Archive for February, 2009
Police called to handle rubbish
This is exactly why we should recycle…. Police were called to a quarry after finding photos of a murder scene on site. Two gruesome shots of a half naked woman were found provoking the attendance of the local force – only to discover they were from the ITV show, Wire in the Blood. According to [...]
Small scale wind systems need more support
Speaking at an Environment Protection conference in London last week, BWEA manager, Alex Murley asked for more support from the government. The British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) estimates that the UK has the potential to install 600,000 wind turbines, which could generate 1.3 gigawatts of power by 2020. The small scale wind systems are becoming [...]
Birmingham Recycled journalists receive ‘green’ promotional t-shirts
At Monday’s launch, the journalists working for Birmingham Recycled each received an ‘eco-friendly’ promotional t-shirt. The shirts which have the sites logo printed on the front, are all supplied by EarthPositive and manufactured solely from organically raised cotton. The gesture was well received by all the journalism students on the team, Philip Gordon said: ”The [...]
Eco-Schools on the Rise
Eco-schools will be doing an event on June 24th at Stoneleigh Conference and Exhibition Center near Coventry. Several elements will be included in the day’s events including entertaining emceeing done by ‘Buster, the wastebuster’-which gives the event a little silly fun! The event gets into what eco-schools are all about and what is unique [...]
New recycling plant proposed for Birmingham
Birmingham City Council has announced that they are proposing to find a new recycling processing plant near Birmingham. Currently glass, cans and plastic bottles travel 154 miles to a processing plant in Essex whereas paper and card goes to the Tamworth branch of Smurfit Kappa and is made into cardboard boxes. The council wish to [...]
BCHG: Leading the way in hydrogen technology
Black Country Housing Group (BCHG) are the first agency in partnership with the University of Birmingham to launch the first hydrogen fuel cell system to power a house’s electricity, water and central heating – located in the West Midlands. The agency are experts in economic and social regeneration, through building new affordable homes, providing care [...]
B&Q Question Wind Turbines
Retailer B&Q are investing £150,000 in a study on wind turbines after a report by Encraft last month questioned their effectiveness. The report stated that they only performed a fraction of what the manufacturer claims were and B&Q have ‘temporarily’ sidelined Windsave turbines. David Cameron seemed ahead of the rest when he installed a wind [...]
Environmental Musical Stomp
Have you thought of making a musical instrument out of your pots and pans? Stomp turns everyday objects into musical instruments. Using sweeping brushes, bins, bin lids, the most unusual household items and turns them into a musical extravaganza. Is this being green? It’s not making new instruments, but making the most of and utilising, [...]