Birmingham Recycled Episode 9: The Wave
Did you miss going to The Wave in London last Saturday? Well, have no fear because Birmingham Recyled has documented the day in a podcast for your enjoyment as well as having video highlights. In this podcast we look at what the purpose of The Wave is, speak to groups in Birmingham attending the Wave, [...]
The Wave: Have we made a difference?
Saturday saw us Brits from all over the country join together to make an outrageously blue statement against climate change. Green societies and eco friendly warriors gathered up to approximately 50,000 protestors in the capital city for the long awaited Wave. All marchers had the same general hope to speak to those in power and have their say [...]
Birmingham gets ready for The Wave
Birmingham groups are preparing to join people from all across the country to campaign for government action against climate change at the demonstration The Wave in London on Saturday 5th December. It will be the United Kingdom’s largest march in support for action on the issue of global warming and organisations such as Birmingham Friends [...]
Calling all students in Birmingham!
At last, an incentive for students to make an effort to save energy – a lifetime supply of Ben and Jerry’s Ice cream! That’s just one of the prizes being offered as part of national campaign the Student Switch Off, which kicked off proceedings again last month, for its third year running and hopefully its biggest year [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What car? magazine announce greenest car 2009
The new Volvo S40 DRIve model has been named the overall greenest family car winner of 2009. The environmental competition organise by What Car? Magazine announced the top ten greenest cars on the road today. Followed closely by the Fiat 500, the distinctive box like Volvo boasted the lowest CO2 figure and most comfortable drive. [...]