As announced a couple of weeks ago, the European Union is getting ready to review its Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, and with it the mandatory recycling targets set for packaging across the 27 member states. This is part of a ...
Ofgem has approved an industry code-of-practice designed to protect consumers during the smart meter roll-out. “With the roll-out of smart meters getting fully under way next year, it is essential that householders and businesses ...
Tags: Smart Meter, Meters
The benefits of solar energy have been widely published for many years, with the technology able to make significant inroads on carbon emissions as well as reducing the financial costs of running a home. However, recent studies and ...
The landmark comes nine months after the 15m facility was opened by former waste minister Lord Taylor of Holbeach. Continuum is now reported to be responsible for processing more than half of the UK's bottle-grade rPET and has helped ...
Tags: Coke, PET recycling, plastic bottles
The Peak District National Park Authority wants to shed light on the best sites and designs for solar panels, particularly for owners of historic buildings. The Authority, which welcomes renewable energy devices that do not harm the ...
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The Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) has published the hard copy version of the updated industry ‘bible’ on solar PV, ensuring installers will be ready to work with the next generation of photovoltaics. Energy ...
Tags: ECA, solar PV, Energy Minister
NAPIT proudly announce their sponsorship and support for the national campaign, Climate Week, held between 4-10th March 2013. Climate Week is Britain’s biggest climate change campaign, inspiring a new wave of action to create a ...
Tags: NAPIT, renewable energy, Ecobuild
The government's new Green Deal, which gives people the opportunity to make energy-saving home improvements with these then paid on their bills, has been launched today (January 28th). This is the coalition's new initiative aimed at ...
Tags: Green Deal, energy-saving home improvements, energy, lighting
A total of 132 projects have been awarded a share of £46 million from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to help reduce fuel poverty, energy efficiency and encourage collective switching. This funding is set to be ...
Tags: ceiling spotlights, LED lights, energy
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has written to over 50 of the leading installers of energy efficient products such as LED lights, double glazing, insulation and solar panels, to ask them to ensure they provide consistently good standards. ...
Tags: OFT, energy efficient products, LED lights, double glazing, insulation
With the spiralling fuel bills that come with the onslaught of winter worrying many householders paired with the range of price increases introduced by a number of energy suppliers this year, many homes are struggling to stay warm and light ...
Tags: fuel, energy supply, lighting, money saving, energy
The Blang ethnic minority is one of the oldest peoples in Yunnan Province, living mainly in the mountainous area of Meng Hai County of Dai autonomous prefecture in Xishuangbanna. Their earliest record can be traced back to the Han Dynasty ...
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Cardia Bioplastics has secured an exclusive annual contract with the Shanghai Pudong City District in China to supply an estimated $1.2m of its renewable kitchen waste bags to about 20% of householders in the region, tailored for food waste ...
Tags: renewable kitchen waste bags, food waste collection bags, kitchen bags
It seems that consumers have finally embraced online price comparison websites to shop for both their car and home insurance deals and their energy supplier, according to Quido. The UK cashback website published figures this week that ...
Tags: energy supplier, UK, fuel
Ovens are not the most glamorous home purchase you will ever make.In fact,no kitchen appliance is.Nobody really squeals with glee when they purchase a new microwave.Nobody takes photographs of their new dishwasher and parades them on ...
Tags: kitchen, EnergySaving, LEDs.etc