For regions with adequate space and little recycling infrastructure, disposing of bottles in landfill generates a lower carbon footprint than recycling or incineration...
… PET. Manufacturers making product from recycled PET – such as straps, films and … study, 'PET’s carbon footprint: to recycle or not to recycle' , is aimed at producers and users of …
From plastic bag-free towns to refashioned clothes and bus fleets run on chip fat, here's a guide to what you can do to tackle waste in your community
… that work in reduction, re-use and recycling. Recycle Now The website includes information … houses from rubbish They’re made from recycled materials, and are entirely …
Incineration is a dirty word amongst environmentalists, its reputation earned through the use of outdated technology. Could new techniques help bring green approval to energy-from-waste facilities?
… rubbish every year into renewable energy and recycled materials. A group of six American … while plastics and other materials will be recycled. Those opposed... Yet PREL has its … It would be more sustainable to recapture and recycle materials in London,' says Sacks. She …
Sundance Renewables in Wales is a pioneering workers' co-operative and social enterprise converting used cooking oil into a low emissions alternative to diesel
… with figures like this is that the use of recycled biofuels may not attract the … run its entire vehicle fleet on 100 per cent recycled biodiesel, while Lincolnshire is …
Retired mechanic Jose Alano invented a simple, cheap, energy saving rooftop solar water heater which is benefiting thousands of people. Here's how it's done...
… of my own responsibilities as a consumer. The recycled solar water heater was just my small … The information on how to build the recycled solar heater has reached communities … but apart from that, Alano notes that every recycled solar water heater built also means …
Interface's sustainability model shows how large industrial companies can slash their carbon emissions and other environmental impacts without compromising profitability, reports Sophie Morlin-Yron. The key is to aim high!
… inputs such as renewable energy and recycled materials; developing innovative new … 49% of its raw materials with bio-based or recycled alternatives. A green business … in the 1990s that it was impossible to recycle. Today, the majority of their carpet …
Richmond council has become the first in the country to run its entire vehicle fleet on 100 per cent recycled biodiesel, while Lincolnshire is using the stuff to patch roads
… run its entire vehicle fleet on 100 per cent recycled biodiesel, while Lincolnshire is … as the council moves to run their vehicles on recycled cooking oil sourced from local … - to provide the required 750,000 litres of recycled fuel a year. The move is set to save …
Biogas - a methane-rich fuel made from rotting food waste or sewage - has huge potential as a clean, green fuel for the UK. But a perverse web of subsidies, rules and contracts could mean UK councils are about to kiss goodbye to the real power of waste...
… is incinerated and less than 30 per cent recycled, and there is no separate collection … (MBT) plant, which shreds, sorts and recycles much of the waste before turning the … MBT to deal with the rest. 'Flanders already recycles 70% of its waste,' says Hogg, 'so we …
Earthship Brighton, an award-winning off-grid community centre set in an organic farm within the South Downs National Park, has hosted hundreds of events and inspired tens of thousands of visitors over the last decade, writes Phil Moore, demonstrating green technologies and energy-efficient living. But now it's in need of a refit.
… and are built from local materials and from recycled, and salvaged materials. Imagine a … well as recycling materials Earthships also recycle ideas from the architectural past, …
Things are looking up in one of New York's least affluent boroughs, with the construction of the latest cutting-edge green development designed for low-income families
… faux-wood flooring made from 70 per cent recycled vinyl content, common areas will be laid with recycled nylon carpet tiles and doormats made from recycled tyres, and vinyl panelling made with …
Renewable energy, without doubt, is both driving and shaping the clean global economy of the future, writes Jeremy Leggett. But don't forget its equally essential partner: closing the consumption loop to create a truly circular economy in which there is no longer any such thing as 'waste', only resources we are not yet smart enough to use.
