Better charges from British Gas!
RENAULT AND BRITISH GAS TO LEAD THE CHARGE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES Renault has announced that British Gas will be its preferred supplier of vehicle charging points for its new range of 100% electric zero-emission car and vans in the UK. The deal builds on British Gas’ agreement with Renault’s Alliance partner, Nissan, to be the […]
RSPB’s World Record
RSPB members and supporters ring in massive success to break mobile recycling World Record Donations of old phones raise over £5,000 to help fund the RSPB’s conservation work Tuesday 14 June 2011 – Members and supporters of the RSPB have risen to the challenge and smashed a Guinness World Record by donating their old […]
OXO-BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC
FOUR MAJOR ADVANCES FOR d2w OXO-BIODEGRADABLE PLASTIC Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc is delighted to announce today four major industry developments. Symphony’s CEO, Michael Laurier commented “Public pressure to ban plastic is driven by the fact that plastic litter can last for hundreds of years in the environment. It is now clear that there is no […]
Erin Eco Pots
RESOURCES BIODEGRADABLE Erin Eco Pots For 2011, Erin has significantly expanded our ranges of environmentally-friendly pot products. Erin Eco Containers are made from recycled paper pulp and are biodegradable, Erin’s Eco Pots are made from sustainable bamboo sources and are biodegradable, whilst our glass pot range is made using a minimum 30% recycled glass which […]
ODES TO A GREEN PLANET
Reading ‘Green Poems for a Blue Planet’, I was left feeling quite cheerful. Written in a very thought provoking and humorous way, Martin Kiszko aims this book at both adults and children. He thinks he may have stumbled into a new school of poetry , which he calls ‘bioverse’ and describes as mind-boggling his way […]
Eco Village
K Green Economy lags behind following launch of Europe’s most advanced eco village The Oxford Sustainable Group has designed Oxford Park using its Oxford 360 degree Sustainability Index. This has allowed it to create a community that is well in advance of UN Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) norms for sustainability. This considers the broader […]
Giving up Smoking-A Green Way
Giving Up Smoking – The Greenest way I know! Having smoked for nearly 40 years, and I am only 47 now, I thought it was going to be impossible. I had tried on many occasions to stop and once actually gave up for 18 months, only to start the dreaded habit once more. That was […]
Those Pruning Ants
Survival in the depths of the tropical rainforest not only depends on a species’ ability to defend itself, but can be reliant on the type of cooperation researchers have discovered between ants and tropical trees. The research, published in Biotropica, reveals how the ants use chemical signals on their host tree to distinguish them from competing […]
Reducing Waste, A Plan of Action
WEST LONDON BOROUGHS AGREE ACTION PLAN TO REDUCE WASTE The six councils serving west London have agreed a joint action plan to reduce waste generated by over 21,000 tonnes per year by 2015. West London residents already recycle and compost more of their waste than most other parts of the capital. This new initiative will […]
Inviting Bids for Waste Contract
WEST LONDON BOROUGHS TO PROCURE MAJOR WASTE CONTRACT The West London Waste Authority (WLWA) has announced the procurement of a long term contract for residual waste treatment. Covering the boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames, the contract will involve treating up to 300,000 tonnes of waste per year generated by […]