Plastic isn’t evil
Every morning I walk up the hill to the newsagent for the morning papers and milk for breakfast. I try to pick up at least one...
Heinz need to ketchup on customer engagement
Jun 26, 2017
Last week I was chatting with a local authority recycling officer, checking exactly what I could put in my recycling bin (and if I'm not 100%...
Pringles and Lucozade still don’t get it.
May 19, 2017
I love it when serious Sustainability issues hit the mainstream and yesterday's public shaming of Pringles and Lucozade Sport for difficult-to-recycle packaging across mainstream media...
Zero Hazardous Waste?
May 12, 2017
I had a meeting earlier with a Sustainability Manager earlier this week who is busy drafting a Sustainability Strategy for his company. His waste goal was...
Zero waste requires new thinking, not the same old, same old
Jan 25, 2017
Yesterday I downloaded the Carbon Trust's Zero Waste guide. As most of the content could have been written a decade ago, it was, frankly, a waste...
A Green Industrial Strategy for the UK? Ish.
Jan 23, 2017
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has a reputation as something of an inscrutable sphinx and we only get glimpses of what makes her tick. When she stepped...
Sustainability and the Laws of Thermodynamics: A Primer
Nov 23, 2016
Last week somebody responded to the edition of Ask Gareth on zero waste by saying zero waste was thermodynamically impossible. My heart soared as I...
Is zero waste really possible?
Nov 9, 2016
The latest edition of Ask Gareth considers whether Zero Waste is truly possible. Having working for many years in this particular field, I give the lowdown...
From whale to wheel: brilliant example of biomimicry
Nov 4, 2016
I love biomimicry – the science/art of looking to nature to solve some of our design problems – and I love cycling, so the revolutionary...
All the leaves are falling…
Oct 27, 2016
Half term means it's half-working, half-child-caring here at Terra Infirma Towers, although I did sneak off for a 47-mile cycle this morning. And it was...