73 finalists* have been selected from over 1,000 entries to take part in the 2012 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Britain in Bloom UK Finals.

Ranging from small rural villages to major industrial cities, each finalist is aiming for a gold medal, and the coveted title of category winner.

New guidance that will help Welsh businesses to manage their waste as cost effectively and sustainably as possible has been published by the Welsh Government.

The guidance applies to all businesses and organisations that manage waste in Wales, and provides advice on processing unwanted materials in line with what is best for the environment.

Funding for projects at 27 universities under HEFCE’s Revolving Green Fund (RGF) was announced today.
The awards have been made to four major projects and 24 smaller-scale programmes at higher education institutions, and collectively they will receive nearly £11 million.1 All are designed to reduce harmful carbon emissions. In this, the second round of the RGF, the four major projects enable existing buildings on a campus to be retrofitted to reduce energy consumption. This work is collectively predicted to reduce CO2 emissions by around 229,000 tonnes per year.

The Institute for Sustainability, an independent charity, today called on built environment businesses to take advantage of the £500 billion that is predicted to be spent on retrofitting UK’s domestic buildings over the next 40 years.