Waste News
What’s happening out there? Who is making changes to help or hinder the reduction of waste? New technologies and products are emerging all the time. Some may well hold the answer to our environmental challenges and some will make things worse. We report on news stories and events from our own back-yard to across the world.
Just Gai signs up for the Bristol zero waste week challenge
I want you all to go along and cheer Just Gai as she begins her zero waste mission and blogs her progress. She has accepted Bristol’s Zero Waste Week Challenge, which runs from 29th September. But Just Gai is getting a head start and is doing some great preparation already! She knows exactly what she […]
Congratulations to Tracey Smith – her Book of Rubbish ideas is offically launched
Yay! and happy bunny dances all around. Tracey’s “Book of Rubbish Ideas” is birthed onto the shelves of a book store near you TODAY! After sweat, tears and toil, and no doubt some wonderful, excited moments of just knowing how important this book is going to be across the lands, Tracey has earned herself a […]
A Rubbish Service; tonight on ITV1
I’ve just been told about a TV programme that may interest some of you. It’s on this evening on ITV1 at 8pm. Here is the write up from the ITV website: A Rubbish Service As local authorities punish residents for failing to abide by recycling laws, Mark Jordan looks into whether the organisations themselves stand […]
Mining our landfills for valuable recyclables
Following a post on Peter’s environmental notes yesterday, I was alerted to an interesting interview over on the BBC. It’s a short interview, well worth listening to, with Peter Mills, commercial director at New Earth Solutions. His company is considering rubbish mining. In the interview, you’ll hear how entrepreneurs such as Peter Mills, are waking […]
Tesco slashes bag use by 40 per cent
Good news from Tesco as they slash their carrier bag use by 40%. They claim this has been done by offering customers the incentive of having points put on their loyalty card every time they reuse their own bags. The original article was published on Business Green yesterday and was via Big Green Switch: The […]
Rubbish is fast becoming the new gold as cost of raw materials rises
This is what we like to see. Ok, we’d love it if people and companies recycled more because it benefits the environment, but that’s not always the reality. So if we can bring cold, hard cash into the equation, I think we might see some significant changes. Just as my view is that people who […]
Good Bye plastic (for now)
I am starting an experiment to see if it’s possible to give up plastic for a month. By “give up” I mean not buying anything containing plastic or wrapped in plastic. So no more water bottles, take-away coffees or pre-packed sandwiches. No quick trips to the corner shop for a pack of chicken and some […]
A story about food waste
I found leads for this story on two great blogs – Peter’s environmental notes and Russel’s Good Living Tips. This story from the BBC was published in June. It highlights one grocer’s situation in Bristol. Tim Down was ordered to throw away 520 kiwi fruit (thirty one 10-kilo boxes) by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) […]
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