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Many readers probably think they are helping reduce their carbon footprint by taking their plastic bottles to a council skip. But the UK is the fifth largest exporter of plastic waste with more being sent to the Far East than we recycle domestically, said Midlands green energy expert Ron Fox. [...]

Four students who have launched a petition to make teaching on climate change compulsory in schools have won backing from a Midlands green energy expert. “As the young generation will be ones most affected by the threats to our planet, so they need to be taught early on how to cut their carbon [...]

Many householders will have noted the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond’s announcement this month that he plans to stop gas boilers being installed in new homes from 2025 to cut greenhouse gases and carbon emissions. But few will be concerned as they have no plans to buy a brand new [...]

A campaign to force clothing brands and retailers to pay a penny on every garment they sell to fund a £35m annual recycling scheme has been backed by a Midlands green energy expert. Ron Fox is supporting MPs who say “fast fashion” is a major contributor to greenhouse gases, water [...]

A recommendation that gas boilers and cookers should be banned in new homes within six years is long overdue, said green energy expert Ron Fox. He was commenting after the government’s climate change advisory body said developers should be forced to install low carbon heating systems instead of [...]

New research into pollution in the home has revealed some unusual culprits.The latest findings have shown that burning toast exposes people to more harm than standing at a busy road junction.Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin in the USA have discovered that if bread is burnt in the [...]

Tenants will be able to sue over cold and mouldy homes under a new law coming into force next month.That’s the warning to landlords from green energy expert Ron Fox who said that when the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act comes into effect on Wednesday, March 20, tenants can take their [...]