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This fabulous idea caught our attention today and it's just the sort of positive recycling story that could so easily benefit other areas of London too. Slade Gardens Adventure Playground in Stockwell Park Road SW9 already benefits from an edible garden, where kids...

Whether they're empty or full, it's fair to say that skips aren't the prettiest things in the world to look at; even less so when they're overloaded. Aside from that, it's illegal for a skip company to transport a skip if it's dangerously overfilled. Common issues...

As the summer draws to a close, you may well be exhausted after completing all those pesky DIY tasks that you promised yourself you'd do before the frosty weather arrives. So, if you've had enough and have only just put away your builders' gloves until next spring,...

Aside from the image above clearly being a carton of "Own Brand" orange juice, the container that it comes in is called a Tetra Pak (or Tetra Brik). Nearly everyone will be familiar with these types of cartons as they're used all over the world to contain and prolong...

Originally known as the "Five Fields" way back in the Middle Ages, Belgravia was once a series of fields that were used for grazing animals. As today's residents of SW1 are acutely aware, an awful lot has changed since then! With the exception of Belgrave and Eaton...

Since we're based in Battersea the area has a special affinity for us. After writing about the history of the iconic Power Station which dominates the Battersea skyline, we thought we'd let you know that Battersea Power Station's Coaling Jetty is now open to the...

Recycling rubbish can be an expensive business, and that certainly turned out to be the case for one man from Northern California who inadvertently dumped his $23,000 life savings. The man, who kept the money tucked away in a shoebox, accidentally 'recycled' it with...

Image by BRRT from Pixabay It may seem like an odd question as you'd think the answer would be self-evident. I mean, why on earth wouldn't you crush a can before throwing it in the recycling bin? For one, it saves on space; if you use a lot of tin cans and plastic...

Now summer is in full swing, most London streets are awash with the sound of hammers, power drills and electric saws. It’s at this time of year that you’ll see vast numbers of skips plotted by the side of the road and numerous front gardens with skips on the driveway....

All living things produce waste, even plants. 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 social creatures who tend to...

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...