Having used a small un-sealable kitchen worktop bin to store my unused/waste food, for over a year, I thought it was time for a change. Along came the opportunity to test out the Smart Cara, an Award Winning UK Food Waste Disposal Unit and the number 1 selling waste disposal unit in Korea. I looked …
I know that from the outside it may seem like we at The Green Organisation are complete workaholics, but while getting my January 5-minute fix of Facebook yesterday I came across this sensational invention; please read the release below. Happy new year all – Mark. Meet the World’s Favourite Foot-Powered Washing Machine Household product design …
A number of SITA UK’s landfill sites could be turned into solar farms following a deal signed with British Solar Renewables (BSR). Although SITA already generates energy from landfill gas at a number of capped sites, it tendered for the exclusive rights to set up solar farms on closed sites.
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has welcomed the appointment of Liz Truss as Environment Secretary. In the reshuffle undertaken by Prime Minister David Cameron, the South West Norfolk MP was named as the replacement of Owen Paterson. ESA director general Barry Dennis said: “We welcome the appointment of Elizabeth Truss MP to the position of …
The Department of Energy & Climate Change’s recent report on tackling climate change identified which it calls the “energy efficiency paradox” in business. Noting that business seems to require a higher level of pay-back than domestic adopters, the report says that “organisations use economic arguments in their thinking about energy efficiency but these are set …
Photovoltaic cells, or PV, may be a comparatively new form of power generation but it has already attracted its fair share of myths. One of these is that the further north you are within the UK, the less it is worth investing in PV. That the myth has arrived is understandable, that the myth persists …
The Energy Efficient Deployment Office (EEDO), part of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, has issued an Energy Efficiency Strategy for the UK. Designed to “maximise the benefits of existing policy and to realise the wider energy efficiency potential across the UK economy” the strategy aims to meet the Government’s perception of energy efficiency …
EBRD: world’s major waste – flaring gas – could be turned into profit Companies in EBRD region can turn waste of associated petroleum gas into profitable projects A major waste of a natural resource can be turned into profitable development investments, said the EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti today in London. In his opening remarks …
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Portable solar panel takes sustainable power to the people! SUSTAINABILITY experts, The Low Carbon Energy Company have announced the launch of a portable solar PV unit that will bring power to the parts other energy sources cannot reach! The portable units known as The Solist were launched at this month’s canal festival in Burnley, Lancashire …
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IKEA invests €470 million in renewable energy projects Furniture giant IKEA has released its annual Sustainability Report which reveals an impressive list of green achievements and milestones. The 2011 IKEA Sustainability Report, released yesterday, outlines the sustainability work carried out on a global level by the IKEA Group during2011, including key performance indicators to show …
