Recycling is very important in contributing to lowering your carbon footprint as it saves energy and natural resources and it also reduces the pressure on landfill. For example, recycling aluminium requires only 5% of the energy and 5% of the … Continue reading →

Research has found that general household dust contains a rich mix of toxins from a variety of sources such as traffic pollution, lead and many chemicals from cleaning products. There are many different cleaning products available, however they often contain … Continue reading →

An environmental management system (EMS) is a tool that can be used by any type of organisation to help them improve their overall environmental performance. By using such a tool, organisations can assess their business’ strengths and weaknesses, identify and … Continue reading →

Life cycle analysis is a term used to explain how much energy is used up creating, using and throwing away something.  In the case of your business, it will be the product you make and sell to customers.  By explaining … Continue reading →

The UK is one of the largest consumers of bottled water in Europe. Offices provide water cooling machines, restaurants only offer bottled water and supermarkets sell more bottled water than any other soft or alcoholic drinks [6], but what are … Continue reading →

On April 20th this year the oil rig Deepwater Horizon suffered an explosion that killed eleven people and has lead to thousands of tons of crude oil being released into gulf of Mexico. The oil has had a devastating effect … Continue reading →

The material plastic has been around since 1855, when Alexander Parkes invented the plastic Parkesine, which was later called Celluloid. Ever since its introduction to the world at the Great International Exhibition in London in 1862, the plastics industry has … Continue reading →

The Environmental Impact of Paper Production Globally, the production of pulp and paper is one of the most environmentally damaging industries. The process of pulp and paper production has high energy and water demands and also requires high concentrations of … Continue reading →

Washing machines are costly appliances to operate. The amount of water used and the energy consumed can take up a large chunk of any home energy bill. Investing in an energy saving washing machine could save you a third of … Continue reading →

Why does my choice of paper matter? Paper is primarily made from the pulped wood of trees and half of the timber harvested worldwide is used to make paper (FSC, 2010).  The forests where trees grow are carbon stores and … Continue reading →