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All living things produce waste, even plants (e.g. think autumn leaves). In particular, where there are humans, there's waste material. For as long as we've been around on this planet, we've made a habit of generating piles of unwanted garbage. As we're essentially...

Waste Recycling and Environmental Pollution Admittedly, there has been some progress in more recent times but there is still a monumental mountain to climb. Fortunately for us, our younger generation are now far more aware of the problem than ever before so it's...

As if it wasn't bad enough to know that microplastics are already polluting rivers, oceans, the soil and even our drinking water supply, a new study suggests that these tiny plastic particles are being blown by the wind to even the remotest places on the planet... and...

**Updated 10th June 2019 - This event has now taken place After being postponed once already in 2019, 46 balloons took off from Battersea Park at 5:15am on Sunday 9th June. After flying eastward, they passed over the London Eye, the Houses of Parliament, the Cutty...

With the current air quality crisis in London and the new ULEZ (Ultra Low Emissions Zone) regulations that have recently come into force in April 2019, many people are asking why London's iconic 'black cabs' are still exempt from the charge. According to Transport for...

Reported to be the first of its kind, a new scientific study published on the psychiatry section of the JAMA Network website suggests that young people living in high-pollution areas may be at an increased risk of having a psychotic episode. It may come as no surprise...

Nurdles - They sound kinda cute don't they. Perhaps they're a new, lovable cartoon family on CBeebies or a tasty 60-second microwave treat? Well, no... Despite the rather appealing name, they're anything but cute and lovable. They are in fact the bigger brother of...

Depending on where you live, you may have weekly or fortnightly rubbish collections by your local authority. You may get your food waste collected or you may not. Quite frankly, it's a postcode lottery as to what your council will collect, and how often they'll do...

There aren't many urban woodland areas left that are still undeveloped but if you're lucky enough to live near one and love to ramble or dog walk your way through them, you'll no doubt be confronted with a myriad of rubbish along your journey. From paint tins, old...

Back in March of 2018, we wrote about the Government's announcement that it intended to introduce a Deposit Return Scheme for glass bottles, plastic bottles and tin cans. We're now nearly a year down the road and there's still precious little information available...

According to statistics on the OneLessBottle.org website, Londoners guzzle more mineral water from disposable plastic bottles than anywhere else in the country. On average, each of us buys more than three single-use plastic bottles of water every week and, whilst this...

With only a few days to go until many of us finish work and spend some much needed time with friends and family, we'd like to make our customers aware of our opening/closing times for Christmas and New Year. Our normal opening hours apply except for the following: We...

If you've written out all your Christmas cards and are preparing to pop along to post them in your nearest mailbox, you could find that it's already bursting at the seams with empty Walkers Crisps packets. Why Crisp Packets? Well, in case you didn't know, Walkers...

OK, it's nearly Christmas for those that celebrate it. If you do, you're probably thinking of moving all that loft junk out of the way once again and digging the fake tree out for yet another year. Alternatively, you may choose to go on the hunt in London for a real...

Many of us assume that because they're powered by electricity and not fossil fuel, electric cars are far better for the environment than their gas-guzzling counterparts. However, this common view is now being challenged due to new claims that electric vehicles (EVs)...

We reported back in May of this year that supermarket giant Tesco had announced that it intended to remove "Best Before" dates on some of its fruit and veg products in order to help cut down on the amount of food we waste each year. As of today (Monday 8th October...

We just had to take a few moments out of our day to write a brief post about this snippet of good news. As the title suggests, the popular discount high street store Lidl has announced that it will no longer be selling any fruit and vegetable items in wasteful black...

OK, OK, I know; we're always going on about recycling and what we can all do help. This post is no exception, although we thought we'd add a sprinkle of humor in today's post instead. The picture you see here is a classic example of fun and innovative things you can...

In a bid to encourage Europe to reduce its 'Carbon Footprint', it's now not permitted for retailers to replace their stocks of halogen lamps and bulbs. As of September 1st 2018, LED light bulbs will be taking their place, despite the higher purchase price. LEDs use...