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…
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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…
UK food industry commits to halving food waste by 2030
The UK’s largest retailers, food producers, manufacturers, and hospitality and food service companies have committed to a range of milestones…
Pioneering #FoodSavvy campaign launched to tackle food waste in East Anglia
With the average East Anglian family wasting £810 of edible food per year, a pioneering campaign has been launched to help combat the issue…
Waltham Forest’s First Community Fridge launches in Leytonston
On Monday 17th September Transition Leytonstone are proudly launching London’s fifth Community Fridge and the first of its kind in…
Cornwall recycling rates rise beyond targets
On 10 September Cornwall Council announced that it had achieved a recycling rate of 42% for the first time for…