Bonfire or skip?
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When you’ve got a large amount of waste to dispose of, perhaps from a home renovation or spring clean, keeping costs down is usually a factor. Burning it, by planning a bonfire, may seem like the cheapest option – …
Category: Green Waste Management
The future of Energy from Waste plants
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Energy from Waste (EfW) plants, like ours at Rabbit, play a crucial role in waste management in the UK. They form part of the pursuit for a low-carbon, circular economy alongside a suite of major waste management initiatives to tackle …
Recycle Week 2020: Together We Recycle
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Recycle Week is an annual celebration of recycling that’s organised by WRAP, the Waste and Resources Action Programme, of which the Rabbit Group is an active member. This year, Recycle Week takes place from 21st September and will …
Why choose a skip over your local recycling centre?
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Whether you’re planning a home renovation, a garden overhaul, or just having a good sort out, a surprising amount of waste can be created. You might find that you can sell some items or donate them to charity. But …
Can the UK run on fully renewable electricity?
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Historically, the UK has depended on fossil fuels to generate energy. The problem? Not only are these finite resources, so will eventually run out, but burning fossil fuels is damaging to human health and our environment.
Coal supplies a third …
Plastic backlash: is our dependency on single-use plastics decreasing?
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The problems posed by our overreliance on plastic has become part of our everyday thinking. The turning point was back in 2017, when Sir David Attenborough narrated a now-historic episode of Blue Planet II. It demonstrated the devastating impact that …
What’s happening with food packaging?
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The issues of food waste are far-reaching, not least for the environment where food disposal emits damaging greenhouse gases. But the problems go beyond the food itself – plastic food packaging has come under increasing scrutiny. But what innovations are …
The problem with contamination and recycling
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When we put our recycling out for collection, we might get a satisfying feeling that we’re doing our little bit for the health of the planet. But not all the items we put in the recycling bin will end up …
How to have an eco-friendly Valentine’s Day
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How to have a greener 2020
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2019 shone a light on the urgency of environmental issues. But at the COP25 Climate Conference in Madrid in December 2019, activist Greta Thunberg accused world leaders of attempting to find loopholes to avoid meaningful action on climate change.
And …
