A 25 pence (34 cents) levy on disposable coffee cups should be introduced and all disposable coffee cups should be recycled by 2023, according to the U.K. parliament"s Environmental Audit Committee. In a statement Friday, the committee said that revenue from the levy should be invested in reprocessing facilities and recycling "binfrastructure". The charge on disposable cups would be paid by consumers on top of the price of their coffee, and would be lowered as the recycling rate improves, it said. If the target for recycling all disposable coffee cups by 2023 was not met, then the government should ban them altogether, the committee added. Additionally, it said that producers needed to pay more for packaging that proved difficult to recycle, and that labeling needed to be improved so that consumers knew how to properly dispose of their cups. While some coffee shops did offer discounts to customers who brought their own cups, the committee said that uptake of such offers was between just 1 and 2 percent of coffee purchases. The chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, Mary Creagh, said that 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups were thrown away in the U.K. every year, with almost none recycled and 500,000 per day littered. "The U.K."s coffee shop market is expanding rapidly, so we need to kick start a revolution in recycling," she said. "We"re calling for action to reduce the number of single-use cups, promote reusable cups over disposable cups and to recycle all coffee cups by 2023." Since 2015, English consumers have been charged five pence for single use plastic bags at large shops. The government says that plastic bag usage in England has fallen by over 80 percent as a result. Similar charges exist in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said it welcomed Friday"s recommendations from the Environmental Audit Committee. "Just like the plastic bag charge we are all now familiar with, a charge added to our coffee at the point of purchase will help consumers think about whether to take a refillable cup to the cafe," Laura Foster, head of clean seas at the MCS, said in a statement. Foster added that it would also encourage cafes to use "traditional cups and mugs rather than hand out single-use cups."
Ист.: CNBC, Ссылка: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/0...Brutal cold brought record low holiday temps from the midwest through New England. Boston hasn"t seen such a cold spell since 1872. Power prices in New England have exploded to $190 per megawatt-hour today, with a peak last night of $289 per mwh (versus an annual median closer to $50 per mwh). It could get worse. A snow-and-ice bomb is on its way up the eas...
Мета: Eversource, LNG, NIMBY, Eversource and National Grid, Темы: Энергетика, Будущее,
Just about the only thing heating up in the eastern half of the U.S. right now is the debate over what power source should be trusted to keep homes warm and the lights on.
There are 99 nuclear generating units in the U.S. and every one of them is currently operating -- “an incredible but unsurprising testament to nuclear’s reliability,” said John Ke...
Мета: Nuclear Energy Institute, Luke Popovich, National Mining Association, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Rick Perry, Jason Bordoff, Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, ISO New England Inc, American Electric Power Co, Dynegy Inc, Glenrock Associates, Темы: Энергетика, Транснацики,
Power deliverability is similarly important as fuel certainty in supporting US power system resiliency, NRG Energy"s CEO said in a podcast released Tuesday, so deliverability should be considered in any response to the US Department of Energy"s "resiliency" notice of proposed rulemaking.
In a Columbia Energy Exchange podcast released Tuesday by Columbia U...
Мета: NRG Energy, US Department of Energy, Columbia Energy Exchange, Mauricio Gutierrez, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Cummins, Donald Trump, Paris Agreement on climate change, Темы: Энергетика,
BONN, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The 23rd Conference of Parties (COP 23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) kicked off here on Monday with a call to adhere to the path of Paris Climate Change Agreement.
The COP 23 is tasked with mapping out a guideline for the implementation of the Paris Agreement which was agreed on by almost e...
Мета: The 23rd Conference of Parties, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Paris Climate Change Agreement, Patricia Espinosa, Frank Bainimarama, China, Xie Zhenhua, Lu Xinming, National Development and Reform Commission, Doha Amendment, Kyoto Protocol, Темы: Энергетика, Социум, Транснацики, Будущее,
Every bit counts – Toward an electrified planet
Since the 2015 G7 summit in Elmau in southern Germany, the world has focused on a common goal: to turn away from fossil energy in favor of electricity as a universal energy source, with the ambition of achieving complete decarbonization by the year 2100. This presents all economies with tremendous chall...
Мета: G7 summit, 3D Model of Energy, Sustainable Energy for All, TenneT, Siemens, Темы: Энергетика, Социум, Будущее,
No-one is any doubt of the need for flexibility to manage a future network built on variable renewable generation, prosumers and electric vehicles.
But how do the various players – utilities, aggregators and consumers – play together in what in an uncertain landscape?
Clean Energy Package
In Europe, it is early days and the ‘rules ...
Мета: Clean Energy Package, Nice Smart Valley, Темы: Энергетика, Транснацики,
BONN, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The 23rd Conference of Parties (COP 23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) kicked off here on Monday with a call to adhere to the path of Paris Climate Change Agreement.
The COP 23 is tasked with mapping out a guideline for the implementation of the Paris Agreement which was agreed on by almost e...
Мета: The 23rd Conference of Parties, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Paris Climate Change Agreement, Patricia Espinosa, Frank Bainimarama, China, Xie Zhenhua, Lu Xinming, National Development and Reform Commission, Doha Amendment, Kyoto Protocol, Темы: Энергетика, Социум, Транснацики, Будущее,
Pilot projects for energy efficiency in nurseries, office buildings and residential buildings / 70 per cent lower energy consumption than in comparable new buildings
The German Energy Agency (dena) has certified six new building projects in China with the highest energy efficiency class A. The buildings consume around 70 per cent less energy than the aver...
Мета: German Energy Agency, China, Center of Science and Technology of Construction, Темы: Энергетика,
Every bit counts – Toward an electrified planet
Since the 2015 G7 summit in Elmau in southern Germany, the world has focused on a common goal: to turn away from fossil energy in favor of electricity as a universal energy source, with the ambition of achieving complete decarbonization by the year 2100. This presents all economies with tremendous chall...
Мета: G7 summit, 3D Model of Energy, Sustainable Energy for All, TenneT, Siemens, Темы: Энергетика, Социум, Будущее,