Matchmaking tech helps build sustainable supply chains
Greener UK is using “advanced modelling techniques to make sustainability simple, intuitive, and accessible for small businesses”.
For rent: Shirts and suits made from recycled plastic bottles and coffee grounds
Silicon Valley-based menswear rental subscription company Taelor has partnered with UK company Tranzend which makes sharp shirts and suits made from recycled items.
World-first biodegradable tights launched by UK fashion label Hēdoïne
The company is also on the brink of launching a recycling program for any tights – not just its own, but those of other brands as well.
The Wombles return from hibernation to promote UK climate-change goals
After receiving something of a CGI makeover, The Wombles came out of hibernation last year to spread their positive message of local environmentalism.
Design student creates reusable pad and cleaning device for female refugees
Some 60 per cent of female refugees experience period poverty problems, preferring to spend funds on food or sacrifice pads for baby diapers.
UK-based pharma creates protein powder from food scraps
UK-based pharmaceutical company Nutrapharma has created a solution that uses food scraps to produce protein powder to combat food wastage.
Shell to install 50,000 EV charging points across the UK
Besides increasing charging stations, Shell will also provide more electricity from sources such as wind and solar power that will allow electric vehicles to run on low-carbon power sources.
UK football clubs urged to join fight against rubbish
Suffolk-based social entrepreneur Jason Alexander has embarked on his own eco-mission – to get UK football clubs to better manage their trash.
Ordinary people, extraordinary change: addressing the climate emergency through ‘quiet activism’
“Quiet activism” refers to the extraordinary measures taken by ordinary people as part of their everyday lives, to address the climate emergency at the local level.
Prisoners in England make their own eco-friendly lightbulbs
The LED lights project was developed by HMP Garth employees and in accordance with jail service safety guidelines. Prisoners assemble around one hundred bulbs every week that saves taxpayers £2.5 million a year.
Carbon credit exchange plans 1 billion tree plantings
A prominent driver in carbon sequestration operations, SavePlanetEarth (SPE), is to set up its own carbon credit exchange.
Clarks Originals launches vegan Wallabee and Desert Boot
Footwear brand Clarks Originals has given its classic Wallabee and Desert Boot a vegan…
Mussels could play key role in microplastic cleanup
Scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) have begun a series of experiments of a unique microplastic clean-up method using mussels as natural filtration systems.
Rooftop gardens on Leicester bus shelters help bees pollinate
Nicknamed ‘Bee Bus Stops’ the 30 plant-topped Living Roof bus shelters are topped with gardens of wildflowers.
Michelin star chef Heston Blumenthal creates Fable Burger for Grill’d
Limited-edition alt-meat burger sells by pre-order only for US$26.