Day: 25 May 2007

Make wine green – report

The choices we make when it comes to transporting and packaging can have serious implications for the carbon footprint of the wine industry, according to a Government-backed organisation dedicated to addressing excessive use of resources.

Waste strategy revealed

The Government's new waste strategy, published on Thursday, proposes a raft of incentives to reduce waste while favouring further development of energy-from-waste plants and anaerobic digestion infrastructure.

Industry buys up allowances to meet carbon targets

Industrial installations have been forced to purchase more than 30 million tonnes worth of carbon credits to meet their 2006 obligations under the European Emission Trading Scheme.

Flexible working saves money and the environment

Allowing staff to work from home reduces pollution, waste and even helps to reduce a company's carbon footprint but beyond these strong environmental arguments there can be competitive advantages.

Londoners urged to donate to charity shops

Londoners are being asked to take unwanted, but still serviceable, items down to their local Oxfam shop rather than throwing them out with the rest of their rubbish, in an effort to reduce the waste being sent to landfill.

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