This week was the week the first poo-powered bus took to the streets of Bath. Running on human and food waste, the 40 seater “bio-bus” uses gas generated through anaerobic digestion.
Paper Round specialises in closed-loop recycling, and recently we read about a pioneering new system for growing food. At home, many of us grow herbs on a window sill or in a pot in the garden, but what about above a fish tank?
Paper Round collect waste and recycling from around London, but what’s it like day to day working for a waste and recycling company?At the yard we have a combination of office and yard staff as well as the drivers and mates.
We all know we should recycle, but what about purchasing sustainably sourced or recycled products? You can help the environment by buying recycled products and making sure that no raw materials are used in the making of your purchase. One prime example of recycled products at Paper Round, is the range of Ubins we stock– made from 100% consumer plastic, stylish and designed to last, what’s not to like?
Our green thought this week is to get our homes ready for winter, but what exactly does that mean?
The theme this year is “One More Thing” what one more thing could you do to reduce the amount of waste you produce? To get involved you can make a pledge, subscribe to the newsletters or sign up to the social media communities.
We all know we should try and lead a green life style and make an effort with preserving the environment but there are certain things you just can’t seem to avoid…
There are some bits of rubbish that it is almost impossible to avoid generating; biscuit packets being a prime example in virtually any home or office. Increasingly popular, are coffee machines that use little pods of coffee which when spent will normally be put into the general waste bin. But isn’t there a better way of handling the waste arising from these modern luxuries?
So you’re on holiday, a break from day to day life. No dishes, no cleaning and… no recycling? Woah, did I just say that?! When we’re on holiday it’s a chance to forget about the mundane day to day tasks, but what about recycling? We don’t stop producing waste just because we’ve gone on holiday but if you’re staying in a self catering place should it be your responsibility to learn how the local recycling scheme works or deliver it yourself to the nearest set of recycling banks?
This week (25th July – 3rd August) is Love Parks Week. So why not make a special effort to leave your desk and visit your nearest park during your lunch break?
Rockpooling, surfing, building sand castles – all things you might find yourself doing on the beach. But what about finding Lego? Although it happened 17 years ago, there’s been a popular story this week about pieces of Lego washing ashore on beaches in Cornwall. On the 13th February 1997, the Tokio Express container ship was hit by a wave, tilting the ship and resulting in the loss of 62 containers about 20 miles from Lands End. The ship had been bound for New York. Shortly afterwards, various pieces of lego began to wash up on the beaches of Cornwall, and they’re still being found today.
Bees have been big news recently owing to their becoming increasingly endangered. Don’t worry – this isn’t yet another piece about why we should protect bees, rather I thought it would be nice to understand a little bit more about how they work. After watching Hive Alive on BBC 2 last night, I was fascinated by just how intelligent bees are. So how do they navigate? Why do they skip some flowers over others? How do they communicate with one another about where the best flowers can be found?
Hello again everybody, sorry we’ve been a little quiet lately; we have been busy organizing our annual zoo event, which was held last Friday. The event celebrated our clients’ environmental achievements and donations were made to our chosen charities. The highlight of the day was a visit by Max the eagle owl who was extremely majestic and with the exception of a minor “faux pas” (he had an accident all over the floor!) the event went smoothly.
With tomorrow being World Environment Day, what better topic for today’s blog entry? This year the day is being hosted globally by Barbados. Currently Barbados is leading the way in solar energy and as one of the smallest, independent states in the world they face a vast array of challenges: most notably these are rising sea levels and their vulnerability to natural disasters. In order to overcome these challenges they are working towards a green economy.
For a while now Friends of the Earth have been campaigning to save our bees. Bumble bees aren’t doing so well at the moment and they’ve called on the Government to draw up a Bee Action Plan.
So this week has been green office week (it seems like there’s a week for everything at the moment!). On Tuesday we went along to a client’s site to help their Green Team to promote their recycling scheme. Whilst we were there I had quite a few questions about how best to communicate your efforts to staff and how to encourage them to work alongside you. So in the spirit of green office week I thought I would share with you our top tips for a successful recycling scheme.
There always seems to be some kind of week going on. This week it’s pet week, compost awareness week and hedgehog awareness week. With our green thought already being about compost I thought it might be nice to mention some hedgehogs in this week’s blog. Find out what you can do to help out hedgehogs near you and test your knowledge with our quick hedgehog quiz.
About 6 times a year we hold breakfast events for our clients to come and benefit from Carbon Smart, our sister company’s, environmental knowledge and expertise. The most recent event was around how to market green credentials. After all, it’s all very well having an environmental award or accreditation, but how can you use that to win business and shape the image of your organisation?
