How Councils Can Reduce Landfill Waste
Every household, to one degree or another, is acutely aware of the need to recycle. We should all know the difference between a black, blue and brown bin and we should all have noticed the frequency with which recycling is mentioned on TV, online, in schools and in our local communities. To one extent or […]
What happens to Waste to Energy Incineration Ash?
The conversion of waste to energy uses an incineration process to burn energy to produce heat and create steam. Then the steam turns a steam turbine which generates electricity in the same way that it would in a coal plant or nuclear energy plant. However, if you’ve ever had a coal BBQ or had a […]
Thinking Ahead During National Recycle Week 2020
This week is Recycle Week 2020, highlighting the importance of sending less waste to landfill. That’s something we’re passionate about at Eco Sustainable Solutions, and not just because we process more than 250,000 tonnes of waste a year at our Eco Park near Parley. In the BCP Council area and across Dorset, around 60% of […]
Energy Efficiency Explained
Reading through our blogs, articles elsewhere online and in tech news, you’ll see an awful lot mentioned about the “energy efficiency” of certain power production methods. Solar panels reached a record high for efficiency in 2014 of 46% and coal-fired power plants range from 33% to 40% efficiency. If you’ve not come across this term […]
Is Waste to Energy a Renewable Energy Resource?
Waste to Energy incinerators take waste from everyday sources and burn it to produce electricity (through creating steam and turning turbines). You can read more about them and how they work in our recent blog, here. However, in recent years, a question surrounding Waste to Energy has surfaced. Is Waste to Energy a renewable energy resource? […]
Easter Recycling Tips
We all love Easter…. We’re all in the same rather heavy boat this week… we’ve eaten chocolate for breakfast, lunch and dinner but have you thought about what to do with the packaging? Chocolate eggs are one of the most over-packaged products available on the market to buy and this year is no exception. With booming […]
Last Chance Tourism
Last chance tourism is the tourism industry that is built around the last chance to see something. It could be the last chance to see wild Rhinoceros in Africa, the last chance to see the Great Barrier Reef or the last chance to see Argentina’s glacier fields. If you knew that before long something would […]
The Difference Between Biomass and Biogas
Biomass and biogas are growing in popularity – if you’ll excuse the pun – in today’s ever more focussed ‘green society’. So what is the difference between biomass and biogas? To understand the difference between biomass and biogas, first, you must understand biofuels. Both biomass and biogas are what’s known as biofuels. Put simply, a […]
Next Gen Biodegradables
Packaging, especially food packaging, is the key contributor to waste in the world. The average person in the EU discards up to 160kg of packaging waste a year of which, less than 50% is recycled. With over 80kg of each person’s discarded packaging going to landfill each year, it’s clear why some companies are taking […]
Sustainable Sustainability
In today’s modern age, we hear endless stories of how important sustainability is to the continued development of today’s world. We hear constant tales of how if we continue on our current, unsustainable path, we’ll soon be wiped out in an oxymoronic heat-wave-ice-age-drought with occasional flooding. It’s an undeniable truth that we, as a whole […]