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…
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…
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 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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Apple have pledged to make an iPhone entirely from recycled material which will have zero environmental impact. Currently smartphones from Apple, Samsung and other manufactures use millions of tonnes of CO2 each year.…
Most of us have some form of old technology lying about at home whether that be a phone. laptop or tablet. Instead of throwing it into the bin, which is bad for the environment or…
The majority of Britain's unwanted clothes end up in landfills rather than being recycled and its believed 235 million items are expected to end up there this Spring. Many people admit to binning their…