BIU Group (BIU), one of the UK’s leading textile recycling companies, is pleased to announce it has raised 2 million pounds for the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA).

HIOWAA and BIU have been working together since 2006. There are currently over 300 BIU clothing banks that have been placed in the area, where the people of Hampshire can recycle their unwanted clothing, shoes and textiles, generating vital funds for the life-saving charity.

SolarTech Ltd is one of the first renewable energy specialists to achieve ‘Green Deal Installer' status across a wide range of measures under the under the Government backed Green Deal scheme.

The company meets the new PAS 2030 standard to install Condensing Gas Fired Boilers, Under-floor Heating and Heating Controls plus a number of renewable energy solutions, including Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Ground and Air Source Heat Pumps.

UK Power Networks has recently completed the installation of 60 Electric Vehicle (EV) charge posts at 12 London Underground (LU) car parks across the capital.

The charge posts have the capacity to charge two vehicles simultaneously, can provide charging at either fast (7kw) or rapid (22kw) rates, and are accessible through the Source London charging network.

It has come to the notice of Two Sides that the EEPN, European Environmental Paper Network, who claim to be ‘a network of non-profit organizations working together to accelerate social and environmental transformation in the paper industry’, is making claims about the sustainability of the paper and associated industries which either require substantiation or retraction. ‘EEPN Paper Facts’.

Thousands of homes will receive electricity powered by renewable energy thanks to the use of Timbermat Ltd’s temporary roadways during the construction of a wind farm at Orchard End, near Preston, Lancashire.

Ground protection solution providers, Timbermat Ltd, supplied special load calculating Emtek mats during the erection of two giant wind turbines.

Fluoride plays an important role in dental health, with its presence in small quantities promoting the re-mineralization and strengthening of tooth enamel [1]. This occurs when hydroxyl ligands in the hydroxyapatite rod structure of the enamel are replaced by Fluoride. As a result of this and the deposition of calcium Fluoride on the enamel surface, the tooth surface can become stronger and more resistant to the destructive effects of plaque acid.

As a result of studies showing these beneficial effects of Fluoride, many countries have added Fluoride – in the form of hexafluosilicic acid (H2SiF6) - to their drinking water supplies. Fluoride is also present in many of the commercially available toothpastes, tooth-gel and mouth-wash products that are used around the world, as well as certain food-stuffs (tea for example).

Waste management experts BPR Group has invested in a leading-edge shredder to improve the scope and security of its confidential paper destruction service.

The company has installed the renowned UNTHA RS100 shredder at its Rainham facility in Greater London, enabling BPR to bring its shredding operation in-house rather than contract it out to a third party.

BPR is now generating revenues of more than £100 per tonne of shredded paper and expects to see a return on its investment in four years.

BPR is a leader in the field of safe and secure handling, storage and destruction of sensitive waste – anything from confidential paperwork and documentation to credit cards and charity boxes. Clients include major corporate organisations, NHS trusts and legal and financial practices. Whoever the client, helping them to reduce the environmental impact of the waste they produce is key.

The new UNTHA RS100 shredder is enabling BPR to process some five to six tonnes of confidential waste paper every hour – an impressive throughput achieved due to the machine's large capacity.

This thorough, high torque, slow speed shredding process complies with secure shredding standards without destroying the paper fibre content. Once material is drawn into the shredder's main cutters, it is both pre-shredded and re-shredded in a single pass. Material that does not fall through the screen is transferred to the secondary cutters before being fed back into the cutting chamber for re-shredding.

Every RS100 is configured to the client's specific requirements and can be fitted with different cutters and screen options according to the application and desired fraction size. BPR has purchased a number of screens which the team can simply adjust themselves, to optimise the performance of the secure data destruction process. Screens with holes of say 25mm diameter for example guarantee small confetti-like particles that – especially when combined with the machine's mixing action – ensure a greater DIN security level and consequently increased confidentiality.

After shredding the material down to a homogenous particle size to uphold the highest DIN security standards, the waste is then baled for recycling.

Alison Roe, director of BPR Group, said: "We are extremely pleased with the new shredding unit which gives us increased security and peace of mind for our clients by bringing our shredding process in-house. "It also gives us control over the output of shredded paper from which we are now able to generate a revenue."

Alan Harvey, UNTHA UK's business development manager for the South, added: "Hard-wearing cutting systems and self-cleaning contra shears heighten the machine's reliability, reduce the amount of ongoing maintenance and translate into a long machine life expectancy. In addition to its throughput capability, this slow speed reliable shredder – with its four shaft technology – boasts low levels of noise, vibration and dust, and as a result has a much lower risk of a spark-induced fire or dust explosion.

"This machine has set the industry standard for this type of shredding. There's no doubt that with the RS100, all BPR's confidential waste is in safe and secure hands."

Where are political parties born? Labour might say workplaces, the Conservatives their clubs and stately homes, but the Green party – which is 40 years old next week – can be precise: the Bridge Inn at Napton, in Warwickshire, where an unlikely group of lawyers and estate agents used to meet for a drink after work in the early 1970s.

Hardly revolutionary, but it was only when Coventry solicitor Lesley Whittaker passed around a copy of Playboy magazine, which she had bought in WH Smith, that these ultimate middle Englanders resolved to challenge the UK political establishment.