Friday, July 30th, 2010

Currently there are over 30 million cars and other types of motor vehicle in use in the UK.  Every year around 2 million new vehicles are registered with a similar number being scrapped and recycled.  With the average lifespan of a car being 14 years it has been necessary to set regulations in place for [...]

A lot has been written about the “cool” factor of digital retail signage. With their use of static images, video and animation, the eye-catching effects of digital signs have been proven time and again in a wide range of marketing studies.
The many possible uses of digital retail signage are also well documented. From advertising [...]

Experts estimate that almost 350 million cartridges end up in landfills each year. These include laser toner cartridges as well as others. This staggering number has an adverse effect on the environment, as well as, the economics of the situation of buying cartridges.
Recycling is a Good Idea
Surveys conducted suggest that almost ninety percent of [...]

Indesit has become the first company to successfully incorporate recycled content derived from the UK waste stream within white goods on a large scale. The project delivers substantial savings in raw materials and costs.
Indesit, in collaboration with WRAP and Axion Recycling, spent many months investigating the potential to extract plastic materials from Waste Electrical [...]

Did you know that aluminum, which was discovered in the 1820s, is the most abundant metal on earth? There are many things about this metal that you are probably unaware of. For instance, due to the fact that people recycle over half of the aluminum cans, two thirds of the aluminum ever produced is still [...]

LED lighting is often overlooked in ‘green building’ literature while more expensive and less satisfactory environmental solutions are pursued. The purpose of this article is to discuss some of the benefits of LED lighting, and to argue that LED lighting should be considered an essential element of any ‘green’ building, house, or construction project. Let’s [...]