China ban imported foreign waste
China have announced plans to ban imports of 24 grades of rubbish, reducing the tonnes of world's waste it imports to feed its recycling industry. Its believed that last year China imported 7.3 million tonnes…
Are plastic packaging alternatives doing more harm than good
Some believe that the alternatives to plastic packaging could be causing more harm than good. The race is on to develop a material that can take the place of oil-based plastics which have a huge…
Plastic bottle deposit return scheme
It is believed that a plastic bottle deposit return scheme could save some councils in England up to £35 million. This would be done through reduced littering and landfill charges, also having less recycling bins…
Supermarkets need to stop using plastic packaging
The former boss of Asda, Andy Clarke is calling for all supermarkets to stop using plastic packaging in favour of alternatives like paper or glass. Currently plastics encase virtually everything we buy, and despite numerous…
EU have plans to save our oceans
The European Union have big plans in order to save our oceans including reducing plastic pollution, extending protected areas and watching vulnerable areas for illegal fishing. These measures are estimated to be worth almost half…
Coca Cola to increase the amount of recycled plastic in their bottles
After looking at Coca Cola's new recycling advert campaign on our last blog the company have now stated that they will increase the amount of recycled plastic in its bottles to 50%. This doubles the…
Coca Cola’s advert campaign to promote recycling
Coca cola has launched a multimillion pound campaign with the aim to encourage more people to recycle their bottles and cans. This is the first time it has run a sustainability campaign in the UK.…
Scotland plans deposit return scheme for bottles and cans
Based on a Scandinavia scheme, Scotland plans a deposit return scheme for bottles and cans, customers would pay a surcharge when buying the item that would be reimbursed when they returned to the shop. Organisation…
What to expect from Apple’s iPhone 8
The iPhone has refined the mobile phone industry and made Apple the most valuable company in the world. On the 10th anniversary of the smartphone's launch, Apple will release the iPhone 8 in an exclusive event.…
Should supermarkets be selling their “wonky veg” in an attempt to reduce food waste?
Supermarkets and the Government need to do more to tackle food waste and many MPs believe that encouraging supermarkets to sell "Wonky veg" would help with this issue. Each year around £10bn worth of food…
What will happen to electric car batteries when they run out?
Following on from our previous blog on batteries, the questions has to be raised that with the increased push to replace petrol and diesel cars with electric ones, what will happen to their half-tonne lithium-ion…
Company to raise awareness of the safety of batteries
The Charge Up Safety campaign has been launched by an Organisation called Call2Recycle Inc, this campaign aims to raise awareness of safe collection and shipping practices of batteries. The company Call2Recycle Inc, whose headquarters are based…
Could billions of plastic sachets be prevented from entering the ocean?
The Company Unilever are developing a technology that could prevent billions of plastic sachets from entering our oceans. This will be done through a system called CreaSolv Process, the plastic from the sachets will be…
Eco-living shouldn’t cost a fortune
Eco-living is a lifestyle that should be available to all rather than the small few who can afford it. Whilst it's encouraging to see products that are better for the environment and that reduce the…
6 gadgets that allow waste free living
Living a waste free life for most of us would be seen as fairly impossible. Unfortunately we are known as a society for being wasteful from plastic packaging to e-waste. However a group of designers…