- Find Cheap Skip Hire
Get tips on how to find the cheapest skip hire services in your area.
(Filed: Tue Sep 29 2009)
- THE CHALLENGE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE IS STILL ON
Are You Doing Your Bit? The Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen takes place in December and with it brings the promise of 90 countries working together to find a way to keep global warming below 2 ° C by 2050.
(Filed: Tue Sep 29 2009)
- Volunteers Needed to Help Save the Planet
We can all do our bit to help the planet. Turning down the temperature on the washing machine, taking the TV off standby, turning the heating down a notch or two – there are a hundred different ways in which we can change our lives and make them greener.
(Filed: Fri Sep 25 2009)
- 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPONSORED TREE PLANTING EVENT IN HIGHLANDS
Conservation charity Trees for Life is calling on people help celebrate its 20th anniversary by joining a huge sponsored tree planting event on the Dundreggan Estate in Glen Moriston, to the west of Loch Ness, on Sunday November 1st 2009.
(Filed: Wed Sep 23 2009)
- New Website for Wind Turbine Bolt Tensioning Technology Launched
Tentec Ltd, a global organization specialising in the design, manufacture and supply of bolt tensioning equipment for a wide range of industries including oil and gas has just launched a new website dedicated to its wind turbine tools.
(Filed: Wed Sep 09 2009)
- Hilson Moran Launches Unique Sustainable Masterplanning Tool (SuBET – Sustainable Built Environment
A unique sustainable masterplanning tool is being launched by leading engineering consultancy Hilson Moran, in conjunction with Dr Husam Al Waer and Professor Derek Clements-Croome from Dundee and Reading Universities.
After eight years of development, the SuBET masterplanning tool offers a comprehensive, international, sustainable rating scheme and assessment tool that evaluates the sustainable design and performance of a major masterplan. It provides a valuable framework for masterplanning right from the start, incorporating not just the environmental aspects of sustainability, but also the social and economic impacts created by the design of a built environment project.
(Filed: Sun Sep 06 2009)
- CYCLING THE UK TO BRING BACK THE TREES
Gloucestershire’s Adam Druett (22) is counting down the days until he tackles a marathon cycle across Britain on behalf of Moray-based conservation charity Trees for Life and Bristol-based sustainable transport charity Sustrans.
(Filed: Thu Aug 13 2009)
- Carbon Reduction Commitment
The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) is a new mandatory emissions trading scheme starting in April 2010.
(Filed: Wed Aug 05 2009)
- Environmentally sensitive English limestone used for luxury apartments in Montrose Place, London
A detailed study has shown the English limestone supplied by Goldholme Stone for Montrose House, in Montrose Place, Belgravia, has less than half the environmental impact of clay brick. The development of luxury apartments, which was designed by award-winning architect Hamiltons Architects for London developer CIT, is good news for clients looking for sustainable building materials that will add lasting character to their project.
(Filed: Tue Aug 04 2009)
- Bromsgrove Banks More with Smurfit Kappa Recycling
Bromsgrove District Council has teamed up with Smurfit Kappa Recycling to introduce five further cardboard and paper banks at sites across the District, making the reprocessor the sole provider of paper banks in Bromsgrove.
(Filed: Wed Jul 29 2009)
- Korea to Showcase its Green Industries at RWM 09 as Exhibition Grows
The organisers of this year’s Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition (RWM 09), taking place at the Birmingham NEC from 15 to 17 September 2009, have had to increase the floor plan in order to accommodate demand from additional exhibitors, including a new Korean Pavilion packed with innovative environmental technologies. To register for fast track entrance and to reserve free seminar places visit www.rwmexhibition.com/epress5
(Filed: Wed Jul 29 2009)
- RWM Preview; Smurfit Kappa Recycling Invites Councils to Follow Paper Trail to Mill
Smurfit Kappa Recycling will be offering RWM’s local authority visitors the chance to visit the Smurfit Kappa paper mill in Nechells, Birmingham to see exactly what happens to the material collected through the fully traceable mixed paper grade service it provides for 18 councils across the UK.
A limited number of places will be available on the mill tours taking place in the morning and afternoon of 15 and 16 September, with complimentary transfers from the NEC. To register your interest please call 01827 891008 or e-mail recycling.uk@smurfitkappa.co.uk
(Filed: Wed Jul 29 2009)
- Supermarkets Reveal Their Waste Lines at RWM
Leading retailers including Asda and Marks & Spencer will share their strategies for reducing landfill costs and improving their green credentials at this year’s Recycling & Waste Management Exhibition (Birmingham NEC, 15 to 17 September 2009). To register for fast track entrance and to reserve your free seminar places visit www.rwmexhibition.com/epress4
(Filed: Wed Jul 29 2009)
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