Birmingham Recycled Episode 4: Conservation

In this 4th. podcast from the conservation team at Birmingham Recycled; Emma, Kimberley, Natalie and Katie talks about reducing packaging on Easter eggs, the conservation management plan at Lickey Hills and and the issues surrounding water pollution in Britain. Cadbury have reduced their packaging on some of their waster egg products, but have they done [...]

Global Warming Facts release top tips to fight climate change

Environmental website Global Warming Facts have published the top 50 tips that should be followed on everyday to help fight global warming. The list is supposed to show that anyone can make a difference at little or no cost initially, and can actually save not only your own money but also the future of the [...]

Public Pond Survey

As discussed in a previous article, ponds are a great resource for communities and a haven for wildlife. However, information on what’s inhabiting these ponds isn’t always easily available. The Birmingham City Council wants to know more about the wildlife in gardens and ponds throughout the city. To find this information out, they offer a [...]

This week on Birmingham Recycled

This week on Birmingham Recycled we released the third part of our podcast. The Energy, Fuel and Transport correspondents took the trip into town to meet up with Dave Harte for chat, about energy saving tips and his involvement in the Act on CO2 campaign. With more attendance than anticipated and with a royal guest [...]

Birmingham Shines in Clean Britain Awards

Birmingham has been recognised for the cleanliness of its city centre in a national competition. The British Cleaning Council, an organisation established in 1982 and dedicated to the cleaning industry, revealed last month the winners of their Clean Britain Awards. The winners were announced on March 10 during a ceremony during the Cleaning show at [...]

UK eco-villages

I searched one of my social networks, Greenerpeople (environmental forum/community), and found some comments on a thread about an eco-village in Cornwall/eco-villages in general. What is an eco-village? According to eco-village network UK, Ecovillage – Sustainable, low-impact community with some shared ownership/management of land. Percy, a Greenerpeople junior member, says: “I have a friend who [...]

RWM Seminars aim to help industry and environment in times of crisis

RWM are preparing for seminars relating to the Exhibition in September which will take place at the NEC, Birmingham. The show is set to advise people on how to cut costs, improve efficiency, stay ahead of the competition and remain sustainable in a difficult economy. Seminars have been introduced by the company in order to [...]

Birmingham Recycled Episode 3: Dave Harte

The Energy and fuel reporters Georgie Cambpell, Oliver Appleby, Joe Chapman and Andrew Nichol talks to Dave Harte about his Act on CO2 campaign. Dave is now one of ten participants in the Birmingham Act on Co2 campaign. The group talks about how to specifically save money on your electricity bill by monitoring your different [...]