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The Downside of High Metal Prices

26th September 2007

Edie is reporting today that soaring scrap metal prices have lead to thefts from recycling plants and buildings. This confirmed my suspicion that the market...

Environmental Management Systems Boom

24th September 2007

Edie is reporting figures from the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) showing that the number of businesses in the UK holding an ISO...

Sustainability Lessons from Total Quality Management

16th September 2007

One of the criticisms of Environmental Management Systems (eg ISO14001) is their reliance on mere continual improvement of environmental performance. It has always surprised me...

Biomimicry by Janine Benyus

14th September 2007

Another TED video for a Friday (click here to watch). Janine Benyus gives a stirring overview of her work on Biomimicry - the art of...

Janine Benyus: 12 sustainable design ideas from nature

14th September 2007

Anita Roddick: The Legacy

12th September 2007

I assume that anybody reading this blog will already know that Body Shop founder Anita Roddick sadly died on Monday night at the age of...

Whose Carbon Is It Anyway?

10th September 2007

There was an interesting piece in the Observer about Tesco being attacked for under-stating their carbon footprint by Christian Aid. The supermarket giant has come...

Blowing in the Wind?

5th September 2007

Last week I saw a presentation from a representative of the New and Renewable Energy Centre, NaREC. They've been testing a Windsave micro-wind turbine on...

New Recycling Support for SMEs

3rd September 2007

WRAP (the Waste and Resources Action Programme) has launched the Recycling @ Work scheme to help Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs)* find ways to...

So just what is waste?

31st August 2007

The home page on the Terra Infirma website proclaims "waste is a verb, not a noun". This was a little catchphrase I dreamt up while...

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