal food, organics, sustainable sourcing and cutting waste. Improvements have been seen in some areas, but all of the supermarkets are still falling short of expectations.
Waitrose came top of the “green” table, with Sainsbury’s being the highest ranking of the “big four”.
‘We all need to understand that food is the typical household’s number one contributor to climate change. By throwing away ten billion carrier bags each year and transporting carrots from Egypt and strawberries from New Zealand, we hit the environment hard. But shoppers are increasingly keen to do their bit. Now, we make it clear how supermarkets could make greener choices easier for everybody.’
NCC Chairman, Lord Whitty
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Village Underground is new charity supporting small new businesses, and is working with Tube Lines to recycle old London Underground carriages that have been in disuse for years. In August six old Jubilee line carriages were removed from sidings in… Read More »Tube carriages recycled into shops
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PVC recyclers Shredtec are offering builders and window firms up to £70 per tonne for old PVC windowframes, and saving them approximately £42 per tonne in landfill fees. Here’s the lowdown from letsrecycle.com
The news came as the Recovinyl scheme said the “first generation” of PVC windows is now reaching the end of its life.
Shredtec will be offering the payment for post use PVC-U, typically found in window and door frames, pipes and conduit. The payments are part funded by Recovinyl.
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