HALF of shoppers would make more environmentally-friendly choices if it was cheaper, a poll found. A huge 48 per cent said they wanted to do the right thing but cost often held them back.Researchers asked if Britain’s shoppers wanted to make different food choices...
Microplastics are one of the biggest threats to our rivers and oceans – they're everywhere and hard to get rid of. So what can be done to tackle the problem?A couple of years ago an Irish teenager won a science prize worth £38,000 for inventing a way to extract...
Beavers have been released into British countryside to combat the effects of climate changeThe image of a beaver gnawing on the bark of a tree in the wilderness seems a long way from the British countryside. Any likelihood of witnessing such a scene virtually...
OVER half of adults simply don’t understand the meaning of common recycling symbols found on everyday household products, researchers have found in a recent UK study.Eight key symbols appearing on thousands of supermarket items instructing buyers how to dispose of...
