The World Cup will bring welcome profits for retailers with food and drink for match parties and BBQs and shiny new TV sets to enjoy the games on but this unfortunately brings with it an increase in rubbish. On the plus side though, most of this rubbish can be recycled and even Sven himself is encouraging fans to recycle those cans and bottles and extra packaging. Research shows that d...

The UK's major recycling site - recyclenow.com has joined forced with Royal Mail to produce the first ever cancellation mark showing the sites logo and web address. The cancellation mark can be seen up by the stamp on your letters and is printed as the letter goes through the sorting machines to show the stamp has been used - or cancelled. This is a huge effort to make people a...

I'd love to take credit for this slogan but it does in fact belong to the creators of Junkk.com. Haven't heard of them? Well listen up. If you are interested in novel new ways to conserve resources and be more environmentally friendly then this is definitely worth a look. So what is the idea of Junkk.com? Well, do you ever empty a cont...

How would you like the idea of nearly 2000 earthworms sharing your kitchen space? Martin Bartos, Scotish Green Party member commented how his resident worms 'really aren't any bother'. He's refering to his wormery - a simple and efficient way of converting kitchen waste into compost and liquid feed - all you need to do is throw your left over peelings and used coffee in and the worms ...

Supermarket giant Tesco is going seriously green with the announcement of plans for the world's most environmentally friendly store. The store is to be built in Norfolk and will be constructed from recycled wood, plastic and other materials. It is not just the exterior of the store that will be green as they plan to generate energy from solar panels, wind turbines and geothermal power ...