It's believed that all the medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be made from recycled e-waste. This would include the use of recycled smartphones, digital cameras, handheld games and laptops. The organisers…
The worlds helium could run out within a decade unless more of the gas is recycled. Helium cannot be chemically manufactured so we rely on the supply coming from the slow radioactive alpha decay that…
A new government strategy means that businesses in England may have to pay for recycling or disposing of their packaging waste. Currently tax payers cover this cost with supermarkets and big organisation only contributing 10…
Its estimated that 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas is produced when old Christmas trees are sent to landfill, however pine needles can now be turned into industrial materials. The UK uses up to 8 million…
Leeds are offering new incentives to encourage people to recycle including bins that blow bubbles and machines that offer rewards. The project, #LeedsByExample is claiming to be the UK's biggest push to encourage people to recycle…
Walkers have started a new recycling scheme in order to stop millions of empty crisp packets ending up in landfill after pressure from consumers. The company currently produces more than 7000 non-recyclable crisp packets every…
It's believed that recycled plastic could supply nearly three quarters of the demand needed by the UK for products and packaging. Steps such as bringing in mandatory targets for recycled content in products, short-term subsidies and funding…
Walkers have come under pressure to make their crisp packets recyclable. 7,000 non-recyclable crisp packets are produced by the company every minute. Walkers have pledged to make its crisp packets 100% recyclable, compostable or biodegradable…
Barry Sheerman, the Labour MP for Huddersfield has visited a local recycling center in his constituency, Huddersfield. Mr Sheerman commented on how vital he thinks electrical recycling is. “We will only make real strides forward in…
Should the government be providing incentives to encourage people to recycle? Mark Maslin, a leading geologist and professor of climatology believes that incentives to protect the environment should be offered. He believes that a system that…
McDonald's, the famous fast-food chain have said that their use of plastic straws in Britain will go by 2019 after nearly half a million customers called on the company to remove them. The company use around 1.8…
Tesco have revealed that they have plans to remove the best before dates from nearly 70 fruit and vegetable items including apples, potatoes, tomatoes, lemons and onions in a bid to reduce food waste. They have…
Although plastics feature in all our daily lives and are incredibly useful, their impact on the environment has become increasingly worrying. A new type of plastic has been invented by chemists at Colorado State University,…
Here are some ways to help you become better at recycling. 1. If its plastic and bottle-shaped, recycle it In the UK, on average 16 million plastic bottles a day are not recycled. The best…
Here in the UK our recycling consists of separating paper from plastics, glass from metals and in some places food waste however this is nothing compared to the residents of Kamikatsu in Japan. In 2003…