Day: 3 October 2014

Vodafone and O2 join forces to create mobile phone eco-rating system

Vodafone and Telefónica O2 have teamed up with UK sustainable development organisation Forum for the Future to create the Eco Rating 2.0 - an industry-wide ratings system that compares the green credentials of different mobile devices.

Closed-loop dining: Inside the UK’s first zero-waste restaurant

Visionary young chef Douglas McMaster is hoping to ignite behaviour change in the hospitality industry as he prepares to open the doors of the UK's first permanent zero-waste eatery in Brighton.

Circular economy

ISO responds to climate change with GHG standards overhaul

The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) will add greater value to its greenhouse gas standards and make them 'fit for the future' through a series of amendments.

Sustainability stats: The week in numbers

What great data did we see in the past seven days? In the first of a new series, edie takes a look-back at some of the fascinating figures from the worlds of energy, waste and water.

Scottish Enterprise invests in marine energy research

Investment agency Scottish Enterprise will contribute £450,000 towards the first joint call of the Ocean Energy European Research Area Network (ERA-NET), Energy Minister Fergus Ewing will announce today.

Yorkshire Water opens its first self-powered sewage works

Today (3 October), a grand opening will mark the completion of a £34m project enabling Yorkshire Water's sewage treatment site in Bradford to run entirely on sludge-generated biogas.

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