SmartPlanet News

Pay your parking fines or we'll recycle your car

adam.vaughan@smartplanet.com (Adam Vaughan) — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:52:01 +0100

Westminster's 50 worst parking fine offenders are to have their cars -- which include luxury BMWs and Mercs -- crushed and recycled as part of the council's green motoring plans.

Soy leaves tofu in the dust for electrical fuel

Elsa.Wenzel@cnet.com (Elsa Wenzel) — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:49:01 +0100

The soybean may soon be moving on from humble dishes like tofu and tamari sauce, as it's being used as an eco-friendly alternative to petroleum coolants in electrical transformers.

Ecover rival Simply creates sensitive skin laundry tablets

adam.vaughan@smartplanet.com (Adam Vaughan) — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:04:02 +0100

Simply's new tablets contain no perfumes or optical brighteners -- the petrochemicals designed to make clothes look 'whiter than white' but can also cause skin irritation.

Our five favourite vegetarian recipes

rikke.bruntse-dahl@smartplanet.com (Rikke Bruntse-Dahl) — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:49:01 +0100

It's National Vegetarian Week and we've learned that going meat-free benefits the environment as well as the animals we're not eating -- and it doesn't have to mean nut roasts and 'veg with two veg'.

Greenpeace finds hazardous chemicals in PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii

adam.vaughan@smartplanet.com (Adam Vaughan) — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:24:00 +0100

The upshot: the PS3 Xbox 360 and Wii didn't break any laws, but -- as you'll discover -- they do contain dubious and arguably unnecessary chemicals.

Dale Vince announces his Tesla-beating electric sports car

adam.vaughan@smartplanet.com (Adam Vaughan) — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:43:01 +0100

The firm's hippy-turned-enterpreneur CEO, Dale Vince, says it'll be charged by wind power, capable of 0-60 in four seconds and will have a 150-mile range.

Green My Ride: Facebook's latest eco app

adam.vaughan@smartplanet.com (Adam Vaughan) — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:14:01 +0100

Following hot on the heels of the Facebook's green add-ons I Am Green and Green Leaves, this new app encourages you to tell the world about the green products you own.

Dell to cut PC energy consumption by 25%

andrew.donoghue@zdnet.co.uk (Andrew Donoghue) — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:49:02 +0100

Dell has committed to improving the energy efficiency of its desktops and laptops, and says that by 2010 they will consume 25 per cent less energy than today.

Photos: Barratt's Green House

adam.vaughan@smartplanet.com (Adam Vaughan) — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:22:02 +0100

If the prospect of buying a draughty old Victorian house and spending years on DIY fills you with dread, housebuilder Barratt Homes' new Green House might be for you.

Tesla to go public by year's end, says chairman

stefanie.olsen@cnet.com (Stefanie Olsen) — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:59:01 +0100

Tesla's chairman, Elon Musk, announced at California's TieCon conference this weekend that he would take the company public by the year's end.