Interview: Boomtown Fair’s Sustainability Coordinator on the ‘Radical City’
We spoke to Boomtown’s Emily Ford about this year’s changes, like the plastic bottle ban, compostable cups and cigarette butt ballot bins.
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We spoke to Boomtown’s Emily Ford about this year’s changes, like the plastic bottle ban, compostable cups and cigarette butt ballot bins.
Source: thefestivals.uk
New Agrobiodiversity Index looks at levels and use of agricultural biodiversity across countries to inform more sustainable policies in food and agriculture…
A disability studies professor in London is calling for nuance and inclusion in the national conversation about single-use plastics.
A local council has extended a huge loan to billionaire Matt Moulding, the founder and boss of beleaguered online retailer The Hut Group. Labour-controlled Warrington council agreed earlier this month to lend another £18million to private company Moulding Capital Limited. It was one of a series of loans worth a total of £200million made to the businessman making him the council’s largest single credit exposure. Council documents seen by The Mail on Sunday say the new loan is ‘fully secured… against a portfolio of real estate assets’. It is not known what the loan is being used for. A spokesman added that the council considered Moulding Capital Limited to be ‘a good credit risk’.
An Egyptian province on the Red Sea will impose a ban on disposable plastics, prohibiting everything from single use straws to plastic bags.
Empowering consumers is just one aspect of the EU’s Green Deal.
Now even schools are ready to take the challenge of eliminating our dependence on single-use plastics. They set themselves a target to refrain from single-use plastics by 2022.