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RECYCLING ADVICE FOR SMEs IN LONDON

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in London now have the benefit of their own dedicated team of recycling advisers, thanks to WRAP’s (Waste & Resources Action programme) Recycle At Work Advisory Programme in partnership with London Remade.

Green Tourism for London

Grants and Free Training Help Small Businesses Benefit from HIP's

The Mayor's Climate Change Action Plan

The Mayor of London set out the first comprehensive plan to cut London’s carbon emissions.

Battery recycling - which way forward for the UK?

In the UK we dispose of over 600 million batteries to landfill every year, a statistic that government is keen to see greatly reduced through the development and introduction of easier and more environmentally sound methods of dealing with waste batteries.

The Mayor's Climate Change Action Plan

The Mayor launched the Climate Change Action Plan on 27 February 2007, with the objective of setting out how London will tackle its Climate Change responsibilities and deliver significant reductions in CO2 emissions across the Capital.

British construction industry needs to adapt to climate change

The British construction industry could be wiped out if it fails to adapt to climate change, according to environmental regulators.

Newsquest South London Sponsor

Newsquest South London is delighted to announce that British Gas is the headline sponsor for its ground-breaking Green Guardian environmental campaign in 2007.

Guidance on WEEE issued by DTI

Guidance on the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) regulations was issued by the Department of Trade and Industry on Wednesday.

New rules 'encourage building on greenfield'

New Government rules encourage greenfield development by ruling out unexpected "windfall" sites from local authorities' house-building plans, a planning committee has warned.

Green Guardian Awards 2007 launched

The Green Guardian awards are to celebrate the environmental efforts of people, schools, organisations and businesses across south west London.

Design with less wastage

The Waste & Resources Action Programme has launched the Net Waste Method, a performance measurement tool to help contractors reduce waste and increase recycled content of buildings in the U.K.

NetRegs National Release

SURVEY SHOWS CONSTRUCTION BUSINESSES ‘SLEEPWALKING’ TOWARDS NEW SITE WASTE MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION

Publication of the new Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The Strategy replaces the previous version of 2000 and its addendum of 2003.

GLOBAL NIELSEN SURVEY: CONSUMERS LOOK TO GOVERNMENTS TO ACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

SURVEY SHOWS SURGE IN CONSUMER CONCERN OVER GLOBAL WARMING IN PAST SIX MONTHS: TWO IN FIVE CONSUMERS WANT GOVERNMENTS TO RESTRICT CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS AND INVEST IN ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS