Environment

Generating energy using only renewable sources, growing your own food, harvesting your own water, heating your house with sun and thermal mass. Are these concepts too utopian for you to hear? Then you should read more about a unique American concept that is experimenting with radically sustainable ways of constructing buildings – Earthships. Earthships are a combination of all above …

Despite every second person is concerned about nuclear power plants, the UK government plans to build more and more nuclear reactors, as the old ones are planned to be decommissioned. This is promoted to be part of the target to eliminate power plants that are based on fossil fuels, and are considered safe. While nuclear energy is really a step …

The revived idea about the solar energy has been steadily gaining momentum since the 1990s, only to become more prominent since 2010. In 2015, countries with large-scale solar plants have managed to produce enough solar energy to account for 1% of all energy resources worldwide. Compare it to 2005, when the total amount of solar energy produced accounted for a …

Hello there guys and girls. Hope you have a great week! Is your present shopping going well? I am so glad it does. Perhaps some new gadgets for you and your loved ones. That’s great! But lets get a bit more familiar with what are we actually about to throw to the bin when we get those new gadgets. Obviously …

As human beings, we end up using or consuming a lot of things, and as a result, waste gets generated every time. But the question is; where does the trash end up once we are done with it? Most of it ends up in dustbins, without being sorted out. This has a lot of adverse effects to the environment and …

This infographic explores how scrap metal recycling positively impacts both the environment and consumers. It also explores how demolition contractors are involved in recycling building materials, and how they ensure scrap metal is useful. In the United States, over 150 million tons of scrap materials are recycled which includes 85 million tons of iron and steel, 5.5 million tons of …

Canvas shelters come in all manner of shapes, sizes and designs. These variations set the difference as to which canvas will serve what purpose. Being able to understand these factors make it easy when shopping for the right one to use in your event. Let us have a look at some of the most popular tents in the market. Pole …

How much do you know about oilheat? We’ve heard many things about heating oil, such as it’s bad for the environment and inefficient. But do you know that it actually burns about 5% less cleaner than it did 45 years ago, and that the heating oil industry has reduced greenhouse gas emissions from it by about one third over the …

It should come as no surprise to you that earth has a trash problem. Of all the waste we produce on earth, 75 percent of it is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30 percent. In fact, every year humans produce 2.6 trillion pounds of trash. This trash is filling landfills and polluting our oceans, but did you know that …

August is National Water Quality Month and to celebrate Anchor Pumps wanted to share some interesting facts we have researched about the UK Water Supply. Anchor Pumps are the largest distributor of Viking Pump products in the UK as well as the largest UK Grounds Water Group Distributor. We discuss some of the best and worst water supplies and which …