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March 2010
- 08: Hydrogen taxi cabs being tested
- 08: Tesco’s recycled clothing is not so eco-friendly
- 08: Sainsbury’s is ‘top retailer of Fairtrade goods in world’
- 08: Cannon Hill Park walk introduces the refurbished Midlands Arts Centre
- 07: Birmingham Sea Life Centre campaigning against whale hunting in Greenland
- 07: Birmingham City Council deny theft is to blame for recycling box disappearances
- 07: Birmingham City Council announce new plans for business recycling scheme
- 07: Car scrappage scheme ends later this month
- 07: Birmingham Vintage Fair draws huge crowds
- 06: Birmingham aims to become the first sustainable city by 2026
- 05: West Midland pioneers to build all electric car
- 05: Bin men dispute raises concerns over the recycling in Sandwell
- 05: Marks and Sparks turn big on the environment, but Birmingham?
- 05: Sculpture of new Library made out of Birmingham waste
- 05: Envirosort brings changes to recycling systems in Bromsgrove
- 05: Bournville College Open Day
- 05: Energy saving project intends to make Birmingham the greenest city in the world
- 05: The Northfield Ecocentre show how to save more than just energy
- 05: West Midlands firm FHM delivers Eco-Refurbishment
- 05: Public asked to set up bee hotels in their garden
- 05: Burning waste is “not enough” say campaigners
- 05: Birmingham City University’s new recycling scheme flop
- 04: West Midlands wind turbine company in competition with Japan
- 04: Student accommodation turning green
- 04: Birmingham City Council refusing loans to make homes greener
- 04: ‘Make A Difference’ At Lickey Hills Country Park
- 04: ’20’s plenty’ for Birmingham Friends of the Earth
- 04: Questions raised about Birmingham’s nature reserves and aquariums
- 04: Theme parks are turning eco-friendly
- 03: Electric cars are a hit with the police
- 03: Birmingham to London in 45 minutes – the big debate
- 02: Green Dragon’s Den comes to Birmingham
- 02: New competition launched to photograph ‘Beautiful Northfield’
- 02: Fairtraders flock to festival
- 02: Save Energy & Money: Birmingham gets expert advice
- 02: Recycling Fashion Show comes to Birmingham University
- 02: Council “committed” to the conservation of the Jewellery Quarter
- 01: Brumcan or Brumcan’t: the ghost of recycling services’ past
- 01: Have an eco holiday this summer
- 01: Discussions about what’s next for St. Mary’s Church
- 01: How ‘green’ is your phone?
- 01: Birmingham’s local businesses feel ignored by the council on recycling issues
- 01: Sutton park restoration begins as Richmond risks public alienation
February 2010
- 28: Moseley Swap Shop sees junk turn into treasure
- 28: Revolver shows Birmingham their Fairtrade World
- 28: Environmental Technology event comes to Birmingham
- 28: Wind farms on the horizon for West Midlands
- 28: Are we doing enough to support eco-fashion?
- 27: Recycling’s on the curriculum in Saudi
- 27: Campaign raises questions about Birmingham’s recycling scheme
- 26: BMW’s new green car proves popular
- 26: Clothes swap is a big hit for Northfield Ecocentre
- 25: Staff and students at Birmingham University get involved with Fairtrade Fortnight
- 24: Woodgate’s Conservation Workdays ‘desperately’ need the public
- 19: Birmingham resilience get us prepared for predicted floods
- 19: Half term fun in the snow
- 18: Birmingham students find a lack of knowledge about recycling
- 11: Delivery van journeys becoming more resourceful
- 09: Government neglecting energy security
- 05: “There are more pressing things to worry about than climate change”
- 05: Students of Birmingham get ready for Go Green week!
January 2010
- 28: Fun for All the Family
- 19: Northfield Ecocentre ask: Are we living in the age of stupid?
- 18: On a mission to lower carbon emission
- 12: Tom the baker uses his loaf to encourage community baking
- 06: Birmingham Parks: January 2010
- 05: The West Midlands’ Wildlife
December 2009
- 22: Moseley goes green for Christmas
- 16: A Cruelty Free Christmas
- 16: Santa’s Green Grotto
- 15: Birmingham’s Farmers Market – December
- 15: Shop green this Saturday
- 15: BFOE show their candlelit support for Copenhagen talks
- 11: Local Nature Reserves for Local People
- 11: Buy Nothing Day’s lesson for Birmingham
- 09: Birmingham Recycled Episode 9: The Wave
- 08: The Wave: Have we made a difference?
