Renewables to overtake fossil fuels in UK energy mix by 2020
According to a report published by EnAppSys, an energy market analyst, renewable energy is set to overtake fossil fuels as…
Author: Andy Jessop
Government to tackle “scandal” of food waste
Michael Gove has appointed Ben Elliot, philanthropist and co-founder of Quintessentially, to help the government tackle the 250 million meals…
Climate change could cause financial crash investors warn
Investors from the world’s biggest companies have warned that governments around the world need to tackle climate change or face…
Wind generates 98% of Scottish electricity demand in October
It has been announced that wind turbines across Scotland generated enough power to account for no less than 98% of…
Scottish Water debuts new high-tech public bottle refill stations at Scottish Parliament
Scottish Water will unveil the first of its new purpose built ‘Top up Taps’ outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh…
Scottish Power shifts to 100% wind energy after Drax sale
Drax has announced that it is to spend £702m on Scottish Power’s entire portfolio of pumped storage, hyrdo and gas-fired…
UK’s biggest collaborative push to improve recycling on-the-go launches
Bubble-blowing bins, recycling reward machines, a huge art installation and ‘Re-Cycler’ recycling collection bikes will appear across Leeds city centre…
22 million damaged furniture items and 11,000 bust bicycles thrown away each year
Across the UK, nearly 22 million small items of furniture, more than 11,000 bicycles and over 28 million toys are…
First commercial flight partly fueled with recycled waste lands in UK
A plane that partly used recycled materials for fuel landed for the first time in the UK this week. The…
Currys PCWorld tests home battery collection to combat low recycling rates
Throughout October, Currys PCWorld home installation teams will be offering to take away customers’ used household batteries for recycling when…