United Kingdom Environment News

The Green Tourism Business Scheme sponsors one of the categories in the VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2012.

Google today celebrates the 42nd birthday of 'Earth Day 2012' with a customary Google doodle. a day dedicated to creating awareness and promoting green economic policies around the world.

New reports show a more affordable way of achieving multiple benefits

Emerald celebrates Earth Day with free access to three journals focusing on environmental research from 22 April for up to a month

With budgets slashed and restrictions increased for organisations in the UK, paperless offices are the logical solution. Atkinson Lewis is marking Earth Day on 22 April by giving businesses the opportunity to cut down on paper use.

It is well known that there are three things that ensure coffee trees produce the best beans, they must be grown at high altitude, have a tropical climate and a rich soil.

Cost-cutting ideas, delicious food, savings on fuel and buying local are just some of the many things on offer at this year’s Greener Living Show.

RecyCoal, the UK’s leading coal tip restoration business, has successfully received planning approval to complete an environmentally-led coal recovery and restoration scheme at the site of the former Rossington Colliery, South Yorkshire.

Double recognition for Zenex Technologies. The company adds a European patent to its ground-breaking passive flue gas heat recovery device, the Zenex GasSaver, while MD Chris Farrell scoops the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the New Energy Awards.

April this year has been true to the adage ‘April showers’ with days of sunny weather followed by sudden heavy showers, but this does cause a road safety hazard when it comes to driving in these wet and dry conditions.

Home solar photovoltaic installations reach 300,000 in the UK. Domestic solar provides 846MW capacity, enough to displace a nuclear power station.

Conventional halogen light bulbs are slowly but surely being forced out of circulation, with EU legislation ensuring that manufacture of 60w bulbs has already been halted in the UK and many other member countries

With swathes of England currently in the grip of a drought and the resultant hosepipe ban zone extending into many parts of the country, the health and welfare of over three million1 ponds’ flora and fauna are currently hanging in the balance.

Visitors to the European Wind Energy Association’s (EWEA) show, running 16th to 19th April in Copenhagen, Denmark will have the chance to meet Brüel & Kjær’s technical experts

Customer feedback on our online shop tells us that sometimes only seeing, touching and feeling a product will do for your most important purchases!

With 15,000 units, France’s fleet of electric passenger and lightweight-utility vehicles is the largest in Europe.

New enhancements include extended forecasts, improved granularity of modelling, and greater differentiation between precipitation types.

Pyroban has supplied an explosion proof diesel engine package to PumpSets Ltd for use in a refinery application in Azerbaijan to power a pump for ‘processed water’.

Lincoln party venues don’t get any better than Revolution for food, drink and hospitality. Plan your party the way you want with Revolutions handy online party planner.

Plastics have astonishing strength, structural designs, and excellent recycling features.

The UK’s leading Domestic & Commercial Appliance, Sales, Servicing, Repair and Accessories Company, has chosen Germguard to compliment their existing range of appliance cleaning products.

Plastic scrap or waste comes in all manner of shapes and sizes such as plastic bottles, bottle crates, plastic pallets and car bumpers and a variety of material types.

Mackie’s of Scotland is aiming to be one of the UK’s biggest, fully sustainable companies by installing a plant that will transform the slurry from its 400-strong herd of cows into biofuel to help power its Aberdeenshire plant

An eco-friendly town in the UK could potentially host the first large-scale trial of a new, affordable LED bulb that is just as bright as traditional bulbs.

UBIFRANCE, the French export-support agency, will welcome 35 companies on the French pavilion at EWEA 2012, the leading European event of its kind, organised by the European Wind Energy Association.

CSols specialises in optimising the performance of regulated analytical laboratories by the integration and automation of laboratory data systems, scientific instruments and their laboratory staff.

Mike Penning, the Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, has paid a visit the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, Waste King.

Devon based manufacturer of small to medium scale anaerobic digesters, CH4e are committed to providing sound technology that delivers green energy solutions.

Contractors, house builders and installers who visited the Calor stand at the recent Ecobuild exhibition in London left with some very compelling evidence that LPG is, without a doubt, cleaner and more cost-efficient than oil.

VPhase plc, (AIM:VPHA), a leading developer of energy saving products for residential and commercial properties, is pleased to announce that it has been receiving support from the Carbon Trust’s Entrepreneurs Fast Track.

SSC Marketing comments on National Trust campaign to improve links with nature and wildlife

Bill Oddie inspects one of the displays as curators at a new exhibition add finishing touches to unique and specially designed urban bee hives and bat boxes that could be popping up on green spaces across the Capital this summer.

Learn more about insulation, plus why it is important to include it at design level of construction - brand new website catering for all insulation questions, plus it has the first on-line multi-foil calculator.

Travel PR is delighted to announce that it is now representing Naturetrek.

A winner, Crown Oil, is celebrating the HazardEx Award for Environmental Contribution to Industry. Without any spillage, Crown Oil removed and recycled 6.4 million litres of gas oil.

Online resource proves a helpful tool to search for specific tradesmen

Summer arrives early as a mini March heat wave grips the UK.

A disturbing new study by an energy saving website has revealed that hundreds of thousands of people in the UK are facing the financial choice between heating their homes or feeding themselves.

Summer has come early this March with temperatures reaching 22 degrees in areas of the UK. High humidity causes discomfort to people and costly damage to homes. Breathing Space tell us how a dehumidifer can save you money and improve your living.

A group of students from Testbourne Community School are preparing to steal the show at the Chelsea Fringe Festival, a brand new London-wide festival of flowers, gardens and gardening timed to coincide with the world-famous Chelsea Flower Show.

Customized load cells from LCM Systems are designed into a complete Centre of Gravity system to complete an offshore hydraulic jacking system.

GreenWorld BVI's SIPP eligible investments allows owners of SIPPs to diversify their holdings to beyond stocks and bonds to farmland investments and forestry investments

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has launched its 2012 wildlife photography competition, in search of the best wildlife images from the two counties.

New feed-in tariffs have caused concern over the viability of domestic solar installations, but the outlook isn't as black as feared.

Re-crafted Woods, a company dedicated to the promotion of Arts and Crafts through the distribution of top reclaimed wood and natural materials, has announced the introduction of Oliver Marples, a new approach with reclaimed wood for handmade crafts.

WHERE: Unit 5, Central Saint Giles, St. Giles High Street WHEN: 27 March 2012 – 17 April 2012 WHAT: An exhibition of innovative designs for urban bee-hives, bat/bird boxes, and planters

The world’s number one manufacturer of metal bins, Taylor, has appointed environmental PR specialist, The PR Farm, to manage the waste giant’s corporate communications as it celebrates its 50th anniversary.

The world’s leading manufacturer of metal bins, Taylor, will unlock its cowshed to support this year’s Sport Relief by donating 10 of its infamous herd of Cow Bins to Nottingham for the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile 2012.

Blamon is pleased to announce the worlds first feasible HEAT BATTERY at the Eco-Build expo at the Excel arena London tomorrow on stand S2921 in collaboration with our preferred design engineers THESDA/SAP100.

Global energy consultancy and waste consultancy firm SLR consulting are delighted to announce the appointment of new Technical Director Jean Welstead to their Strategy and Procurement Team.