Is the ‘green home’ scheme becoming a waste of energy?

Households wishing to take advantage of Government’s new green home improvement scheme say they are struggling to find approved installers By Lily Canter, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 17 October 2020 Households wishing to take advantage of the Government’s new green home improvement scheme say they … Read more

Tea-drinking Brits waste enough water to fill 28 Olympic swimming pools a day

Tea-drinking Brits waste enough water to fill 28 Olympic swimming pools a day by boiling double amount of water they really need, says energy supplier Utilita.   The 49.7 million British tea drinkers, who drink an average of four cups of tea a day, are actually boiling enough water for around 400 million drinks a day, … Read more

Tea-drinking Brits waste enough water to fill 28 Olympic swimming pools a year

Tea-drinking Brits waste enough water to fill 28 Olympic swimming pools a year by boiling double amount of water they really need, says energy supplier Utilita.   The 49.7 million British tea drinkers, who drink an average of four cups of tea a day, are actually boiling enough water for around 400 million drinks a year, … Read more

PUNT OF THE WEEK: Jubilee Metals processes other miner’s waste

PUNT OF THE WEEK: Jubilee Metals makes money by processing the waste produced by other mines By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 9 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 9 October 2020 What is it? An AIM-listed company that processes and extracts metals from the waste produced by other mines, which … Read more

Sadiq Khan accused of letting Transport for London waste tens of millions of pounds

Sadiq Khan is accused of letting Transport for London waste tens of millions of pounds on taxis and water coolers as he seeks billions in Covid bailouts from government Sadiq Khan accused of letting Transport for London waste millions of pounds Tories highlight contracts on taxis, water coolers and ‘mystery shopper’ surveys  London mayor is … Read more

Modern dual-flush toilets intended to save water found to waste BILLIONS of gallons every year

Modern dual-flush toilets intended to save water actually waste BILLIONS of gallons every year, reveals report Some 88 million gallons of water is wasted by toilets in the UK every day Up to eight percent of toilets are leaking, experts say, mostly dual-flush toilets  The two buttons also confuse users, who often use the wrong … Read more

JLR car interiors are to be made from recycled waste plastic from oceans

Future Jaguar Land Rovers will have interiors made from recycled waste plastic recovered from oceans British vehicle manufacturer has teamed up with Italian-nylon maker Aquaful It will used Econyl materials in its new cars which is recycled waste products The nylon is created from ocean plastic and landfill waste from around the world Floor mats and … Read more

Gemma Collins poses in quirky heart-shaped sunglasses as she encourages fans not to waste the day

‘Get up and make it count!’ Gemma Collins poses in quirky heart-shaped sunglasses as she encourages fans not to waste the day in bed By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 10:32 BST, 29 September 2020 | Updated: 10:32 BST, 29 September 2020 Gemma Collins delivered an empowering message to her fans on Tuesday as she … Read more

Plastic-eating enzyme ‘cocktail’ recycles plastic waste ‘endlessly’

Scientists have been inspired by Pacman to create a plastic-eating ‘cocktail’, which could help eradicate plastic waste.  It’s made up of two enzymes – called PETase and MHETase – produced by a type of bacteria that feeds on plastic bottles, called Ideonella sakaiensis.   Unlike natural degradation, which can take hundreds of years, the super-enzyme is able to … Read more

Sri Lanka sends back 21 containers of ‘recycling’ to UK because it was full of rotting MEDICAL WASTE

Sri Lanka sends back 21 containers full of ‘recycling’ to UK because it was full of rotting MEDICAL WASTE Previous illegal containers had rags, bandages and body parts from mortuaries  The 260 tonnes of rubbish first arrived in capital Colombo’s main port in 2017  Another 242 containers from Britain remain abandoned at the same port  … Read more