How your dinner helps to power thousands of homes.
It’s an unfortunate fact of life, food gets wasted. No matter how hard we try, food goes off, kids don’t finish their meals and we often make too much. Previously this food would be wasted, thrown into the landfill or on the compost heap to rot. However in Piddlehinton, Dorset is our facility that takes […]
Why we built a solar farm in the notoriously dreary England
You may have heard that Eco Sustainable Solutions currently runs the largest solar farm in the UK. At over 380 acres, it generates over 70MW of energy and powers more than 27,000 homes in the local area of Bournemouth at its peak. The solar farm is so large, in fact, that it requires 6 separate […]
October Gardening Tips
It’s October, the start of autumn and the beginning of everything changing in the garden before winter. It may seem like there’s not much to be done in the garden this month, but work put in this earlier in autumn will pay dividends when the garden begins to pick up in spring. Follow out quick […]
5 Everyday changes you can make to reduce your carbon footprint
Everyone is away of their carbon footprint. We all know that we should be doing more to limit the damage that we do to the environment, but what do you do? It’s difficult to know where to start and short of selling your car for an electric one (or better yet, a bike), installing solar […]
Tips for Gardening this September
September is a noticeably cooler month than August, with the evenings rolling in noticeably shorter and much darker weather beating the horizon. The drop in temperature makes it much more comfortable to spend the whole weekend in the garden when compared to the hotter months. Fruits and Vegetables. If you have a vegetable or fruit […]
4 Eco-Friendly Inventions You Might Not Know About
The world is a constantly changing and innovating place. Here are some of 2016’s top innovations that are changing the earth for the better. AirCarbon AirCarbon, an initiative by Newlight Technologies, is made by combining air with methane-based carbon. These emissions, that would otherwise become part of the air we breathe, produce a material that […]
Tips for Gardening this August
August tends to be the hottest time of the year for us in the Northern Hemisphere, so it’s vitally important that you pay attention to your garden and keep on-top of the day to day tasks that keep your garden looking beautiful. Watering First and foremost, remember to water your garden, especially those plants that […]
Eco Sustainable Solutions Nominated ‘Pioneers’ by REA
Eco Sustainable Solutions has been shortlisted in the UK’s most prestigious renewable energy and clean tech awards 2017, awarded by the Renewable Energy Association (REA). The awards, this year held in the Savoy Hotel, London, are a celebration and recognition of companies and individuals who have done something amazing in renewables or clean tech sector […]
ERF Consultation Set to Close
Community groups and nearby residents have only a few days left to comment on our proposals for a new Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) at our Eco Park site in Parley, Dorset. The scheme is designed to help us process an extra 60,000 tonnes of waste in addition to the 250,000 tonnes we currently handle. Because […]
Eco Lands Long-Term Council Waste Contract
We have won a multi-million-pound waste handling contract with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP). The exclusive four-year deal, with an option to extend to up to ten years, tasks Eco Sustainable Solutions with processing all the organic wastes generated in the BCP region. The annual amounts specified include 21,000 tonnes of green or garden […]