A recent research by Logistic Research Centre at Heriot Watt University in Scotland on the impact of shopping online and having items you bought delivered to your home compared with you making a trip to the high street to buy the items yourself found that online shopping is significantly more environment friendly than making your own trip to the supermarket or high street. The research team compared environment impact in terms of carbon footprint of online and regular shopping for items such as CDs, books, cameras and household goods. It was found that a... 

Celebrity Chef, Gordon Ramsay called on the government to fine restaurant that serves fruit and vegetables that are out of season. “I don’t want to see asparagus in the middle of December, nor strawberries from Kenya in the middle of March. Mr Ramsay argued that the amount of transportation that goes into transporting fruit and vegetable that are out of season to out kitchens adds significantly to the food mile, which is very bad for the environment. Jay Rayner in an article in the Observer of 11th of May critisised Gordon Ransey’s call asking... 

A report published recently by Waste and Resources Action Programme, a government funded agency claimed that UK households trow away more than 6.7 million tons of food every year. Most of the food are still untouched and could have been eaten. More than £1 billion worth of wasted food was still “in date.”, an average household is throwing away £420 worth of food a year.  Read More →