Most of us do not stop and think twice when the supermarket cashier asks if we would like a bag for our shopping. How else would we get our shopping home? But behind the growing pile of plastic bags that … Continue reading
Category Archives: Environmental Issues
Are there plenty more fish in the sea?
Fishing is a historical practice, humans have been harvesting food from the oceans since they realised it was there. It is the hunting of aquatic wildlife, similar to that of hunting rabbits, bison or deer on land, which has … Continue reading
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
What are the differences between summer and winter pollution episodes in the UK?
Air pollution is not a recent problem, it has occurred throughout history through the burning of coal, wood and vegetation. However over the twentieth and twenty first centuries extreme forms of urban pollution take place during short periods of … Continue reading
Environmentally Friendly E-Waste Disposal
Each year millions of computers, mobile phones and other electrical equipment are sold to homeowners and businesses. However, after a few years most of these end up in landfill or stockpiled. Making sure your old equipment is properly recycled, … 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
Hot and Cold Aisle Containment: The top Data Centres Power Saving Strategy
Data centre managers historically have had three main goals when designing and operating the data centre: resiliency, availability and security. However, in a world of ever increasing environmental concerns such as carbon footprints and with the rising cost of … Continue reading
Will Ocean Fertilisation Work?
The implications and impacts from ever increasing greenhouse gases emitted into our atmosphere are profound. It is the responsibility of scientists and policy makers to find methods of reducing these emissions and increasing the worlds carbon sinks. The oceans … Continue reading
Keeping fruits and vegetables fresh – the traditional and the modern way
We all know how bad it feels when food we have bought turns bad and has to be thrown away or onto the compost heap. But there are some tips and tricks on how to keep fruits and vegetables fresh … Continue reading
Tackling Waste Tyres
The Department for Transport’s Vehicle licensing statistics for 2012 [1] gives a figure of 34.6 million for the number of vehicles licensed for use on British roads. Therefore, taking into account approximately 1.5 million of these vehicles are motorcycles, it … Continue reading
