West Norwood and Streatham residents are being encouraged by the thousands to begin recycling their food waste in a new green scheme which will be extended to these areas shortly. New kitchen equipment designed to make separating food waste easier is being handed out to households in the area. The idea is to provide up to 1,500 households around the Streatham area with the new equipment to make separating food waste from other household waste easier and thus encourage more households to separate waste. Another 1,500 households in West Norwood will also receive the equipment. The equipment, which includes a kitchen caddy, ... Full Story

ACS International Schools Cobham, Hillingdon, and Egham increased their recycling efforts by 21% with the help of Tidy Planet's Food Waste Solutions programme. The schools launched "Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle" campaigns at each campus back in 2007 after it was revealed that 85% of the waste being generated by these institutions was being sent to landfills. Now, just three years later all of these campuses have reduced their non-recyclable waste down to 59%, and hope to further achieve a target goal of 80% of all waste being recycled by 2012. However, in order to reach that goal, ACS Cobham decided to ... Full Story

Recycling rates are continuing to be on the rise in Scotland, prompting the government to once again increase recycling target rates. Currently, the country is comfortably meeting their target recycling rate of 30%. A recent report released by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency indicates that currently recycling and composting rates are now at 35.9%. The government had set this target between October 2008 and September 2009, and reached their goal, even surpassing it by a little more than five percent. However, in order to keep improving upon recycling habits within Scotland, the country will now aim to have a 40% recycling ... Full Story

Now that the New Year is here many people are looking around their homes and seeing the aftermath of another holiday.  What were once festive decorations now just seem like glittery rubbish as people fill garbage cans and rubbish bins with the waste of another holiday.  For most people this means bags full of rubbish sitting on their kerbside along with their tree which has been cast into the ditch in a manner unfitting to something that once brought so much joy.  One council in the United Kingdom is looking for ways to get its residents to break holiday tradition ... Full Story

Now that the Christmas season is over and people are starting to look around their homes they face the unenviable task of getting rid of all of the festive decorations.  Some of these will be packed into a box and put away until next year, but when it comes to Christmas trees, it is not so easy.  People who still use a real tree for Christmas generally get rid of it in the week following the holiday, so now is the time for them to get educated on exactly what they should do with this tree now that it is ... Full Story

For the first time in history people are looking for ways to turn their white Christmas into a green one.  That is because environmental issues are on the forefront of people's mind this year, as climate change has become one of the most important issues of modern times.  As the United Nations summit on climate change wraps up people are starting to realize that government leaders are not going to be the ones to save them and that it will take the efforts of individuals to slow the effects of climate change.  That is why local councils around the United ... Full Story

One of the environmental issues that goes largely overlooked is the recycling of food waste.  Food waste contamination in landfills has become one of the biggest problems, as it can potentially be one of the most disastrous contributors to global warming.  Most people think that food waste is harmless, as it will eventually biodegrade, but what many are not aware of is that once food waste does break down it can release harmful gases into landfills, which eventually link into the air.  When organic compounds break down they release methane which is significantly more harmful to the environment than carbon. ... Full Story

People all over the world are looking for new and unique ways to create energy.  Biofuel is being created from nearly everything from lumber to soiled baby diapers.  However, some environmental groups are saying that there may be drawbacks to some of these new techniques which might not yet be evident.  One such practice is the burning of lumber for fuel, a practice which is causing some major concern among environmental groups.  Britain aims to cut down even more trees in the future as more and more biomass fueled power plants are being built every day. Britain is preparing to pillage ... Full Story

The United Kingdom is now in the midst of the fall season in which many people have outdoor parties.  These parties often times revolve around bonfires, which are both dangerous and illegal in the United Kingdom.  Even though most people know that bonfires are potentially dangerous and against the law, thousands of bonfires are still expected to be lit for the annual Guy Fawkes festival.  Even though they are urging people not to build illegal bonfires, a leading waste and recycling company has agreed to recycle the waste.  In addition they have launched a campaign to educate citizens about the ... Full Story

The United Kingdom has recent committed to a wider European movement which aims to create more energy from waste.  More lucrative incentives have been offered in Britain to encourage individuals and big businesses to look for new ways to turn waste into energy and keep it out of landfills.  There has been a growing trend in Europe to use the energy from gasified and rotting waste and to move more towards biogas and the United Kingdom is becoming an ever growing part of this movement. After the United Kingdom increases its support of biogas more farmers are trying to use crop ... Full Story

What started as a way to use some spare land behind a school has turned into a major gardening project thanks a large donation from a local waste management company.    SITA UK, which is a recycling and waste management company in the United Kingdom, has donated ten tonnes of compost to Morecambe Community High School in support of the school's wildlife garden.  The school hopes the project will teach the children valuable skills as well as reinforce the importance of recycling and composting. The idea started as the brainchild of Nigel Greenwood, a technology technician at Morecambe High School and a ... Full Story

One supermarket in the United Kingdom is trying to promote both recycling and composting to young children in a variety of ways.  Morrison's supermarkets, which are a chain based in Bradford, has launched a scheme which will encourage local youth to recycle, as well as contribute to composting.  Youngsters will be encouraged to grow things as well as recycle things like batteries, as the UK tries to clean up its image as a nation which doesn't do its part in the recycling community. The United Kingdom has come under fire lately due to reports which claim it will not reach the ... Full Story