Wednesday 5 November 2008
Guy Fawkes (or Bonfire) Night is upon us. Many of us will be celebrating with fireworks displays and bonfires. But what are the effects on the environment of all these explosions?
The charity Environmental Protection UK states that ‘approximately 5-14% of UK dioxin emissions are produced around Bonfire Night’. Particulate levels also increase noticeably.
Fireworks emit carbon [...]
It’s that time of year again, and the topic on the top of everyone’s minds is - What do I do with my pumpkin? Halloween and Thanksgiving have a lot to answer for with all these pumpkins knocking around. Well fortunately, our friends at Project Dirt have come up with a solution. They’ve teamed up [...]
Here’s what we need more of. The Royal Festival Hall (and presumably the rest of the Southbank Centre) have these great recycling bins - one for food waste, one for everything else that can be recycled. If more places did this (or were forced to do this) then we’d stop so much more [...]
Here’s a concept - stop me if you’ve heard it before - how about you only pay for what you use? Those clever folks at the electricity and gas companies have been at it for years: install a meter and then charge your customers for what they actually use. Clever idea really. Much like the [...]
Let’s start by saying that I’m not a morning person. At all.
This morning, I got myself up at 5am to meet a friend that I’d not seen for a good few years (come to think of it, it may have been more than 10 years). We were at school together and I can say, [...]
