10,000 tonnes of Christmas leftovers to be converted into green energy
SEVERN Trent Green Power is expecting 10,000 tonnes of Christmas leftovers to be delivered to its food waste plants in January, where it’ll be...
Did you know this about electricity at Christmas?
HAVE you ever wondered what is the dominant energy source as we light up our Christmas trees or which year has been our greenest...
New public taps allow passersby to top up for free
NEW public tap which allows people to top up their water bottles for free has been unveiled at Elgin in Moray, Scotland.
The tap is...
Welsh government invests in greener transport
INVESTING in low emission vehicles and creating a more resilient transport system are among the initiatives benefiting from £74m of Welsh Government funding to...
Peterborough saves £48,000 if every household recycles extra one per cent
PETERBOROUGH City Council has teamed up with Aragon Direct Services, which manages its waste contract, to encourage residents to recycle over the festive period.
Steve...
National Grid announce contractors for £1billion project to rewire London
NATIONAL Grid has agreed a six-year contract with HOCHTIEF-Murphy Joint Venture to deliver the tunnelling and shaft work of the second phase of its...
Four south London boroughs rise up the capital’s recycling performance table
FIGURES released by DEFRA show that four south London boroughs have risen up the capital’s recycling performance table.
The four boroughs, Croydon, Kingston, Merton and...
Birmingham Airport Launches New Electric Bus Fleet
BIRMINGHAM Airport has launched a fully electric bus fleet to replace the current diesel vehicles in operation and becomes the first UK airport to...
UK and Denmark to be connected with high voltage cabling across Lincolnshire
Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £90 million contract to deliver the British onshore civils works for the Viking Link Interconnector Project on behalf...
True cost of Christmas food shopping revealed by Zero Waste Scotland
67 million meals will go to waste in Scotland this December and 84% of households will have leftover food from Christmas Day, according to...