- 06: Birmingham Recycled’s video highlights of The Wave
- 05: Birmingham’s Park Events: December 2009
- 03: Northfield Ecocentre is ready for The Wave
- 03: December Green Drinks fills up guests diaries
November 2009
- 30: Friends of the earth aim to tackle our ‘mindless consumerism’
- 20: “16 days away from the biggest negotiations the world has ever seen” says Andy Atkins
- 19: Birmingham Recycled Episode 8: Why be a conservation volunteer?
- 18: Birmingham gets ready for The Wave
- 18: Birmingham’s Park Events November 2009
- 11: Birmingham Recycled’s Audience
- 05: Green Drinks event encourages a greener loaf
- 02: Green Drinks comes to Birmingham
October 2009
- 31: Are you a waster?
- 28: Calling all students in Birmingham!
- 22: Birmingham Students are friends of the Lake District
- 21: Government launch £6 million climate change advertising campaign
- 16: RWM achieves best success yet
- 11: How green is the happiest place on earth?
September 2009
- 27: Quality, not rubbish for Globally Local
- 15: Top ten strange ways to go green
- 14: Birmingham parks for the week beginning 14th September
- 09: Huge Backing for Local Stations
- 02: Birmingham parks for the week beginning 31st August
August 2009
- 26: Should we start them young?
- 24: Top retail supermarkets team up with RWM for this year’s exhibition
- 24: Nappucino mornings aim to decrease landfill waste in Birmingham
- 17: Aston University back green scheme for cars.
- 17: Coca-Cola hits milestone with Drink2Wear
- 17: Birmingham parks for the week beginning 17th August
- 16: Organic foods bite back.
- 15: Cadbury’s future looking green.
- 14: Tuesday Walkabout
- 13: Recycling & Waste Management Exhibition 2009.
- 10: Birmingham parks for the week beginning 10th August
July 2009
- 29: Co operative green energy for schools scheme
- 28: Green E-commerce
- 21: Birmingham parks for the week beginning 20th July
- 21: Get green answers
- 16: Birmingham and Coventry to become “electric car cities”
- 15: Chairman of The Birmingham University Conservation Volunteers speaks to Birmingham Recycled
- 13: Birmingham parks for the week beginning 11th July
- 08: Sean Lock on recycling: “I just feel stupid!”
- 04: Council cracks down on out of town recyclers
June 2009
- 29: Foot Express
- 18: Mistake that caused 50,000 deaths
- 16: Birmingham Friends of the Earth need new faces
- 15: Midlanders can Tweet for charity
- 08: Changing Lifestyles with Globally Local
- 08: What car? magazine announce greenest car 2009
- 05: Eco Schools
- 05: What’s up with the weather?
- 05: Birmingham: a Pest Paradise!
- 05: Londoners need help getting greener!
- 05: Biofuels: and Virgin Express
- 05: !!! Happy World Environment Day 2009 !!!
- 05: Wildlife-friendly farming is best all round
- 04: New birds in town
- 04: Birmingham Sustainable Schools Award
- 04: Buy Fairtrade in Birmingham
- 04: Recycled Chairs: A New Invention
- 04: Chip shops late night opening creating litter
- 04: Go Green in the Kitchen
- 04: Bham City Council Take Away Your Worries
- 04: Recycle your Vehicle for FREE
- 04: North Staffordshire’s G. Park Blue Planet opens for business
- 04: Launch of the first Sandwell Park Leaflet
- 04: Bonnie’s Going Greener for You
- 04: Birmingham Recycled Episode 7: West Midlands Safari Park’s World Environment Weekend
- 04: ‘Green WINE’ – The next eco friendly step
- 04: Ecological Recruitment
- 04: The World’s First Solar Powered Stadium
- 04: Starbucks : Doing their part for the environment
- 04: Gadget recycling is the way forward
- 04: World environment day comes to Birmingham
- 04: Get rid of big household items
- 04: Eco Toilet Brushes
- 03: Mutant Spiders Are Here!
