environment
Plastic-Free Tea Bags: The UK Brands to Choose and Avoid
Most big UK tea brands have quietly ditched oil-based plastic — but “plastic-free” and “PLA bioplastic” aren’t the same thing. Here’s which brands to choose, which still contain plastic, and how to keep microplastics out of your cuppa.
Green Technology Tips and How to Lead a Sustainable Lifestyle
Looking for go green ideas you can actually use? Here are simple, practical ways to cut energy and waste at home and at work — using smart tech, reuse apps and everyday habits that make a real difference.
Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Facts, Size, Photos & 2026 Update
The oceans have become a floating rubbish dump — and the North Pacific’s Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is the largest known example of it. Since Greenpeace first raised the alarm back in 2006, plastic waste has spread into every ocean on Earth. Here are the facts on how big the Patch actually is in […]
Biffa Waste Management: Ownership, History, Services and 30 Key Facts
Biffa is one of the best-known waste management companies in the UK. Its red collection vehicles can be seen serving businesses, households and local authorities across the country, but waste collection is only one part of its operation. The company is also involved in recycling, surplus redistribution, composting, plastics reprocessing, waste treatment and energy recovery. […]
Problems with Plastic Waste Mount Up – It’s in Our Food and Our Blood
Problems with Plastic Waste: Plastic waste is a massive global problem, polluting land and oceans, harming wildlife through entanglement and ingestion, and breaking down into microplastics that enter the food chain, potentially impacting human health with toxic chemicals. Key Takeaways on the Problems with Plastic Waste Plastic pollution releases 19-23 million tons of waste into […]
SKM Consulting Buys Enviros Consulting – But Both Now Gone After More Mergers
Leading engineering, sciences and project delivery firm Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) has acquired Enviros, a multi-disciplinary sustainability, environmental and health and safety consultancy in the UK.
Why You Need Commercial Cleaning for your Office
In this article, we describe why we think businesses really do need commercial cleaning for their offices. Read on and understand how this makes great sense, especially now that the covid pandemic has made us all so much more aware of the importance of good hygiene. Most people spend their waking hours working. While many […]
