It’s been a hot and thirsty summer with a big demand for beverages at events around the country. That means a lot of glass bottles which can be collected and recycled into new wine, beer or soft drinks bottles ready for next summer! ...
Tags: Glass Recycling, Summer Events, Construction
Effective Monday, April 1, 2013, the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), the National Textile Association (NTA) and the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) have formally merged into one broad organization ...
Tags: Textile Organizations, Textile
A new project between two technology giants aims to develop a vision for the 'city of tomorrow', complete with innovative new outdoor lights and other advanced features. Toshiba Lighting will team up with smart meter and smart grid firm ...
Tags: Lighting Project, Lighting
Renewable energy specialist Biogen, a 50/50 joint venture between Kier and Bedfordia, has inked an agreement with the city of Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils to design andc. The proposed anaerobic digestion (AD) plant will process ...
Tags: Biogen, Food Waste Recycling Plant, Food
Three London boroughs are planning a £1.1bn four-year framework to unify the provision of IT services in an initiative that may see 28 other London boroughs join in, as well as the Corporation of London. Westminster City Council, ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
The London Borough of Merton is to deploy cloud and networking firm Citrix's virtualisation technology in a bid to cut costs and provide a flexible working environment to 2,000 of its employees. The Citrix solution will be implemented by ...
Tags: Merton Council, Citrix, Flexible Working
Telford & Wrekin Council's ongoing project to better the lighting and reduce street illuminations energy consumption around the borough is set to continue, with the villages of Burford, Bridgwood and Bembridge in Brookside next in line to ...
Tags: Street lighting, lighting, LED illuminations
Flintshire County Council has announced a series of measures targeting the way the area uses its street and sign lighting in order to slash £50,000 from its energy bill over the current financial year. The move comes at a time when ...
The government's spy agency, GCHQ, has launched an Academic Research Institute to investigate new ways of automatically analysing software to reduce its vulnerability to cyber threats. It is the second institute focused on cyber security ...
Tags: GCHQ, economy, Cyber Research
Councils are likely to receive increased support for collecting glass in a manner which ensures it is suitable for remelt following changes to the PRN system, according to Defra minister Richard Benyon. Mr Benyon said changes to the ...
Tags: remelt glass, collecting glass, glass
Leeds City Council is asking residents to take part in a consultation concerning their feelings about switching off certain streetlights in a bid to save money. This move is very typical of city and county councils across the country, ...
Tags: Leeds, Lighting, Switch-off Light
The annual supplement to India’s foreign trade policy (FTP), likely to be announced in the coming months, will have steps to boost exports, the Ministry of Commerce, has said. Currently, the Ministry is holding consultations ...
Tags: India, Apparel, FTP Annual Supplement
A solar energy project at the University of Sheffield which is celebrating its second anniversary has shown almost all of the 2,000 systems in the scheme are “doing what they say on the tin”. Researchers running Sheffield ...
Tags: solar energy project, University of Sheffield, systems
The COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (SACTWU) has taken note that the Free Market Foundation has filed a constitutional challenge against the provisions of the Labour Relations Act that allows collective ...
The ‘Fresher for Longer’ campaign, which aims to put an end to years of misunderstanding about the role packaging plays in reducing food waste, was launched this morning at a Marks & Spencer store in Kent and is being backed by ...
Tags: Campaign, Packaging, Food Waste