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make urban areas in the UK pesticide free

If Paris can do it...so can we. The Pesticide Collaboration is urging us to join the campaign the end the use of pesticides in urban areas

Learn how to adapt buildings to cope with heatwaves

If you're heading to Scotland, make a beeline for Dundee during the last week of September for the Dundee Design Festival. Some 180 designers are taking part in the festival which offers you the chance to take part in workshops, hear talks and see exhibitions covering interiors, jewellery, ceramics and clothing

 Travel Things Museum London Design Festival 2024

September is a great time to visit the capital because it's design festival month. The city offers a riveting panoply of design events covering craft, furniture, interior and multi disciplinary design. See lovely things, hear interesting people give talks, get inspiration.

Roderick Thackray and Zee West, founders of Algreen

London-based start-up Algreen is developing bio-based plastics to replace fossil fuel-derived plastics and it's thrilled to be nominated for a prestigious Earthshot Prize 2024

Lidl's Botticelli inspired Venus made from recycled bottle tops

To celebrate its recycling scheme, the supermarket chain has unveiled in Glasgow a 25 ft high mural of Venus made from over 30,000 plastic bottle tops 

A new brand is launching specialising in recycled plastic. TYPO, working in conjunction with Smile Plastics, is getting its show on the road with Replica, a versatile stool/side table

E waste must be cut

If you have a fridge, or indeed any electrical goods, you need to get rid of, be sure to take your items to a recycling centre. Because thought it's 2024, it seems we're still not getting the message about the need to recycle for a circular economy.

The charity Buglife is warning that development is causing the extinction of insects that once thrived in the UK

South Devon College launches eco qualifications

South Devon College is launching three new qualifications for people who want to make a career in the field of sustainability

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