In hot and dry countries such as Australia, there are strict rules for how much water you can use and when, making people aware of the need to save water. However, in the UK, with our wet weather and … Continue reading
Category Archives: Resource Efficiency
How Sustainable is Your Diet?
Food makes up a large part of our everyday lives, whether it’s dropping by the shops on the way home from work, searching for new recipes online or preparing a home cooked family meal. However, many of us are … Continue reading
Increasing biofuel usage: The positive and negative impacts
Introduction Over the past decade concern has grown over the environmental consequences of fossil fuels, this has influenced the recent interest in biofuels (Hill et al. 2006). Ambitious policies that promote biofuel use and production have not only been … Continue reading
The Beginners Guide to Food Waste
The UK population consumes over 3.1 planets worth of resources each year[1]. This overconsumption creates an uncertainty for future resource usage, as well as affecting the rate and impact of climate change. Everyone consumes differently, choosing to spend our … Continue reading
Heated pavements – wasted heat or saving resources?
When talking about heated pavements, the first thought that would come to one’s mind would be – what a waste of energy and heat!However many existing schemes in Northern cities could show that these heated ‘roads’ could be beneficial and … Continue reading
Island Power
Islands and coastlines are in a controversial position regarding climate change. On one side, as we expect today ocean levels will rise significantly and coastal cities and regions, as well as islands, are threatened the most. On … Continue reading
Lost a Shoe? Print it Yourself at Home!
The 21st century is the ‘age of stuff’. All of us are piling up ‘things’ at home and every minute we are encouraged to buy even more. If we can’t resist the urge to collect more and more, a new … Continue reading
Mending and repairing clothes
In the last few years UK research has found that with increased availability of cheaper and more disposable clothing, combined with a lack of awareness of its environmental impact, the skills needed for repairing garments are diminishing [1]. However, … Continue reading
Recycling Books
Books can’t usually be recycled in normal household collections because of the glue that’s used to bind them [1]. Books can be sold, but if this is not a preferable or viable option, there are several other alternatives to … Continue reading
Reducing food waste – understanding food date labels
With 7.2 million tonnes of food and drink, almost half the total food waste in the UK, thrown away from homes each year [1], there is a need to reduce household food waste. About 60% of the food thrown … Continue reading
