Tag Archives: recycling
Do you understand what my PhD is really about?
That’s been the most difficult question I’ve had to deal with during the course of my PhD. Honestly, how do you explain something really complex to people who don’t know anything? Usually, I waffle on about recycling and incentives and … Continue reading
Filed under environmental law, Hegel, phd, Research
How do you solve a problem like global warming?
The prospects of global warming becoming irrevocable came a step closer this week with energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2010 being the highest on record, according to the International Environment Agency. But while we are all trying to figure out … Continue reading
Filed under environmental law, News, Opinions, recycling
Recycling Nudges
Respublica have posted about the benefits of incentivised recycling. Jonathan West looks at government statistics, highlighting that the amount of waste sent to landfill has gone down over the last 20 years and the amount recycled has gone up. He … Continue reading
Guilty Green
Recyclebank operates incentivised recycling schemes on behalf of local authorities in order to encourage households to recycle more. It clearly believes in its mission but I think it’s great that it is willing to accept that its staff are not … Continue reading
Incentives – attack on imagination?
I now have a channel on Youtube where I will be collating posted videos on incentivised recycling, and particularly the Recyclebank schemes operating in the UK. Honestly, for subject that sounds as if it would be as interesting as “watching … Continue reading
Eric Pickles – Liar, Liar
Captain SKA calls George Osborne, Nick Clegg and David Cameron liars. But it seems that the government as a whole suffers from pathological mendacity. Even straight-talking, cuddly, Yorkshire man, Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, … Continue reading
