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 […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How To Avoid Agricultural Pollution
Today’s increasingly green population has become hyper-sensitive to potential pollution, possible pesticides and furious fertilisation. Your average 21st century consumer cares about ensuring that nothing has been sprayed on their lettuce except their own dressing of choice. In the immortal words of Joni Mitchel – “I don’t care about spots on my apples; leave me the […]
Strange New Ways Farms Are Improving Harvest Returns
Farms, like any other business, are always looking out for ways to improve their returns. It’s not rocket science, if you can get more money out than the money you put in, then it’s something that businesses consider. This is what has fuelled the rise in the use of pesticides and fertiliser. These additives return […]
Why Less Popular Renewable Energy Is the Most Important
If you do a quick Google image search for “renewable energy” what do you see? You will see a whole page of solar panels and wind turbines. Solar panels and wind turbines are the 2 primary sources of renewable energy on the minds of society. We drive past solar panels on our neighbours roofs and […]
The World’s Most Environmentally Responsible Companies
It’s quite common for people to think of the biggest companies in the world as heartless, mindless, soulless corporations that couldn’t care less about the environment. We read in the news of companies dumping their waste inappropriately, using unsustainable material sources and unscrupulous practices. However, there are a number of big names in the world […]