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84% of UK households are unintentionally contaminating their recycling bins

Stuart Mitchell

New public insights released by Recycle Now – part of climate action NGO, WRAP – have found that we are a nation of wish cyclers,with the vast majority of well-intentioned households trying to recycle items that should not go in the recycling bin, in an effort to do their bit. Contaminants affect the quality of the recycling, its value and in extreme cases mean that the recycling has to be disposed of rather than recycled. In response, this year’s Recycle Week 2022 (17th – 23rd October 2022) was themed ‘Let’s…

UNESCO and Switzerland announce funding is in place to begin rehabilitating Beirut’s iconic Sursock Palace

Stuart Mitchell

As part of its flagship initiative LiBeirut, UNESCO has announced an agreement with the Swiss Federal Office of Culture and the Sursock Palace Association to finance the first phase of the rehabilitation of the Sursock Palace. The iconic building, which dates from 1860 was severely impacted by the port blasts on 4 August 2020. Through the LiBeirut initiative, UNESCO places heritage at the heart of the international efforts of recovery. The Sursock Palace is a gem of Lebanese architecture and a powerful symbol of pride and resilience for the Beirut…

Clean hydrogen accelerator receives UK government backing

Stuart Mitchell

The Carbon Trust is announcing its new clean hydrogen accelerator, which aims to help secure the UK’s energy supply and support climate targets. The project will join up industry players, backed by BEIS, the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The Clean Hydrogen Innovation Programme (CHIP) aims to speed up the deployment of clean hydrogen, by reducing the end-to-end cost through technical innovation so that it becomes cost competitive with conventional alternatives. Clean hydrogen is defined as hydrogen that is produced with a low level of greenhouse…

UK’s wardrobes hold 1.6 billion items of unworn clothes People open to new ways of shopping

Stuart Mitchell

The largest study into clothing habits ever undertaken by climate action NGO WRAP shows changes over the last 8 years around how long we retain our clothes, and how our openness to new ways of clothes ‘shopping’ could significantly reduce the environmental cost of clothing the nation – and save shoppers millions of pounds. Between 2013 and 2021, the predicted length of time people in the UK kept a range of clothes increased. Today, non-padded coats and jackets have the longest lifespans at more than six years apiece, while underwear…

Nestlé launches Nescafé Plan 2030 to help drive regenerative agriculture, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve farmers’ livelihoods

Stuart Mitchell

Nescafé, Nestlé’s largest coffee brand and one of the world’s favorite coffees, outlined today its extensive plan to help make coffee farming more sustainable: the Nescafé Plan 2030. The brand is working with coffee farmers to help them transition to regenerative agriculture while accelerating its decade of work under the Nescafé Plan. The brand is investing over one billion Swiss francs by 2030 in the Nescafé Plan 2030. This investment builds on the existing Nescafé Plan as the brand expands its sustainability work. It is supported by Nestlé’s regenerative agriculture…