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The plan was to give 600,000 households £2 billion to make energy-saving improvements and create work for 100,000 tradesmen. But the Government’s Green Homes Grant scheme has got off to a stuttering start – with thousands set to miss out thanks to a multitude of problems. The multi-billion-pound scheme, which has been rushed through in … Read more
£5bn cost of the wind turbine fiasco: Botched eco scheme will push up household bills for 20 years after blundering officials set high subsidy rate Turbine-owners in Northern Ireland were paid over the odds in energy subsidies One turbine reaps £375,000 a year yet only produces electricity worth £51,000 Last week, Boris Johnson hailed wind … Read more
Scientist is fined £105 for taking part in eco protests at printing site that cost publishers £1.2m Dr Janna Goldstein was among more than 50 activists who blockaded print plant Protest took place in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, to highlight ‘climate crisis’ The illegal protest prevented 1,100 retailers from receiving newspapers By Andrew Levy For The Daily … Read more
Quorn ad is rapped for eco claims: Meat replacement company’s boast that its rice pot helps cut consumer’s carbon footprint is ruled misleading by watchdog The advert claimed the Quorn rice pot helps cut consumer’s carbon footprint Quorn, which makes meat replacement products, put out the TV advert in April Advertising Standards Authority said it … Read more
Once you pop, you can’t recycle: Pringles tubes get eco redesign as its metal base, plastic cap and foil-lined cardboard sleeve make it the ‘number one recycling villain’ Pringles tube could change after criticism that it was too difficult to recycle Recycling Association says plastic cap and metal base make it ‘recycling villain’ Kellogg’s is testing … Read more
For those who remember militant trade unionists laying siege to newspaper offices in the 1980s, the scenes outside printing plants in Hertfordshire and on Merseyside on Friday night and Saturday morning brought back bad memories. Only this time it wasn’t trade unions stifling a free Press by blocking the distribution of newspapers. The culprits were … Read more
One is a former paratrooper, another a 22-year-old ‘birth-striker’ who vows she will never have children for the sake of the planet. They were among the ragtag – and rather middle-class – band of printworks rebels who attempted to blockade free speech on Friday night. Others included a failed would-be MP and a retired taxman. … Read more
Beauty assistant: Alice Robertson At last, some of the industry’s major players are taking steps to prevent billions of products ending up in landfill May I ask, how many things do you have in your make-up bag? According to research carried out by Opinion Matters last month, each of us has on average 11 items … Read more
Amsterdam installs sustainable urinals that look like traditional planters in city centre to combat problem of ‘wild peeing’ Amsterdam’s council has had 12 GreenPees installed in city’s tourist hot spots Urinals double as planters, providing an eco-friendly solution to public urination The innovative design, which saw a 50% reduction in wild peeing, uses less water … Read more
A surfers dream home! See inside the luxury eco pad built by musician Xavier Rudd as it goes on the market for over $3million By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:11 BST, 9 July 2020 | Updated: 03:13 BST, 9 July 2020 The luxurious eco pad built by Australian musician Xavier Rudd is … Read more