Folding bicycles make cycling the more popular way to travel
London bike sales are up 90% thanks to the continued efforts of a West Midlands bicycle manufacturer.
Brompton bicycles are currently producing 600 of their famous ‘folding bicycle’ a week and anyone who wants one can be expected to wait up to 11 weeks to receive it.
Brompton have designed technologies alongside Pashley, who have been established [...]
Urban Coffee Company urge customers to do more than just drink their coffee
Urban Coffee Company have found a variety of ways to conserve coffee and stop generating ‘tons of coffee waste each year’.
Simon Jenner, who owns the coffee shop along with Amir, says:
‘When we started looking at the coffee businesses we realised that the high street stores were sending a serious amount of used coffee to landfill [...]
‘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 public [...]
Salons becoming eco-friendly in Birmingham
Hairdressers around Birmingham are increasingly renovating and modernising their salons to create a more eco-friendly environment.
Salons like Hushhair and Aveda are taking energy saving measures and encouraging recycling.
Such policies are encouragement by magazine Hair Journal, who informed salons that owners have a great responsibility to establish efficient enterprises that in no way damage [...]
Butterfly conservation project at Wyre Forest
A recent project at Wyre Forest is helping to generate more open space for butterflies by clearing areas and setting up ‘corridor’ links between one area of the forest and another.
The forest works closely with the Butterfly Conservation and the Forestry Commission to manage projects concerning butterfly conservation.
Phil Rudlin, who works at Wyre Forest, said:
‘We’re linking [...]
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 Head of [...]
Birmingham restaurants not accredited by SRA
A scheme by the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) so far has no Birmingham restaurants accredited since it’s launch last month.
The majority of approved members are currently in London or worldwide.
A spokesperson for The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) said:
“We don’t currently have any signed up members in Birmingham, although we are in discussion with some Birmingham [...]
Hydrogen taxi cabs being tested
A new ‘energy-efficient’ taxi cab is in the process of being developed and will be ready to be tested on roads in time for the 2012 Olympics.
It will look no different from the standard black cab we see on the roads today but will sport top class hydrogen fuel cell technology. You can see what [...]