Archive for March, 2009
The Drinkaware Trust
When you recycle you feel good in the knowledge that you are doing your bit for the environment, but do you ever feel bad when you wonder how on earth you managed to empty that many wine and beer bottles in just one week? New research shows that one in six people are concerned about [...]
Make Fashion Greener in Birmingham
Primark is probably one of Birmingham’s most popular retailers for anyone looking for a bargain. It is like a never ending sale of high street fashion and unbelievably low costs. In terms of saving your pennies you cannot go wrong, but saving the environment is another issue. The UK government has recently launched a new [...]
Popular posts from the recent week
We always welcome suggestions from our users and value them very much. Craig McGinty recently suggested that we do a weekly round up of what’s been going on around here. I will look more into the option of turning this into an email newsletter, but for this first one I will stick to a post [...]
The Space Sun Shield
Technology has taken another leap forward for helping the environment. It has been stated that scientists claim they can fight global warming using mirrors. SUN SHIELD Astronomer Dr. Roger Angel has devised a ‘Space Sun Shield Project.’ This gun like canon technology would be 100 times more powerful than your average, conventional weapon. It would [...]
Greenpeace opppose Brown’s “sweetener” rail line
Greenpeace have opposed government plans for a high speed electric rail line linking London, Heathrow and Birmingham. This is latest fall out concerning Heathrow’s controversial third runway. The idea behind the proposal is to reduce the volume of cars, buses and taxis that drive into Heathrow from all areas of the country – in [...]
Clean Birmingham scheme branded failure and waste of money by MP.
A scheme to clean Birmingham streets which cost the council an estimated £20,000 has been branded a failure just six months in to the campaign by MP Liam Byrne. The supposed ‘blitz’ which took place earlier this year saw 68 on the spot £60 fines dished out to members of the public by environmental wardens, unsurprisingly over half refused [...]
Asda plans charges for carrier bags
Local supermarket, Asda, will be forced to impose a 10p charge for carrier bags if use is not cut by 50% this year. The store’s decision comes as a result of the governments “bag levy” and will be slowly implemented throughout all UK stores if the 50% cut is not achieved. Notices are being displayed [...]
Reduction in 2009′s Easter Waste
This year’s Easter sees confectionary giants Birmingham-based Cadbury, Nestle, Marks and Spencer and Mars achieving significant reductions in the packaging of chocolate eggs. The move came after a voluntary agreement by the sector last year to tackle the waste from egg packaging that amounts to 3,000 tonnes yearly in the United Kingdom by 155,000 tonnes [...]