The Tysley Incinerator
The Tysley Incinerator – Shaz Rahman A new report from the ‘United Kingdom Without Incineration Report (UKWIN)’ organisation has stated the considerable downsides to incineration as a way of producing electricity. The report is available on their website:...
Plastics campaign update
Plastics campaign update – Jodie Etheridge It has been a busy few months. On 10th September we posted our petition to Michael Gove for a Plastic Bottle Deposit Return Scheme. It was a very successful petition and we gained nearly 600 signatures. Campaigners gathered...
Flushed Away?
Flushed Away? Sarah Shaw As consumers we're paying more and more attention to the environmental impact of what we put in our shopping baskets. But what about the stuff we put down our toilets? According to the Marine Conservation Society, around 8.5% of all litter...
Make someone smile with these eco-friendly gift ideas
Make someone smile with these eco-friendly gift ideas By Sunny James If you’re looking for gift ideas for friends or family, or if you know someone who’s thinking about how they can live greener, why not get them an eco-friendly gift? You can make someone in your life...
Can we make gas?
Can we make gas? John Newson Gas is very convenient and is the established way to heat our buildings in winter, which is 45% of total energy use. The North Sea gas fields are depleted and gas is increasingly imported. We don’t want to frack deep rocks in Britain to...
plastic free Commonwealth games survey
Thank you for taking the time to fill in our short survey on plastic waste at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The purpose of this survey is to gather opinions from the general public to help inform our campaign, which aims to have zero plastic waste from single-use food...