- 03: Tic-Tacs introducing new “Eco” packaging
- 03: Birmingham Recycled editors contribute to World Environment Day
- 03: Volfall
- 03: Meat emissions
- 03: Recycle computers
- 03: “Superhomers” take on Eco Wool
- 03: Preserving Birmingham’s buildings
- 03: Peacocks join Retailers “take- back” scheme
- 03: Videocast – Lucas Coe’s views on Neena Gill
- 03: Friends of the Earth lead Birmingham 20mph residential movement
- 03: Free solar panels in Lozells
- 03: Park at my house?
- 02: Modern-day milkmen battle gas guzzling delivery lorries
- 02: Environment not top of the agenda for local voters
- 02: West Midlands Green Party – watch this space
- 02: SPECIAL: Labour MEP vague on green policy
- 02: Are you recycling your junk mail?
- 01: Step into a greener lifestyle
- 01: Consider yourself a razorsharp recycler?
- 01: West Midlands Safari Park celebrates World Environment Day
- 01: Video on H20 cars and the Birmingham Public
- 01: H20 Cars
May 2009
- 31: Local Businesses come together to create “Better Environments, Better Lives”
- 31: Liberal Democrat MEP candidate makes climate change top priority
- 30: Need for Plastic Bottle Recycling Bins in Birmingham City Centre
- 26: Birmingham Recycled’s Top Ten Parks
- 25: Tackling the climate change.
- 23: Birmingham City Student’s Union re-elect Ethical and Environmental Officer
- 20: Birmingham Recycled Episode 6: Walk to School Week 2009
- 20: Walk to School Week launch 2009
- 18: Go ‘veggie’ and help the environment
- 18: New car scrappage scheme is not as green as we thought
- 18: LDV Vans buy out paves way for electric van future
- 18: Be on the Bat Watch
- 17: Manufacturing firms encouraged to embrace renewables despite recession
- 15: Birmingham Recycled’s Top Ten Conservation Projects
- 15: Walk to School Week – 18 – 22 May 2009
- 14: Xerox to release new environmentally friendly printer
- 13: The West Midlands MEP Candidates to be challenged on the environment
- 11: Reusable nappies VS disposables
- 11: Birmingham Recycled Episode 5: The Green Pedal
- 09: JD Wetherspoons Are Going Green
- 08: Fuel prices rising faster than last spring’s surge
- 08: Future unsure for Centre of the Earth
- 08: Council spends £88,500 to remove bus lane
- 07: Kindle…the iPod for reading?
- 07: Blame The Cows!
- 07: Dumpster Diving
- 06: No running away from this problem
- 06: Offer offenders community projects
- 05: Birmingham City Council continues to recycle computers
- 05: Lord Mandelson accused of lobbying green policies
- 04: The future of electric cars
- 04: Government urged to save British bees
April 2009
- 28: Birmingham Recycled Episode 4: Conservation
- 26: Global Warming Facts release top tips to fight climate change
- 24: Public Pond Survey
- 24: This week on Birmingham Recycled
- 24: Birmingham Shines in Clean Britain Awards
- 22: UK eco-villages
- 22: RWM Seminars aim to help industry and environment in times of crisis
- 21: Birmingham Recycled Episode 3: Dave Harte
- 19: Paint The Town Green
- 19: Woodland Trust’s Tree for All campaign
- 19: Birmingham fails to act on the Earth Hour campaign
- 18: Northfield Ecocentre opens with a bang
- 18: Car Scrap Schemes
- 11: Birmingham has ‘can do’ attitude for workplace recycling.
- 10: This week on Birmingham Recycled
- 07: Birmingham International awaits newly approved Airport Extension
- 06: Disney works with The Woodland Trust
- 06: IKEA: using green credentials for good publicity?
- 06: Podcast Episode 2: Cquestrate
- 05: Public like litter fine cutback
- 03: Birmingham construction firm teams up to help combat climate change
- 03: Weekly roundup and the first podcast
- 02: Bike Week 2009
- 01: Government urged to tackle greenwash
March 2009
- 30: Podcast Episode 1: Waste & Recycling
- 28: Earth hour: An idiots guide
- 27: Popular posts from the recent week
- 21: Green careers and volunteer opportunities in the UK!
