Industry figures show that an estimated 250,000 tents made of polymer-based nylon or polyester are abandoned at festivals each year.
Solar farm as big as 14 football pitches is blocked
An application to build a solar farm on a site the size of almost 14 football pitches in an English national park has been turned down.
Be.EV bags £55m in debt financing to speed up network growth
The EV funding comes in the form of debt financing from the high-street bank NatWest and the German state bank KfW IPEX-Bank.
More than 2 in 3 businesses welcome stronger plastic pollution policies
The survey, carried out by WWF and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, comprised of more than 130 small businesses across the world.
Denmark to impose livestock carbon dioxide emissions tax
Denmark, a major pork and dairy exporter, will be the first country to introduce a tax on livestock carbon dioxide emissions from 2030.
Vinted says second-hand ‘firmly embedded’ in shopping habits
The report by online secondhand marketplace Vinted, reveals that second-hand has become “firmly embedded” in UK shopping habits.
Saputo Dairy saves weight of 10 hippos in butter lid recycling move
Saputo Dairy UK, which owns Clover butter, says the move will save around the equivalent weight of 10 hippos in unnecessary packaging.
E.ON’s ‘pioneering’ low-carbon energy network to serve 6,000 London properties
Energy giant E.ON has struck the low carbon energy deal with Lendlease at the Silvertown development at the Royal Docks in Newham.
3 in 4 of British rivers are in poor ecological health
Rivers in the Anglian and Thames regions were found to be in the worst state, with 89% of rivers failing to meet tests for good ecological health.
Scope 3 emissions ‘continue to be overlooked’ by corporates
Scope 3 emissions “continue to be overlooked” with only 15% of businesses reporting climate data through non-profit CDP.
