Household recycling increased by 20% during lockdown
Household recycling rates have increased by up to 20% during lockdown, according to new data gathered by recycling initiative Every
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Education is essential to tackle plastic pollution
Education and appealing to people’s priorities is essential to creating sustained change around recycling habits, says new report. Environmental behaviour
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Bristol City Council to put Bristol Energy up for sale
Bristol City Council has announced it is to put Bristol Energy up for sale. The cabinet met yesterday (2 June)
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‘Plastic-free’ fashion is not as clean or green as it seems
Thomas Stanton and Kieran Phelan from the University of Nottingham discuss the growing trend towards sustainable fashion, explaining why it
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World’s first plastic-free PPE launched today
Campaign group A Plastic Planet has launched the world’s first plastic-free PPE in a bid to assist the fight against
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Cut VAT to reduce emissions from construction, says report
The government must cut VAT and focus on digital technology to reduce emissions from the construction industry, says think tank.
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Scottish coastlines play vital role in tackling climate emergency
Protecting Scottish coastal wetlands may be vital to mitigate the impacts of climate change, according to researchers at the University
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Liverpool shopping centre gets ‘green wall’
A living ‘green wall’ has been installed on the exterior of St Johns Shopping Centre in Liverpool. Spanning 65 metres
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Climate change may lead to sudden changes in British vegetation
Climate change could cause sudden changes in British vegetation patterns, according to research published in the journal Global Change Biology. Researchers
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BT has pledged a ‘green recovery’ from pandemic
Broadband and mobile giant BT Group has announced plans to achieve a ‘green recovery’ from the Covid-19 pandemic. The company
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Environmental regulations likely to be first casualties in post-pandemic recovery
Environmental protection measures, including for air quality, could be severely weakened when the coronavirus pandemic ends, warn Alan James Bond,
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University of Manchester to decarbonise its investment portfolio
The University of Manchester has announced that it will end investments in fossil fuel reserve and extraction companies by 2022,
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Councils turn to ecargo bikes to cut urban air pollution
18 local authorities will share £2m from the government’s eCargo Bike Grant Fund to help reduce air pollution from last-mile
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Parks and green spaces at risk, charity warns
Almost 20,000 football pitches worth of green space could be lost over the next 20 years as the UK’s population
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Vehicle tyre particles ‘significant’ source of marine microplastic pollution
Particles released from vehicle tyres could be a ‘significant’ source of microplastics in the world’s oceans, a ground-breaking study has
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Green bailouts: relying on carbon offsetting will let polluting airlines off the hook
Airline carbon offsetting in its current form is no more than greenwashing, writes Ben Christopher Howard, doctoral researcher in nature-based
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Sustainable Recovery: how much greener will the UK emerge from COVID-19?
Our economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic ends must be anchored around sustainability, writes James MacGregor, environmental economist at Ramboll
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UK must ‘raise its ambition’ on net-zero
The UK must ‘raise its ambition’ and seize the opportunities of a net-zero economy, a cross-party commission has said. The
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Owner of Virgin Media to leverage network for EV charging points
The owner of Virgin Media has launched a new company to roll out on-street residential electric vehicle (EV) charging points in
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Green policies helping businesses weather coronavirus crash, study suggests
Businesses with strong environmental and social credentials have been more resilient during the coronavirus stock market crash, research has found.
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