Archive for January, 2011

Report warns Wales’ fragile eco-systems are at risk

The Welsh Assembly Government’s (WAG’s) Sustainability Committee has produced a report claiming that the country’s fragile eco-systems are potentially at risk due to a lack of government action and resources.
The report was commissioned in response to a petition from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), who called for an examination into [...]

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Apple criticised by Chinese environmental groups

Consumer electronics giant Apple has reportedly come under fire from a coalition of the most influential environmental groups in China.
The campaigners – who call themselves the Green Choice Initiative – accuse Apple of numerous infringements on environmental and workers regulations. Their allegations include pollution, poor working conditions, toxic fumes harming worker’s health and the [...]

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Eco-friendly family threw out just one carrier bag of rubbish last year

An article in the Daily Mail recently highlights a family of super-green recyclers, the Strauss family from Longhope in Gloucestershire, who threw away just one carrier bag full of waste all year.
Richard and Rachelle Strauss and their daughter Verona made a concerted effort throughout 2010 to reuse or recycle every bit of waste they [...]

Friday, January 7th, 2011