Buy Nothing Day’s lesson for Birmingham
It’s two weeks until Christmas – are you, like most people right now, up to your elbows in wrapping paper and gifts that no one ever really needs? Well Birmingham Friends of the Earth are encouraging you to take a moment and reflect on Buy Nothing Day, which hit the streets of Birmingham not long [...]
RWM achieves best success yet
September’s RWM 09 has been described as the ‘most successful ever.’ The event, which was held at Birmingham NEC, has been confirmed as the number one recycling and waste management exhibition in the UK. This year it had its highest number of visitors and exhibitors since its launch over a decade ago. Visiting demand has [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Recycling & Waste Management Exhibition 2009.
From the 15th-17th of September, Birmingham’s very own NEC Arena will host the yearly Recycling & Waste Management Exhibition. This UK event see’s the biggest players and companies in the waste and recycling field take over the Birmingham arena. Along with hundreds of stalls demonstrating areas of the industry such as products, brands and management technique, there is [...]
Council cracks down on out of town recyclers
July 2009 has seen the introduction of the ‘Proof of Residency Scheme’ by Birmingham City Council in order to stop members of other councils from using Household recycling facilities specifically for Birmingham residents and encourage them to use their own! The councils plan is to have residents verbally announce their postcode when arriving at a [...]