- 20: Coal Caravan rolling through East Midlands, Yorkshire and North East
- 20: Dolphin Pretty In Pink
- 20: Russia Ban Seal Hunting
- 20: New businesses on new media
- 20: Popular posts from the recent weeks
- 20: Can the sun help the environment?
- 19: Cquestrate: A solution to climate change
- 19: Worlds fastest all-electric motorbike revealed
- 19: MUJI : Green Mothers Day
- 19: Recycling in schools should be compulsary
- 19: Eco Homes In Birmingham
- 19: A Plane Load Of Pollution
- 19: Saved By the Well
- 19: The recession – the more we suffer, the more the environment suffers
- 19: Eco-town protestors
- 19: New universal recycling label.
- 18: Beavers with benefits
- 18: Recycling awareness – UK vs Australia?
- 18: Waste Watch supports need for more education in schools
- 18: Save our wildlife, eat a grey squirrel
- 18: Metro plans back on track
- 17: The Eco Friendly Porsche
- 17: Birmingham City Council encourage recycling in Sutton Coldfield despite household site redevelopment
- 16: Eco-friendly film premiere breaks world record
- 16: Coca-Cola-great drinks AND less emissions?
- 16: Sustainabilitylive 2009 at NEC in Birmingham
- 16: Lozells Lavish Redesign
- 15: Charity shopping and textile recovery
- 15: Wheelie Bins Bring Down Waste Production
- 14: Great Barr’s Green Lane reduces energy use in national challenge
- 14: Sharenergy give local power to local people
- 14: Perry Barr combats carbon emissions
- 12: Metro Newspaper launches recycling campaign
- 12: The Bullring Goes Green
- 11: Lickey Hills Conservation Day letdown: no publicity, no people
- 11: Go Green at this years Pride Festival
- 11: LIDL & Waitrose exposed as worst offenders for excessive packaging.
- 10: Say “I do” to greener weddings
- 09: Who are the RWM?
- 09: Whizz go makes you want to GO GO GO!
- 08: Twitter tweaks energy usage at green awards
- 08: Smart Meters to reduce energy use
- 08: Love Food Hate Waste release their top ten tips to reduce food waste
- 08: Live blogging from the conservation workday at Lickey Hils
- 07: The Drinkaware Trust
- 07: Make Fashion Greener in Birmingham
- 06: Popular posts from the recent week
- 06: The Space Sun Shield
- 05: Greenpeace opppose Brown’s “sweetener” rail line
- 05: Clean Birmingham scheme branded failure and waste of money by MP.
- 05: Asda plans charges for carrier bags
- 05: Reduction in 2009’s Easter Waste
- 04: Dudley ‘health hubs’ – considering local heritage?
- 04: Rock legend Neil Young makes electric cars album
- 03: Mr Electric strikes back!
- 02: Birmingham City Council Supports Love Food Hate Waste Campaign
- 02: The Rise of The Carrier Bag
- 02: ‘Carpool’
- 01: Northfield eco-centre
- 01: Coventry City goes Eco-friendly
- 01: Reasons why recycling is not as vital as you first thought
- 01: Recycle in and around the Universities Of Birmingham.
February 2009
- 28: A better Birmingham
- 28: WWF target Birmingham attractions
- 27: Clean up our waters
- 27: Bringing ponds back
- 27: Nappy recycling plant in Birmingham
- 26: How you can help the Environment
- 26: LDV Vans potential close down sparks protest
- 26: Conservation Workday at Lickey Hills
- 25: Police called to handle rubbish
- 25: Small scale wind systems need more support
- 25: Birmingham Recycled journalists receive ‘green’ promotional t-shirts
- 24: Eco-Schools on the Rise
- 24: New recycling plant proposed for Birmingham
- 24: BCHG: Leading the way in hydrogen technology
- 23: B&Q Question Wind Turbines
- 23: Environmental Musical Stomp
- 23: Freshfetch: greener and healthier food
- 23: The Cardboard PC
- 23: Save the whales
- 23: Vauxhall release new eco friendly Zafria
- 23: Birmingham recycling, is it on the increase?
- 23: Recycle and composting in Birmingham!
- 23: Eco friendly housing
- 23: Simple and efficient energy conservation in Germany, Heureka!
- 23: Save the albatross campaign launched
- 20: UK petrol prices rise at a sharper rate than inflation