Archive for August, 2009
Should we start them young?
Having just turned twenty, I can’t say that I have many friends who care about the environment as much as I do. In fact, many of them are quite open about the fact that they don’t care about recycling, their carbon emissions etc. To quote: “Nothing is going to happen in my lifetime, so why [...]
Top retail supermarkets team up with RWM for this year’s exhibition
This year’s Recycling Waste Management Exhibition (RWM) is creeping closer and closer to Birmingham’s NEC with less than an month to go before the big launch. Set to take place on 15 – 17 September, RWM have prepared for a highly informative and interesting exhibition concerning environmental issues, with over exhibitors, a live recycling plant [...]
Nappucino mornings aim to decrease landfill waste in Birmingham
Last Tuesday saw the introduction of a series of Nappucino mornings held specially for parents within Birmingham. The event took place at Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre at 1:30pm hosted by the recycling department of Birmingham City Council. The first Nappucino morning was focused on introducing the more recycle friendly ‘Real Nappy’ (which is reusable [...]
Aston University back green scheme for cars.
As mentioned recently on Birmingham Recycled in a post by Emma Williams, Birmingham is one of the leading UK cities aiming to clean up our Co2 emissions and make cars more eco friendly. Students at Aston University have become involved with a project hoping to develop low carbon emitting transport for the UK. This project is [...]
Coca-Cola hits milestone with Drink2Wear
The American coke company has recently sold 1 million porducts from the new clothing range Drink2Wear. The Coca-Cola Company has a history of designing packaging with the world in mind. Drink2Wear t-shirts are made using recycled plastic bottles and feature catchy slogans such as “make your plastic fantastic”. The Drink2Wear line has been supported by [...]
Birmingham parks for the week beginning 17th August
Another week, another pack of activities waiting for us in Birmingham’s beautiful parks this summer! In the Kingfish Country Park, you can go wild for a Family Fun Day with “Wellie wanging, duck racing and lots more antics” on Wednesday from 10AM. It is recommended that you wear sturdy footwear and light refreshments are provided. [...]
Organic foods bite back.
A recent report published by the Food Standards Agency has left a sour taste in the collective mouths of Birmingham organic food buisnesses. Organic buisnesses have been under enough pressure with the recession, damning reports and comissioned findings such as these are only making the problem for organic food sales a whole lot worse… The paper published [...]
Cadbury’s future looking green.
Being one of the largest companies and manufacturer’s in the UK hasn’t made Cadbury forget about or desregard the importance of their carbon and enviromental footprint. Launching the ‘Purple Goes Green’ initative back in 2007, Cadbury are looking ahead to the future and have set out a series of goals and targets they hope to achieve [...]