Ella's Kitchen, a leading manufacturer of organic baby-food, is launching a programme for the collection of non-recyclable baby-food containers. The company, which claims they are the first to launch such a programme, will be targeted towards kids, parents, and teachers attending preschool, nursery, or toddler groups. By saving the packaging from Ella's Kitchen baby food containers, customers of the popular baby-food suppliers can receive up to 2p per pouch to be donated to either charity or a local school of the customer's choice. Participants can simply download a Royal Mail label for free and send the pouches into Ella's Kitchen. The collected ... Full Story

A new report published by Secure IT has indicated that NHS computers have previously been dumped in Ghana where child labour is being used under hazardous conditions. According to experts, information which was previously stored on those dumped computers can still be extracted and used for blackmail, hacking into bank information, and extortion. In light of this new information industry insiders are warning computer owners to make sure that any redundant ICT equipment is properly wiped clean of all data prior to disposing of it. Deleting old records is particularly important when hard drives contain financial or personal information. UK and other ... Full Story

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina is set to revamp its recycling habits, which currently are plagued with out-dated facilities and lack of resources. However, now thanks to Fisher Recycling, a local waste management company, companies in the popular resort town will now be able to recycle plastic, glass, and aluminium. Previously, due to a lack of service and facility companies in the Myrtle Beach area could not even recycle the most basic recyclables such as glass and plastic. Thanks to South Myrtle Chamber of Commerce's new 'Going Green' Campaign, Fisher Recycle will now provide auditing services for waste as well as recycling ... Full Story

Oxfam's Trading Director, David McCullough has responded to today's announcement that M&S will move forward in the next stage of the Plan A sustainability journey. The trading director said that Oxfam is thrilled to be partnering with M&S and is encouraged by the ambitious focus of Plan A's next phase. The company has donated four million items to the shops to help British shoppers begin purchasing recycled clothing, he added. Clothing that would have otherwise ended up in various landfill sites around the country. The donated clothing has helped to raise £2 million which is in turn used for charitable causes helping ... Full Story

Marks & Spencer will increase their planned targets to sell only items which are "ethical" or "eco" in nature. According to the major UK retailer, the company will aspire to only sell such products that are ethically made with a conscious consideration towards the environment. The retailer hopes to have up to half of its products meet this standard by 2015. By 2020, M&S has announced they expect 100% of their product lines to adhere to these standards. In order to meet the standard, M&S will only carry products which have a certified backing from either the Forest Stewardship Council, the ... Full Story

In the effort to make a greener planet businesses are being pressured by governments to come up with more ways to be efficient with energy and to create less waste.  Even though household recycling and green behavior has increased dramatically over the last few years, businesses and corporations have lagged behind in these efforts.  This is a major problem because most of the waste and carbon emissions in the world are created by businesses.  The automobile industry is one that has found itself at the center of the environmental discussion as car emissions account for a large percentage of the ... 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

One way in which governments have tried to lower carbon emissions is to offer businesses and even individuals to do what is known as carbon trading.  This practice allows people who are creating carbon emissions to offset these emissions by making donations to environmental groups or by doing things like planting enough trees to handle the emissions created.  Governments around the world are scrambling to find new and innovative ways to reduce the amount of carbon they are releasing into the environment.  Some have even come up with complex schemes to get people to produce less carbon, but some of ... Full Story

One of the most attacked industries over the last year has been the airline industry.  In addition to the problems caused by the global economy and the swine flu virus, the industry has been plagued by worker's strikes, as well as attacks from environmental groups who say the industry is not doing enough to curb carbon emissions.  Even though the airline industry was largely ignored by the Kyoto Treaty it has been under fire as of late after studies revealed that a large percentage, some say as much as six percent, of the world's carbon emissions come from the airline ... Full Story

As the world moves on towards a greener future many are offering suggestions for how the United Kingdom can remain competitive amid all of this change.  The United Nations summit on climate change, although called a failure by most, did succeed in raising awareness about the importance of carbon emissions.  This led to carbon emissions being the number one environmental issue in recent memory, and although it is very important, it is certainly not the only issue that needs to be addressed.  A recent study by the Aldersdate Group revealed that if the United Kingdom wants to remains economically competitive ... Full Story

Some of the fastest growing segments of the business world have been in the field of green technology.  As countries slowly change their infrastructure to meet the needs of new environmental laws, new innovations are being made which are creating new industries and thousands of new jobs.  Not only are massive changes in infrastructure necessary to handle more trains and electric vehicles, but new plants are being put up to turn energy into waste and to handle the increased amounts of recycling.  This makes for an exciting time in the industry, as investors and businesses are lining up for their ... Full Story

If there is one positive to come out of the problems with the environment it is that businesses, individuals, and organizations have come up with unique solutions to the problem.  Even though most of the work has still yet to be accomplished, countries, local councils, and businesses are trying to do their part to make the world greener.  Sony is one company that has launched many innovative schemes in a number of different areas.  Not only are they heavily involved in campaigns to help raise the recycling rates for small electronic devices like mobile phones, but they have recently gotten ... Full Story