A big multi-million pound plastics recycling plant has opened in Lancashire. Intercontinental Recycling Limited (IRL), which has received over £500,000 funding from Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank, will be able to convert an estimated 30,000 tons of post-consumer plastic bottles per annum into recycled PET flakes and HDPE
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Right now the solar market really seems to be…heating up. Hah! This from Gizmodo: Official reports from Sharp indicate the company is set to invest heavily in thin film silicon solar cells in the coming year. The production shall take place at Sharp’s Nara Prefecture plant in Japan.
This photo is called “Quizzical swan” by Jenny Rollo – it seemed to fit the mood. Greenbang’s asked 20 people what they think of the above question. We’re doing this while asking why the UK’s big power companies charge more for eco-friendly electricity. It’s not exactly an
It wasn’t as cold as usual this year for Guy Falkes night, was it? Maybe that’s just a freak occurance, but it certainly seemed warm enough to go outside with just a jumper on. And that was never the case years ago. In fact, now it’s November,
Picture the scene – you are the IT man, and one day you walk into the server room to find a hippy camped in a tent. Alarm bells start to ring at this point. Apart from the smell, which is quite bad, you’re a bit worried about what he’s
Cisco is stuffing $16bn into China as it moves to compete with networks giant of giants Huawei. The company is building a “green” technology centre there. Does that mean it will also cut down on its packaging? The San Francisco Chronicle has this: Cisco Systems is nearly doubling its recent
Inflatable solar mirrors are apparently 400 times cheaper than polished aluminum mirrors, according to EcoGeek – hello Hank and gang, by the way. What you do is hang ’em up on yer farm and they collect the sunlight and turn it into power. The reason you hang them up is because
Students have won a solar-power car race that spans Australia. The Panasonic World Solar Challenge runs from Darwin to Adelaide – more than 3000km of some of the most remote land on Earth: Wired Magazine says the students managed it in 33 hours: The winning team, 11 students from Delft University
Hi guys Greenbang has an interview with Simon Mills, sustainable development coordinator, City of London Corporation. Please tell us the questions you would like to ask him. Love from Greenbang
Well Mr Energy-Firm, how about investing more money in R&D for eco tech, instead of leaving it to the last minute and waiting until it’s trendy to do so? E.ON says by opting for the Homer Simpson ‘vest and pants’ look this winter, you could be
This morning two interviews have been cancelled, Greenbang’s girlfriend is in a grump, and he’s spilt carrot juice down his clean shirt. What a pig he looks to the world. Yesterday went the same. One interview was cut short just when it was about to get interesting – and
