Whether you’re planning a home renovation, a garden overhaul, or just having a good sort out, a surprising amount of waste can be created. You might find that you can sell some items or donate them to charity. But other things are inevitably destined for disposal.
Taking the waste to… read the rest of “Why choose a skip over your local recycling centre?”
Historically, the UK has depended on fossil fuels to generate energy. The problem? Not only are these finite resources, so will eventually run out, but burning fossil fuels is damaging to human health and our environment.
Coal supplies a third of energy worldwide. Yet burning coal to produce electricity generates carbon dioxide… read the rest of “Can the UK run on fully renewable electricity?”
The problems posed by our overreliance on plastic has become part of our everyday thinking. The turning point was back in 2017, when Sir David Attenborough narrated a now-historic episode of Blue Planet II. It demonstrated the devastating impact that plastic is having on our oceans. But since then, has our dependency… read the rest of “Plastic backlash: is our dependency on single-use plastics decreasing?”
