Mandatory household recycling targets present a serious challenge to Local Authorities within the UK (Perrin and Barton,2001). The Directive 2008/98/EC on waste has highlighted by 2020 50% of waste from households either needs to be recycled or reused. Each year … Continue reading
Carbon sequestration: A way to reduce carbon emissions
The problem A rise of more than 0.7 °C in the average surface temperature has been seen in the past 100 years and there is increasing evidence that the earth’s climate is rapidly changing in response to increased inputs of … Continue reading
Reducing your carbon footprint in the workplace
Environmental ministers want a reduction in European climate change gases by 60-80% from 1990 levels by 2050 (Counsell and Allwood,2007).This target can be reached by changing behaviours within the workplace by reducing our consumption of natural sources, reusing and recycling. … Continue reading
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)
What are SUDS? The issue of sustainable development is high on the global agenda and SUDS can help towards this movement (Butler and Parkinson, 1997). SUDS, or Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems are a sequence of water management practices and facilities … Continue reading
Eco-cities: The way forward to a sustainable future?
What is an eco-city? The term ‘eco-city’ is a relatively new idea however its concept has existed for a very long time (Roseland, 1997). In 1987 the Brundtland commission defined sustainable development as meeting the needs of the present without … Continue reading
Can Earth Hour help you reduce your lighting bill?
What will you be doing March 29 at 8.30pm? Having a drink with friends? Having dinner? Spending time with your family? Instead of sitting with the lights on, why not spend an hour by candlelight and support WWF’s worldwide … Continue reading
