Yorkshire Water’s £72m new anaerobic digestion plant at Knostrop Energy & Recycling Facility in Leeds has been officially opened. The state-of-the-art facility is Yorkshire Water’s single biggest investment in the last five years and will significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the site. The sludge is imported from across the Yorkshire Water
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East Yorkshire poultry business launches new initiative to save packaging
A Middleton on the Wolds based family business has launched a new initiative in a bid to reduce packaging. Soanes Poultry has added new "hock tags" to their premium grade whole chickens that highlight the Soanes name and provenance. Ben Lee, head of sales and marketing at Soanes, said: "It's a challenge
The Castle Inn calls time on sending waste to landfill
A North Yorkshire country pub has called time on sending its rubbish to landfill. The Castle Inn, at Cawood, Selby, has signed a new partnership with waste management company, Biffa, which now sees all of its detritus recycled, incinerated or converted into bio gas. Whist bottles, cans, paper and card is sent
Continuum Attractions goes green for a sustainable future
Continuum Attractions has announced a number of sustainability initiatives that their sites are championing across the country, saving on energy, wastage and showcasing their green efforts to visitors. Spearheaded by their on-site "Green Reps" and sustained with regular ‘Green Audits’ these initiatives include both visitor areas, as well as offices. Tailored
Region’s businesses urged to boost cycling opportunities for children
Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries is calling on companies across Yorkshire to donate unwanted bikes to give more children an opportunity to borrow them free of charge. The cycles collected by Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries during its tour of the county will be distributed to Bike Libraries across Yorkshire where each one
Green entrepreneurs call for capitalism to be used as force for good
Two of Britain’s greenest entrepreneurs, Dale Vince and Guy Singh-Watson, have come together to appeal for businesses to refocus on people and the planet over profit. Vince, who is the founder of green energy company Ecotricity, and Singh-Watson, who established the organic veg box company Riverford, have called for different measures
Specialist Hull hazardous waste business invests £500,000
A growing specialist Hull commercial and hazardous waste business has created new jobs and invested more than £500,000 into a new fleet of specialist vehicles and equipment to ensure it maintains its impressive rate of growth in 2019 and beyond. Wastege Waste Management Ltd was established by experienced specialist Mark Taylor
WSP leads on a raft of flood management schemes across Leeds and wider region
Engineering consultants WSP are leading on a number of crucial flood risk management schemes across Leeds to help alleviate flooding across the region. Based in Leeds, the WSP flood and drainage team is currently working on six separate schemes that circle the city with millions of pounds earmarked to implement the
Yorkshire renewables could soon power a million refrigerators
Yorkshire and The Humber could soon have enough renewable energy capacity to power more than one million refrigerators a year, research by Barton Willmore has shown. Analysis of the number of renewable energy schemes already operating in the region – and those yet to be built – shows Yorkshire is on
Yorkshire distillery plants 100 new trees in the Dales
Yorkshire-based gin and whisky distillery, Cooper King Distillery, has made its second donation to plant 100 new trees in the Yorkshire Dales through its partnership with a local environmental charity. After pledging to donate 2.5 per cent of its annual gin sales to the environmental non-profit organisation Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust