The UK has taken a major step in improving its recycling facilities with the opening of the first recycling plant dedicated to drinks cartons. The recycling plant is a joint venture between the Alliance for Beverage Cartons & The Environment (ACE), which represents some of the major brands in the industry, and Sonoco Alcore, which […]
If you want to recycle more at work and run a greener office, one of the easiest ways to do so is to print less. Printing is responsible for one of the largest areas of waste in offices up and down the country. If you want to cut down on your printing and save money […]
Once the festivities are over, knowing what to do with your unwanted Christmas tree can be extremely difficult. However, we have a range of strategies you could take, whether yours is real or artificial, that help you avoid the wastefulness of simply throwing it in a bin or skip. Real Christmas trees Many people love […]
UK banks have become involved in a new mis-selling scandal, this time relating to the unnecessary selling of insurance for ID theft and credit card fraud. It is thought it could cost the financial institutions involved up to £1.3 billion, as reported by the Financial Times. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently unveiled the plan, […]
A businessman in Britain is suffering the effects of a terrible case of identity fraud. The case, which was reported in The Telegraph, concerns that of Adrian Richards, a project manager at a London firm. After having his passport stolen from him a decade ago, he became the victim of identity theft and is now […]
If you do confidential paper shredding in your office or at home, you may be wondering what is the best way to go about recycling it. You may assume that by shredding your paper you are making it easier to recycle, but actually the reverse is often true. Here are a few things that you […]
Adobe has become the latest large company to be hit by a cyber attack, as reported by the BBC. Following the attack by hackers on its website, it confirmed that 2.9 million customers have been affected and that their private information has been stolen. Even though the customers’ passwords were encrypted, hackers still managed to […]
If you are keen to run a greener, more eco-friendly office, the first place you should start is by improving your office recycling efforts. There are many ways that you can run a more eco-conscious business, but recycling is one of the ways to make the biggest impact – and it’s very easy to get […]
The majority of people in Britain are failing to back up their important data, according to new research that was reported in The Telegraph. By failing to back up important documents and images, people are at risk of losing everything if their computers are lost or stolen or if the hard drives become damaged. The […]
The gross greenhouse gas emissions within the UK in 2012/13 totalled 5.75 million tonnes of CO2e. To reach the target set to reduce the UK’s global carbon emissions by 90% before 2050, employers are now trying to recycle everything possible to reduce emissions, while sustaining profits within their business. With an estimated 40 million cartridges […]