Eco bullying

Everyone talks a good environmental game, but very few actually know the rules, so the standard of play is very poor indeed. In the United Kingdom we have a series of disconnected environmental “signals” and schemes and consultations.
 
We have to be dragged almost screaming by the European Union into any cogent environmental laws and [...]

Labelling supermarket items with carbon details

Knowledge is critical, for without knowledge we cannot make meaningful choices. Unfortunately when it comes to carbon emissions knowledge is fairly meaningless unless it is comprehensive. That is why when it comes to moderating our own carbon emissions behaviour we should accumulate our knowledge which should then help us in actions which concentrate on the [...]

Marks & Spencers plastic bags and packaging

Marks & Sparks have decided to help the environment is they will make a 5p charge for food plastic bags from 6th May. Environmentalists have been asking for food supermarkets to review their practices on plastic bags for some years, and M&S feel (after trials) that by making a modest charge the use of plastic [...]

Low energy lighting - the environmental consequences

 Low energy lights can be bad for the environment because they contain poison, but if you use and dispose of them properly they will do more good than harm. If you don’t you will cause very serious environmental damage.

Gas bills - time to change the pricing structure

My gas bill came through the letterbox yesterday, and I thought I had better look at it.
My bill told me how many “units” I had used. Units are the measurement of gas at your gas meter. These are converted into kilowatt hours by first finding out how many cubic metres of gas your units [...]

How do we measure up?

Lord Kelvin, that famous Victorian Scottish physicist used to say that if you can measure something and express it in numbers, you know something about your subject; but if you cannot measure it, your knowledge is of a very meagre and unsatisfactory kind. From this wise observation developed a management mantra thought to be essential [...]

Rubbish Charging

Local authorities are going to be allowed to charge people according to the amounts of rubbish that they throw away, in an effort to reduce land fill fines that the UK would otherwise have to pay to the European Union. Some people have dubbed this as a “pay as you throw” tax, others have said [...]