posted by admin on Jan 31
Did you know… that based on the average 2 year lifespan your mobile will produce on average 6kgs of CO2 during manufacturing, and approx 99kgs of CO2 while charging the phone over 2 years! That’s quite a bit of CO2, so the least you can do is recycle your old phone, and possibly even pick up a few quid in the process! There are quite a few companies offering to buy your old phone from you, including envirofone. They are one of the top mobile phone recycling sites in the UK and last year alone paid out over £1.5 million pounds for old phones.
We just got sent a link from one of our Project Partners, Tree Flights, about their new promotional video. So if you wonder what goes into planting trees for carbon offsetting, or want some questions answered - 
Tefal have introduced their ‘Quick Cup’. By heating just the right amount of water on demand in 3 seconds, it claims to save 65% of the energy traditional kettles use. It also acts as a filter for cold water. The tap on it means no lifting is required. Web Exclusive - £49.99. 
Save electricity and the environmental waste - the Roberts Wanderer (R9957) is taking wind up radios to a new level! You can buy it through 
I love these batteries! Recharge your ordinary AA Batteries - but from the USB port on your computer! They an be recharged hundreds of times - saving you money and helping reduce environmental waste. 
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Browsing the Guardian archives this morning, I have just seen an article written 10 days ago about the Greenpeace demonstration outside Woolworths’ headoffice, attacking their reluctance to stop selling inefficient incandescent lightbulbs and stock only compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs instead.
We’ve been particularly impressed this morning by UK Supermarket, Waitrose. The chain of 184 stores, is owned by it’s employees and has an “Organic Commitment” stating that:
I’ve just found out about a great scheme from the government called ‘Cycle to Work’.
Easyjet claim to take their environmental responsibility very seriously, claiming that they “strive to minimise [their] carbon emissions by flying younger, cleaner, fuller planes - in fact, flying with a traditional airline (based on same route and plane type) burns 27% more emissions per passenger kilometre”.
