An image created by AI. The increasingly urban lifestyle of seagulls in the UK and around Europe has made them experts at taking food from unsuspecting diners. Herring gulls in particular are notorious for stealing food from seaside towns like Falmouth in Cornwall, where I live. One day at the beach last summer, I watched … Read more
New rules for household waste and recycling came into force in England today as research revealed one in four councils are still not ready to provide the service. Households will now separate their waste into four different bins for waste collectors to collect as part of changes aimed at making collection more standardized. One is … Read more
Every year, the World Meteorological Organization, or WMO, tracks a list of key climate indicators – including the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the Earth’s temperature – to assess how global warming is progressing. In their latest report, released last Sunday, the authors decided to include a new dimension: the imbalance of … Read more
If you live in England, you may have just got a new food waste caddy. Councils must now collect your separated food waste and turn it into fuel, compost or compost. So you can live comfortably knowing that your provisions for potatoes and stale bread will be put to good use instead of going to … Read more