One of Britain’s biggest waste disposal firms has been convicted of illegally exporting more than 1,000 tonnes of household waste for the second time in two years. Biffa Waste Services was convicted of sending more than 1,000 tonnes of waste collected from private homes, labelled as paper, to Asia. An Environment Agency investigation prevented sixteen … Read more
This is how much clothing is thrown away every five MINUTES in the UK: Thought-provoking image sheds light on wasteful fashion as 64% of shoppers admit to owning clothes they’ve only worn once Around 350,000 tonnes of clothing are binned every year in the UK Image reveals how much clothing is thrown away every five … Read more
A record-breaking 28 trillion tonnes of ice — enough to cover the whole of the UK in a sheet over 300 feet thick — melted from the face of the Earth between 1994–2017. Researchers from the University of Leeds carried out the first ever global survey of ice loss using data collected from satellites orbiting … Read more
Sending just ONE email less every day could cut CO2 emissions by 16,000 tonnes – the same as 80,000 flights Research from OVO Energy found half of Brits send unnecessary emails daily Sending one less every day could cut CO2 emissions by 16,000 tonnes a year This is the equivalent of 81,152 flights from London to Madrid … Read more
Baffled students watch 29 TONNES of carrots being dumped outside a London university as an art installation about food waste – before nabbing a few for their dinner Twenty-nine tonnes of carrots were dumped on Goldsmiths college campus Baffled students filmed a truck tipping the vegetables on the floor on Tuesday The bizarre carrot pile … Read more
Baffled students watch 29 TONNES of carrots being dumped outside a London university as an art installation about food waste – before nabbing a few for their dinner Twenty-nine tonnes of carrots were dumped on Goldsmiths college campus Baffled students filmed a truck tipping the vegetables on the floor on Tuesday The bizarre carrot pile … Read more
NO RIVER or lake in England is free from chemical pollution, making the country’s waterways some of the dirtiest in Europe. All of our water bodies have failed their pollution quality tests, a new report from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has found, despite a target for all waters to be … Read more
Earth has lost 28 TRILLION TONNES of ice in less than 30 years, scientists say after analysing satellite imagery of the planet’s poles, mountains and glaciers Earth has lost 28 trillion tonnes of ice due to global heating, scientists have said Research by Leeds and Edinburgh universities and University College London They were able to observe … Read more
Officials at a Chinese province have reportedly culled more than 1.6 tonnes of farm-bred bamboo rats in one go after the government banned the eating and trading of wild animals in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese bamboo rats, which are linked to coronavirus, have been a sought-after food source in the country for centuries … Read more
Up to 43 MILLION tonnes of carbon from fires is absorbed by rivers every year and flushed out to sea where it can be stored for thousands of years Carbon tumbles into rivers as ash and charcoal or is dissolved into the waterway Rivers carry around 17 per cent of all carbon left on the … Read more