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OCTOBER 2022
This month is Unblocktober, a national campaign and awareness month to encourage the great British public to consider the health of our drains, sewers, rivers and seas. We all know about icebergs, but this campaign turns the focus to fatbergs. It’s a time to think about what we pour down our sinks or flush down our toilets.

Most of us replace our mobile phones every 2-3 years - but what do we do with our old one?  Let it gather dust in a cupboard?

We're continually updating our tech, which generates more than 50m tonnes of e-waste globally. Yet only 20 per cent of this is recycled, which means tons of increasingly rare precious minerals, such as copper, tellurium, lithium, cobalt, manganese and tungsten, are winding up in landfill sites.

Tech recycling specialists Envirofone say there are key common misconceptions many of us have surrounding recycling our E-waste.

Edward Bulmer is an interior designer and expert on historic buildings. He runs an organic farm and lives in  Grade 11 listed estate in Pembridge, Herefordshire. He is very environmentally aware. He and his wife Emma came second in the BIID 2011 Retrofit Awards.

You'll find EDGE at 146 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5PH. The team is preparing for a day and evening packed with information, tools and experts who can help you with more eco-friendly design and build projects.