… products and their component parts will be recycled, remanufactured, and refurbished. The …
Which of hand dryers or paper towels have the greatest impact on the environment? asks Simon Lockrey. Are your paper towels recycled or tree-pulped, your dryers power-hungry and long-blowing or short-blast and power-saving. Only full Life-Cycle Analysis can reveal the true punches these seemingly harmless items can deliver to our environment.
… asks Simon Lockrey. Are your paper towels recycled or tree-pulped, your dryers … per dry (the average is two) proportion of recycled paper power rating and length of time … dry were used, and when the paper was 100% recycled, both in manufacturing and disposal. …
Many of the substances that make wastewater a pollutant can also be useful as fertilisers for agriculture and in generating gases for small power stations, says report
… manure BLOG Atlantic Rising: Ghana's slums recycle Western waste The slums of Accra in …
The UK's nuclear decommissioning authority has a problem - what to do with over 100 tonnes of plutonium. Jim Green evaluates the NDA's options, and sees another generation of nuclear white elephants in the making.
… of the spent fuel pending disposal (no recycle of spent fuel, in line with current UK … are promoted on the grounds that they could recycle spent fuel repeatedly, leaving only … would argue that IFRs could theoretically recycle spent fuel until nothing is left but …
Electricity operator National Grid believes that with the right Government incentives, renewable gas could be produced from our waste and fed straight into the mains
National Grid plan for local waste-to-biogas plants The Ecologist | 8th October 2009 News Energy Biogas Science And Technology Waste And Recycling ngbiogas.jpg Electricity operator National Grid …
First we heat up cold water for baths, showers and washing, write Jan Hofman & Laura Piccinini. Then we chuck all that precious heat down the plughole. So how about recycling our waste heat to warm up water on its way to the boiler or hot water tank, cutting bills and emissions? Or on a larger scale, use the sewage from entire communities as a free energy source for heat pumps?
Let's reclaim the free energy in our sewers - we have the technology! Jan Hofman Laura Piccinini | 9th September 2016 Comment Energy Cities Recycling Water Technology bath-cut.jpg First we heat up …
Electric cars are no longer just a 'pipe dream' claims transport minister as he announces £60 million in funds for charging points and grants for people buying new vehicles
… habits can remain unchanged GREEN LIVING Recycle your car, don't scrap it Two million … half of them through the proper channels. Recycle materials and cut down on pollution by …
Renewable energy sounds like the obvious solution for a power-hungry planet in a greenhouse world. But where will all the minerals come from?
Renewables - what about the minerals? Tim Radford | 31st October 2013 News Energy Renewable Energy Renewables Renewable energy sounds like the obvious solution for a power-hungry planet in a …
Viticulture is growing at a rate of knots in India, and the country's largest winery is leading by environmental example
Growing green grapes and bottling sustainable wine in India Anna da Costa | 10th August 2010 Activism Food And Farming Sustainable Agriculture Wine India Pesticide Water Nasik Mumbai Vineyard Energy …
Growing crops to solve the planet’s energy needs doesn’t work. Recycling the energy in our waste just might have a significant part to play. By Jeremy Smith & Jon Hughes
Less waste, more speed Jeremy Smith Jon Hughes | 29th March 2007 News Biogas Sweden Bush Biofuel Dung Biomass Biofuel Biotechnology Agribusiness Farming Biotechnology Ozone Layer Incineration …
With new figures out this month (May 2013) revealing that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have reached an all-time high at 400 parts per million (PPM), the timing for a global competition to find carbon cutting ideas is apt
Global Green Challenge; calling all entrepreneurs Lucy Nicolson | 31st May 2013 Ethical Living Society Energy Climate Change postcode lottery.jpg With new figures out this month (May 2013) revealing …
A pioneering social marketing project in Richmond and Ham is using neighbourhood networks to improve energy efficiency in the borough
'Street champions' inspire communities to adopt low-carbon lifestyles Laura Laker | 13th August 2010 Activism Energy How To Make A Difference Social Marketing Richmond Environment Network Ham United …