A survey by the Local Government Association has suggested that the leading supermarkets are still using too much packaging on their products, which is hindering our household recycling efforts.  The survey covered 29 common food items and six leading supermarkets - Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Lidl and Marks & Spencer.  
The results showed that up to 40% of […]

I stumbled across this great video by Hank Green at EcoGeek.org which gives an easy to follow guide on how to reuse and recycle an old laptop. The idea of the guide is to show people how to remove parts of an old laptop that can be reused or sold on Ebay, before sending the […]

Traditional high-energy incandescent light bulbs are to be phased out by British retailers under a new timetable agreed by retailers and energy companies.  It has been estimated that this will save the equivalent of five million tonnes of CO2 a year.
Under the plan, announced by the Environment Secretary Hilary Benn, retailers will stop replacing their […]

Dr Frances Kennett, a 62 year old fundraiser for the University of Oxford, has been taken to court by her local council due to a row over fortnightly rubbish collections.  Dr Kennett had refused to pay one month’s council tax after claiming that the change to fortnightly rubbish collections in her area had resulted in […]

T-Mobile, the mobile phone service provider, has carrier out a study which suggests that the UK has a stockpile of old, unused mobile phones worth in excess of £1 billion.  Although there are many recycling options available, the British public seam to be reluctant to part with their old mobile phones, instead choosing to hoard […]

If you are one of the millions of households that now have access to the internet, there is a great and easy way to help the environment - paperless billing.  There are many businesses that are now offering this service, including many household names such as British Gas, HSBC and Vodafone.  With paperless billing your […]

Every time you go to the supermarket or buy something from a shop, there is a good chance you take the items home in a plastic carrier bag.  Most of these plastic carrier bags are thrown away and end up in landfill sites, even though they could be used over and over again.  The problem with plastic carrier […]

The pros and cons of fortnightly rubbish collections have been debated for quite some time.  Some reports have been in favour of fortnightly rubbish collections on the basis that they have contributed to increased recycling rates.  Other reports, including a recent report from the World Health Organisation, have criticised fortnightly rubbish collections for creating smells […]

Electrical retail giant Currys has launched the first UK in-store recycling scheme for end of life electrical items.  The recycling scheme has been launched to coincide and work in accordance with the WEEE Directive that finally became fully effective on 1st July.  The scheme enables customers to return old electrical items to any one of its […]

With June 2007 having been the wettest June on record in the UK, you could be forgiven if saving water was not currently high on your list of priorities.  However, saving water, or at least not wasting water, is something that should be considered all year round, regardless of the weather.  So don’t just wait […]