Adrian Balcombe

Sustainable, multi-purpose takeaway container alternative set to revolutionise the disposable packaging industry During these unprecedented times, restaurants, delicatessens and coffee shops alike are now finding new ways to provide delivered food to customers. Many businesses are now offering their services as a takeaway option where they might not have been before. This now comes with … Read more

The 5 Rs of Waste Management: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rot We’ve all heard of recycling. The prospect of not separating out our plastic waste from our paper, or not splitting our tin cans from glass bottles, sounds ridiculous. Until relatively recently, this simple weekly task was the sum total of most people’s contribution to … Read more

In these uncertain times, many business owners are rightfully concerned about the impact that COVID19 is going to inflict on them and their staff. Many of us are looking for a contingency plan to weather this open ended storm. Though for some companies, this could offer an opportunity to flourish and make a genuine difference … Read more

Two environmentally aware businesses in Ilkley have made the switch from single use plastic products to eco-friendly alternatives. Both Moin Moin Backerei and The Commute Café in Ilkley are delighted to announce that they’ve continued their switch from single use plastic products by opting for eco-friendly alternatives supplied by Yorkshire based firm Single Use Alternatives. … Read more

A Leeds climbing wall, sports nutrition manufacturer and an industrial composting facility collaborate to close the loop on plastic waste. A bouldering competition held at City Bloc in Leeds has offered a great opportunity for three local businesses to work together, promoting the benefits of compostable plastic alternatives to damaging single use plastics. Vegware cups … Read more

Compost really is the gift that keeps on giving. Reduce your household’s food waste by turning your discarded scraps into the kind of ‘black gold’ we like. Homegrown compost will enrich your garden’s soil, hopefully feeding a fruit and veg patch whose scraps can go back into your compost bin – closing your own little … Read more

A Greengrocers in Wetherby has made the switch from single use plastic products to eco-friendly alternatives. Michael Johnson from C A Johnson & Sons Greengrocers in Wetherby have taken note of the important environmental concerns facing the nation, and have made the switch from single use plastic products to eco-friendly alternatives. Their decision comes on … Read more

MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee have released a report this week calling for a tax on all single use plastic packaging. Two brothers have set out innovative ways to help caterers beat the tax, and save money at the same time. United by a passion for the great outdoors and a … Read more

It may come as no surprise that our opinion of single use plastics is, well, pretty low. Besides consuming Earth’s extremely limited resources to produce, they take thousands of years to break down and they poison our planet whether they’re incinerated, thrown into landfill or dumped on the land. Modern society is currently completely reliant … Read more

It’s more than likely that reducing your carbon footprint is higher up your agenda in 2019 than in previous years, and for good reason. We’ve had some serious food for thought recently, there was the resultant after-shock from the BBC series ‘Blue Planet’, we’ve had Greta Thunberg with her rousing call to action and most … Read more