Tagged with 'environmental'

In this weeks 'Dear Recycling Bins' we look at the impact of rinsing out recyclables, is it worth it?  Or are we wasting water?

With more of us working from home, or just wanting to enjoy a luxurious cup of coffee whenever we fancy one, the popularity of coffee pods has surged. It’s great for the coffee companies and a treat for us, but maybe not so good for the environment, as a YouGov poll of over 4,000 coffee pod drinkers found that 35% of them didn’t know that coffee pods were recyclable. 

I’m a parent with a problem. My little one is now no longer so little but my loft, spare room, and garage is chock full of baby and toddler gear. Little people do come with a lot of stuff! I want my spare room back and my other half keeps complaining about the state of the garage, so I need to get rid of some of the clutter. The thing is, I don’t want to throw some perfectly good things in the bin. What do I do with all my baby gear?

A survey by campaign group Beyond the Box has found that doing something good for the environment can actually increase our mood.  

The biggest story in the headlines this week is the news that Sainsbury's have announced they are launching a new plastic recycling scheme, in this scheme customers will be able to recycle polypropylene which is used to make items like salad bags and frozen food bags

 

Everyone tends to take recycling serious in the household but do you remember to carry on the recycling on bathroom products, whether it is in the household or the work environment

Japanese car giant Nissan said it's new Nissan Rogue is the first global model to be built using a closed-loop recycling system for all of it's aluminium parts.

Research carried out by environmental charity Hubbub has found that 1 in 6 adults have made their new years resolution to live more sustainably.  This article hopes to give some potential ideas in which this can be done

Beyonce is rock royalty, and when she speaks people listen which is why she has teamed up with UNICEF to bring clean water to one of the world's poorest nations

As being one of the most picturesque cities in central Europe, Ljubljana is one of the world's greenest cities and it even won the European Green Capital in 2016