August 2023 is now sadly known as the month containing Earth Overshoot Day. This means, possibly for the first time in human history, we have used and consumed more planetary resources than can be renewed in one year. Bad though…
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Did you know that some supermarkets have containers for recycling used batteries? This is certainly the case for Sainsbury’s in Bitterne. The battery container is near the front exit door.
Did you know that Currys will repair or recycle electrical goods? That could stop unnecessary landfill.
Recently renewable sources of energy have been the biggest energy source in Britain, larger even than gas and supplying roughly a third of our energy needs.
A company called Ran Marine has invented a robot with a mouth like a shark that ‘eats’ pollution in the sea. How cool is that!
If you go onto the Terracycle site, you will find help to deal with products that are hard to recycle.
Last year in Europe, the sale of new heat pumps saved 8 million tonnes of CO2 from being pumped into the atmosphere. The saving as a whole for all heat pumps in Europe is 54 megatonnes of CO2.
Did you know that M and S are aiming for a 70% improvement in the recycling of their packaging. You can drop back to one of their stores any bags or boxes that wrapped products you bought from them.
It’s all going in the right direction in the EU. More than a fifth of its energy needs are now coming from renewal sources. Also, globally, we have created more sources of renewal energy in the last 5 years than…
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Do you have too many coat hangers clogging up your wardrobes? Don’t throw them away! Companies such as Marks and Spencers and Sainsburys will take back and recycle their branded hangers.
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