Birmingham University’s hydrogen vehicles praised
The University of Birmingham‘s hydrogen cars are being dubbed a saviour to the environment and they hope that this will eventually lead to a hi-tech and low carbon future for the region. The Midlands’ Microcab and Modec are companies that supports electric vehicles and at the moment, 100 low emission vehicles are being tested within [...]
Phone recycling company’s new advertising campaign
A Birmingham-based video production company has produced a £1.5 million advertising campaign for a mobile phone recycling firm. The commercial that features magician Paul Daniels and his assistant Debbie McGee was aired on digital pay-per-view and cable channels on March 1 2010. This will now be extended to terrestrial television where it will run for [...]
High speed rail terminates Birmingham City University campus plans
The plans for the new high speed train through Birmingham appears to ‘plough right through’ the new Birmingham City University campus. Blogger and lecturer Dave Harte posted the shocking plans on Twitter on Thursday (11/03/2010) The plans, taken from Dave’s Skitch, see the high-speed train line making a beeline for the University’s new campus development. [...]
HS2 gets the go-ahead
The high-speed rail link between Birmingham and London has been given the go ahead, it was confirmed this week. The train, which Birmingham Recycled reported on last week, is set to connect the West Midlands with almost anywhere in the UK including Manchester, Scotland and potentially even Paris. It has been reported that construction for [...]
Bournville College set to build green campus
The new Bournville College campus is utilising the latest in technological advancements to make the build as environmentally friendly as possible The 66 million pound project is due for completion in the summer of 2010. To allow for the most efficient build Bournville College is currently relocating to an all new green environment, which will [...]
‘Pay-as-you-throw’ could be coming soon
The campaign Big Brother Watch has accused the government of secretly preparing to impose ‘pay-as-you-throw’ taxes by using microship technology in wheelie bins. The official reason for the microchip scheme is to show which house each wheelie bin belongs to, presumably in order to reduce wheelie bin theft. However, privacy campaigners and members of the [...]
Green technology jobs rise
The West Midlands could see a rise in jobs within the environmental technology sector, according to a survey. West Midlands Regional Observatory found that over 70,000 people from the Midlands are already working in environmental technology. Approximately 400 companies were surveyed and half of them are looking to recruit more staff. Andy Phillips who is [...]
Car scrappage scheme ends later this month
Birmingham car dealers will mourn the loss of the car scrappage scheme that residents used to scrap their old vehicles for new and more environmentally friendly models. The scheme ends later this month and it gives car drivers £2000 off a new vehicle, which will have lower carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), if they trade in [...]