One of the fastest growing segments of the recycling world is the recycling of mobile phones.  Mobile phone manufacturers have been pressured by governments to do more to entice customers to recycle their used phones.  With mobile phone technology constantly changing and upgrading literally hundreds of millions of phones are left unused in drawers around the world. Mobile phone recycling is important to keep these items from reaching landfills as well.  Mobile phone batteries often contain harmful chemicals that can leak into the soil of landfills and eventually make their way into drinking water.  Coolafone mobile phone recycling was recently ... Full Story

Guernsey has been in the news quite often lately for launching innovative environmental programs that are grabbing the attention of the rest of the United Kingdom.  Guernsey has some of the higher recycling rates in the United Kingdom and has expanded many of the programs launched nationally.  Guernsey recently made the news for expanding the battery recycling initiative launched by the European Union and made into law at the beginning of February.  Guernsey also started collecting and processing colored glass, which they then use in a variety of different materials.  The most recent announcement will once again put Guernsey ahead ... Full Story

Countries around the world are looking for new and innovative ways to create energy in a clean way.  Technology like solar and wind power, although expensive to set up, offer cheap and clean fuel once they are functioning. People around the world have finally accepted the fact that traditional fuels like oil and coal are not viable options for the future.  Not only do fossil fuels create most of the carbon emissions that lead to climate change, the supply is not infinite.  This has led energy companies to start to look for new ways to generate energy that do not ... Full Story

E-waste and mobile phones have become a major environmental problem.  Rapid advances in technology and style mean that people are constantly exchanging their mobile phones and MP3 devices for the latest and greatest trend.  Most people in the UK change out their phones every eighteen to twenty four months which led to an estimated ninety million mobile phones lying around unused in the UK alone.  There have been schemes launched all over Asia and Europe, some of which offer incentives for customers to recycle phones, such as vouchers or cash for old handsets, while others try to increase recycling by ... Full Story

Even though most of the scientific world agrees that global warming is not only real but poses a direct threat to human life, there are still those who think that it is merely a scare tactic and that the changes in weather patterns are part of the natural cycle of the earth.  The global warming skeptics were given fodder for their cannons last month when a study about the rapid decline of the Himalayan glaciers was found to be exaggerated at best and completely false at worst.  Since then the United Nation's Climate Change Panel has been under fire for ... Full Story

One of the biggest issues when it comes to the recycling of plastics is that people often mix plastic that cannot be recycled in with their recycling.  The public remains largely uneducated about which types of plastics are ok for recycling and which are at the end of the line.  Some types of plastic items, namely plastic bags, are unable to be recycled and it takes thousands of man hours and pounds to remove all of these things from recycling bins.  As technology continues to develop, more and more items are now able to be recycled and plants are popping ... Full Story

Because of the recent holiday season there has been a lot of news in the media about waste, specifically food waste.  Both Hilary Benn and Gordon Brown urged citizens of the United Kingdom to be careful about the food they were wasting.  Food waste not only clogs up landfills but can create dangerous methane gas as it breaks down. Green technology is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing segments of the business world.  Companies are looking for new and innovative ways to not only help the environment, but to make a profit in the process.  Recent reports have indicated ... Full Story

As technology now advances at such a fast rate there are suddenly hundreds of millions of electronic devices that have been cast aside for the newer model. One of the increasing problems of waste management is how to deal and dispose of e-waste.  E-waste, which includes items like computers, mobile phones, printers, and televisions, is rapidly becoming one of the biggest problems for communities aiming to reduce the size of their landfills.  The United Kingdom has been particularly ineffective at dealing with e-waste, which has given birth to a score of new businesses, some of which are unethical.  According to ... Full Story

The recycling rates in the United Kingdom have gone up over the last year but most of the increases have come in household recycling.  People are far more likely to take part in green activities if it affects their own pocketbook, but when it comes to the office, many people don't carry their green practices to work.  If you asked most people if they thought their office was environmentally friendly, most would think of the recycling bin next to the copy machine and answer that they thought their company was green.  A recent study confirmed that most United Kingdom employees ... Full Story

As the general elections in the United Kingdom draw nearer, both sides are doing their part to try and distance themselves from the other.  With the Conservatives holding a sizable lead in the polls they really don't have to do much but nevertheless the Conservatives are trying to make themselves out to be the greener of the two parties.  The environment has been one of the biggest issues of the last year and it is clear that the Tories are trying to tap into this concern with some of their recent announcements.  In addition to slamming many of the Labour ... Full Story

The waste management and recycling industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the business world.  As countries look for ways to change their infrastructure to support new green technologies or to increase recycling rates businesses are popping up all over the world to fill the need.  Most world leaders believe that environmentally friendly technology will create millions of jobs and is likely to be the best way to not only help the environment but to stimulate the slumping world economy.  Not only are new businesses being developed every day but businesses that were already involved in the waste ... Full Story

One of the ways governments and industries are trying to save on carbon is to find ways to use materials which are made from carbon fibers so that they do not end up in landfills.  Not only do these materials represent a large percentage of the waste that is tossed into landfills it also means that more materials much be made to replace those thrown into the trash, which leads to more carbon emissions and more waste.  This cycle of waste is exactly what has gotten the world into its current climate dilemmas as human beings have been irresponsible in ... Full Story