J&B Shows How to Enter and Thrive in the Green Sector
One of the speakers at last week's North East Recycling Forum (NERF) Conference was Vikki Jackson-Smith of J&B Recycling. I was delighted to hear how...
What We Can Learn from Wales’ Waste Win
Dec 5, 2012
Last Thursday I went to the North East Recycling Forum Annual Conference - one of the few events I intend as a punter. This partly...
An Understanding of Waste
Oct 17, 2012
On Monday I ran a waste awareness session with one of my large clients' employees. I used a range of green jujitsu techniques to properly...
Circular Economy or Web of Life?
Jul 11, 2012
As a nature lover, I thoroughly enjoyed Chris Packham's BBC series The Secrets of the Living Planet. Having been on our screens in my youth,...
Compost, Natural Cycles and the Circular Economy
Jun 11, 2012
Here's a grubby little secret - shhh - don't tell anyone - but I'm a closet compost fanatic. At last count I operate at least...
Are you ready for a drought?
Mar 19, 2012
Living in Britain is supposedly synonymous with owning an umbrella. And a cagoule. And wellies. But something strange is happening - or not happening -...
Are you ready for a resource crunch?
Nov 25, 2011
I had a very interesting day at the North East Recycling Forum annual conference yesterday. I don't attend a lot of events I'm not speaking...
Waste Is A Verb, Not A Noun
Oct 21, 2011
Here's the latest in my Green Business Confidential podcast series. It's called "Waste is a verb, not a noun" and it is all about the...
Closing the Loop – from Outputs to Inputs
Sep 15, 2011
Traditionally we have worried about what comes out of our economy - solid wastes, persistent toxins, greenhouse gases, acid rain, ozone and so on. But increasingly focus...
The Waste Hierarchy ain't carved in stone
May 27, 2011
I was at the North East Recycling Forum (NERF) yesterday - catching up with contacts and the latest in the waste industry. One of the...