London has certainly had its ups and downs over the years, what with three major attempts at invasion in history, two of which succeeded. And then of course there was also a great plague that took an even greater fire to quench. But why do we still have fly tipping in … [Read more...]
Fly Tipping in Essex – Assault on an Ancient County
Essex ceremonial county dates back to the late Anglo-Saxon period, although there’s evidence of settlements from the Iron Age. And no wonder our ancestors were drawn here. Who could have resisted the allure of broad estuaries beckoning visitors to the hinterland? It’s … [Read more...]
Imagine Plastic Waste Recycled as High Quality Plastic
A research group at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has developed an efficient process for breaking down any plastic waste at the molecular level. The resulting gasses morph into new plastics of high quality. This new process could change today's plastic … [Read more...]
A Post Code of Recycling Blunders in London
You might be forgiven for thinking London has its recycling ducks in a row. After all, it’s already close to hopelessly overcrowded, with an average 14,670 people crammed into every square mile. Therefore it makes sense to minimise land filling wherever … [Read more...]
Plastic Pollution and What’s Being Done to Remedy this Scourge
Plastic Pollution and What’s Being Done to Remedy this Scourge Leading retailer Tesco Supermarkets has confirmed that it intends to remove plastic from a wide range of in-house products. The popular chain store estimates this will result in an environmental saving of … [Read more...]
What makes plastic recycling so confusing
While most of us are trying our best to recycle plastic, the collection methods in place by councils across the UK continue to sow confusion over what can and cannot be recycled. Plans are now in place in England to ensure improved plastic recycling methods, but … [Read more...]
Straw Wars: Consumers Retaliate
Ask any informed teenager where they would prefer to dine, and the likely answer would be, “anywhere that does not use plastic straws.” Future generations are far more in touch with environmental issues, and the impending synthetic catastrophes that are contriving to … [Read more...]
Items to Avoid Sending to the Local Recycle Facility
Adopting a recycling mind-set for those household items you want to dispose of responsibly is a great start. First-time subscribers to this practice should know that it does not always prove that straightforward. For example, the Big Mac brand admitted recently that its … [Read more...]
How Did You Contribute to Plastic-Free July?
Think about it. Why would you choose something that you are going to use once only for a few minutes out of a material that is probably going to outlive you? Then you are just going to bin it in no time at all. How crazy is that? We are talking, of course, about our … [Read more...]
Knock the Pocket by Smashing the Plastic Trail
Each of us knows that global warming is rapidly reaching ‘crisis mode’, but what are we doing about this mounting gloom? While it is easy to turn a blind eye, the right thing to do is to take an interest in arresting the problem and reversing the trend. One effective … [Read more...]
