It is our collective responsibility to ensure that waste is managed effectively. Waste management is crucial in ensuring that the environment stays clean. A clean environment also means that human beings’ and animals’ health do not get compromised. However, during…
This pandemic has changed the world as we know it, especially in regards to medicine and the environment. Let’s take a look at how the lockdown across the world is having an impact on waste disposal. Medical waste With hospitals…
With most of the country still under lockdown, the only businesses currently open are key stores such as supermarkets, pharmacies, and certain other essential services. As the UK population spends more time at home, it’s inevitable that we’re creating more…
While recycling has become a greater norm than it has been in the past, it still comes with many difficult challenges. Perhaps the biggest challenge is the inability to still recycle certain materials. Most of the materials that cannot be…
Threatening acts and aggression from the public have led to two Leicestershire rubbish tips outfitting their staff with body cameras. Theories suggest that the aggression is linked to budget cuts to waste disposal and recycling centres. Leicestershire County Council hopes…
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has ambitious plans for one of the planet’s largest cities. Released last August, Khan’s London Environment Strategy indicates the mayor hopes to hit the ground running on the big promises he made during the campaign. London’s…
Cuts made to the recycling budget by Leicestershire County Council have left the Loughborough area feeling the pinch enough to make cuts to existing services. Councillors in the area have been forced to make choices about which services to keep…
Plastics are widely used. The United Kingdom is only able to recycle less than 10% of the plastics used by its citizens. The non-biodegradable nature of plastics makes them find their way to water bodies and the soils leading to…
As many Leicestershire residents are painfully aware, fly-tipping is a major problem. This is predominantly due to the fact that many people are unable or unwilling to pay disposal charges at local civic centres. So, what are Leicestershire officials doing…
It seems that everywhere you turn, there is a serious problem regarding illegal waste dumping. Indeed, in the United States there are countless examples. Unfortunately, illegal waste dumping is also a serious problem in the United Kingdom and worldwide as…
