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Tesco, the latest UK Supermarket to tackle food waste with Ethylene-Absorbing Strips

February 9th, 2012 | No Comments

Tesco is following the lead of Marks & Spencer and is trialing a packaging strip developed by It’sFresh! Ltd. in an effort to make food last longer and prevent waste.

First solar-powered cover for the Amazon Kindle

January 24th, 2012 | No Comments

The first solar-powered cover for the Kindle electronic reading device has been launched. The SolarKindle Lighted Cover, manufactured by US firm SolarFocus, is available online now and is expected to be available in shops soon.

Dobbies Peterborough leading the Electric vehicle (re)charge

January 6th, 2012 | No Comments

The car port, introduced at Dobbies Peterborough in 2011, can generate enough electricity to power a three-bedroom house for a year and includes two electric vehicle charging posts to help customers recharge their car for free when visiting the garden centre.

Tesco’s, Sainsbury’s et al – Who has the greenest stores?

October 4th, 2011 | No Comments

Like a retail version of the hit TV show Grand Designs, supermarkets are pushing the envelope when it comes to store design and the green agenda but for old-fashioned reasons: cold hard cash. A report published by the Carbon Trust underlines the key attraction of going down the eco-store route. It claims retailers who invest in renewable energy in their stores could slash their energy bills by more than 20% some incentive when you consider that energy prices are predicted to skyrocket by as much as 37% by 2020.

Ciralight’s, SunTracker – The next generation of light tubes!

September 30th, 2011 | No Comments

Other options such as the light tubes have improved upon simple skylights. Light tubes reflect light that lands on a roof down a tube and into whatever space, even on another floor, that needs illumination. Yet here again, when the sun is not shining on it, the lighting quality degrades.

Alconbury gets green light for enterprise zone

August 17th, 2011 | No Comments

As detailed HERE, the Alconbury Enterprise Area was selected by Members of the Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) as its preferred option for an Enterprise Zone ahead of Peterborough’s Railway Corridor project.

IKEA plans to go 100% renewable in UK using wind and solar

August 16th, 2011 | No Comments

KEA, the world’s largest furniture retailer, has installed 39,000 solar panels on the rooftops of its UK stores as part of its goal to derive all of its energy from renewable sources.

Simple swaps to green your cooking

August 16th, 2011 | No Comments

So, time to look at how making changes in food buying choices can also help us to live more environmentally. We discovered that just a few swaps add up to a big positive over the long-term, so read on to find out how you can make your eating eco-friendlier.

Peterborough Dobbies to get Solar Powered Car Charging Port

July 31st, 2011 | Comments Off

The £8m Dobbies Garden Centre being built in Hampton, Peterborough, creating 120 jobs at the 50,000 sq ft site which is set to open next month has plans for a solar powered car port to charge electric vehicles. The Garden Centre will be one of the first in the country to install solar power technology, offering customers the chance to charge up electric vehicles as they browse the aisles. The move is part of the Edinburgh-based firm’s commitment to reducing its carbon footprint and hopes to inspire its customers to do the same.

M&S Plan A to focus on marine conservation hits first 3 month milestone.

July 24th, 2011 | No Comments

Now in its third month, leading grocer Marks & Spencer’s (M&S) new initiative to educate the company’s customers about the conservation of British beaches and UK marine wildlife is beginning to take shape.