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Britain is drowning in rubbish. In 2006, 20.9m tonnes of garbage found its way into landfill, a measly one per cent reduction on 2005. With binding obligations to the EU Landfill Directive, the UK has to reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste sent to landfill in 2010 to 75 per cent of that produced in 1995, and by 2013 to 50 per cent. Continue reading...
Saying crisps are healthy because they're made from potatoes is blatant misinformation, but it's not always that easy to see through clever ad campaigns and marketing messages. As ethical and green concerns have moved up the consumer agenda, we're increasingly being bombarded with products and advertisements claiming to be saving the Earth. But are Barbie's reused accessories making a difference? How green is
Networking giant Cisco is rather proudly trumpeting the sale of its 500th telepresence room, with the promise that it is revolutionising corporate travel by completely avoiding it. For those out of the loop, telepresence is the supercharged offspring of the long-derided videoconferencing technology. Continue reading...
Vodafone said this week that it will halve its carbon dioxide emissions by 2020, largely by making its networks more energy efficient. Continue reading...
We SmartPlaneteers spend most of our time getting excited about companies that embrace sustainability and ethical stuff. So we're happy that our publisher, CNET Networks UK, has decided to include the Green IT Initiative of the Year category to its prestigious CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards for the second year running. Continue reading...
Solar engineers are in big demand as the industry grows. So to address the global skills gap, a university in Berlin has started offering a Masters degree in solar engineering taught in English. Continue reading...
This week's Earth Day has prompted a flurry of PR activity and one of the more interesting of these offerings comes from the US-based Building Owners and Managers Association. It has suggested 24 ways to cut the environmental footprint of office buildings, touching on water conservation, landscaping, recycling and education. Greening office buildings is crucial in the quest towards reducing carbon emissions. BOMA says that carbon emissions from office buildings make up nearly 20 per cent of all emissions in the US, and in London, mayor Ken Livingstone estimates that businesses produce nearly a third of the city's carbon emissions. BOMA's 24 tips are listed in full below: Continue reading...
When you're a big brand on the path to a righteous green future, you will surely face scrutiny. It's hardly surprising, then, that Greenpeace is claiming that Tesco has fallen foul of greenwashing its diesel fuel. Continue reading...
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