Articles Tagged with the word ‘waste’
Organic Muesli Man Leads the Way
15 Jun 2009
The London Development Agency has made Alex Smith, Managing Director of organic cereal company Alara, a London Leader of Sustainability.
Kenneth’s BEEcycle Makes its Mark
Not Sleeping on the Job
31 Mar 2009
Network Rail's recycling of waste plastic into replacement railwaysleepers will reduce landfill and help replace the worn wooden ones.
Somerset — UK’s Top Recycling County
04 Mar 2009
Somerset is the UK's top county for recycling, new figures show - re-enforcing the potential for green businesses.
Birmingham Remade Fashion Fair
11 Feb 2009
The Birmingham Remade Fashion Fair will take place on 21 February from 11 am - 5pm at Birmingham's Custard Factory Gallery.
Youth Call to Action
31 Jan 2009
This pledge to help the global climate and environment was created at the 2008 Global Youth Leadership Summit in New York.
Grease to Greece Arrives
31 Aug 2008
Grease to Greece mission a resounding success - ten teams make it to Athens powered by waste cooking oil.
From Grease to Greece
17 Jun 2008
This August, 30 eccentric driving teams will embark upon a two week journey from the UK to Greece. This is not just a holiday but the first ever "Fat-Finding" challenge across Europe.
Chocolate Makes Wheels Go Round
19 Mar 2008
Using 454 gallons of fuel made from four tonnes of waste chocolate, two young Britons Andy Pag and John Grimshaw, travelled 5,280 miles from Poole in England to Timbuktu in Mali.
The Mug Project
18 Mar 2008
Set up by Joseph Porcelli and Dan Goldsbury, the Mug Project aims to reduce the amount of waste caused by disposable cups.
Designing Tomorrows Schools
14 Mar 2007
The winning design was a state of the art building with a dazzling solar panelled roof and a connecting eco-logical strip of buildings with organic gardens and recreational activities that links the school with the village community.
The Green Peninsula CORNWALL
07 Mar 2007
'We should be pro-active in addressing the greatest transition of our time, from oil dependency to a low energy future,' says Jennifer Gray, founder of Transition Penwith, the westernmost peninsula of Cornwall.
Opening Doors to Genesis
06 Sep 2006
Doors are now open for an exploration of green building at the Somerset College Genesis Centre for Sustainable Construction.
Worcester Resource Exchange
12 Jun 2006
Situated in Worcester city, WRE is a scrap-store' which collects clean and safe waste from a range of industries and businesses and sells it as inexpensive resources.
Best in Class
31 May 2006
Positive News recently returned to Worthen CE school, where some of the pupils,Reuben Ruxton, Andrew Davis and Chay Ryan took time to write thefollowing report for us:
Ringing the Changes
24 May 2006
The local communities of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire have become the first in the UK to get access to the envirofone.com mobile phone recycling campaign that pays cash to people for every mobile phone they recycle.
Positive News Hong Kong
26 Apr 2006
Positive News is published in Hong Kong in English and Chinese. And is distributed at central Hong Kong's organic vegetarian cafe, Life.
Easter at CAT
06 Apr 2006
If you go down to The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) this Easter, you're in for a big surprise!
Eco Footprints
07 Mar 2006
Students from 30 schools created 3,000 cardboard footprints that blazed a trail through the Hong Kong Jockey Club Urban Jungle Exhibition.
Plans for controversial incinerator blocked
20 Feb 2006
Plans for a controversial and potentially hazardous waste incinerator in East Sussex have been blocked until the Government can consider local objections.