The House Made of Straw
It may seem as though houses have been built the same for years, if not hundreds of years, with very small changes happening to make them more effective as time goes by. We’ve introduced triple glazing, cavity walls, more efficient insulation and energy efficient heating solutions but there’s one building material that remains unchanged throughout […]
The House Made Of Plastic
Following our recent post, which highlights the practicalities and benefits of using straw as a building material; we now delve into a similar, yet completely opposite, building material. Plastic. 300,000,000 tons of plastic (three hundred million) are produced every year and we recycle just 8% of it. It’s been predicted that in just 10 years, […]
The Future of Solar Energy
The UK’s renewable energy capacity reached its highest peak in quarter 3 of 2016, generating 25% of the UK’s electricity requirement (33.4GW). In just 12 months, the UK has increased its renewable energy capacity by 11.3% (3.4GW) and one third of that renewable energy capacity now comes from Solar PV. Solar energy, between Q3 2015 […]
5 Things You Didn’t Know You Can’t Recycle
Recycling is one of the most important things that everyday people can do to help lower their carbon footprint, limit landfill growth and protect the environment. The UK has a target to recycle 50% of its waste by the year 2020. It’s currently 2017, and we’re only recycling 44.3%. Growing by just 3.9% in the […]
Renewable Energy – 5 Countries beating the UK
A world without fossil fuels or pollution feels like it’s a long way off. Climate Change continues to increase and the world’s population seems to be only taking small steps towards a solution. However, there are several countries out there that are leading the way in renewable energy. These countries, whilst admittedly smaller, manage to […]
Should the UK Introduce A Bottle Deposit Scheme?
The UK is currently discussing the potential of introducing a bottle deposit scheme. The scheme, similar to those in some EU countries and states in America, would add a small price to the cost of plastic PET bottles and aluminium drinks cans. The cost would be somewhere between 10-30 pence, depending on the size of […]
Reasons Your Business Should Be Recycling
As a business owner, the government’s standpoint on the disposal of commercial waste is clear: You must: Keep waste to a minimum by doing everything you reasonably can to prevent, reuse, recycle or recover waste (in that order). Disposal of business or commercial waste Understandably, it’s not possible for a business to prevent or reuse all […]
Carbon – What’s next?
Whilst the UK is slowly but surely lowering its dependence on carbon, we’re still not completely weaned off the stuff. The UK released over 7 metric tons of C02 emissions per capita in 2013, down from 11.8 in 1970, but still a long way to go before we reach 0. As a nation, we are […]
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 […]