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New legislation to allow local authorities to sell unused electricity back to the national grid

New legislation to allow local authorities to sell unused electricity back to the national grid was announced by Environment Minister Jane Davidson today (28 July). The Minister has made an Order with the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne.

Reprocessor calls for action on B2B WEEE “leakage”

More needs to be done to address the issue of waste business electronics that are not dealt with within the WEEE system and instead end up being illegally exported overseas to the developing world, according to one of the UK's largest waste electronics reprocessors.

Rollout of reduced size Yellow Pages gets underway

A reduced size Yellow Pages directory has been distributed to households and businesses on the Isle of Wight and in central London as part of ongoing efforts by its distributor Yell to save paper and drive down waste.

Ask the Government to stop wasting money

Government departments are trying to slash their spending in order to cut the deficit.

Trade waste recycling collections double as local authorities respond to business demand

The number of local authorities in England providing a trade recycling service for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) has nearly doubled in the last three years, according to a recent survey by WRAP.

Coal: The direct route to irreversible climate change

The global dominance of industrial interests dependant on cheap energy sourced from coal mean climate change is inevitable

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