The recent figure of £858 million pounds per year to clean England's streets is staggering given the current economic climate the country is facing. Here, Keep Britain Tidy's Chief Executive, Phil Barton, discusses how this figure has come to be and what action can be taken to reduce litter and save money 

After a one-year pilot, the RecycleBank programme – a UK first – is being rolled out to all 61,000 borough households, giving our residents the chance to earn points for their mixed recycling.

A: Aim to conduct at least 1 in 5 of your meetings remotely

Last year I attended a one day conference of landscape architects, urban designers and planners organised by RUDI.  I was horrified to hear grassed areas described by one of the speakers as ‘green deserts'. I had to spring to the defence of turf which is the basis of all of Agrostis Turf Consultancy's business. This misconception has to be nipped in the bud.

 Recent figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats showed that in 2008 the total amount of domestic food waste was 6.7 million tonnes. This year that figure has climbed to 8.3 million tonnes, an estimated two thirds of which was perfectly edible.

A look into how environmental management standards help you reduce your carbon footprint and save you money!

Our progress report to Parliament ‘Meeting Carbon Budgets - the need for a step change' shows that the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in recent years has only been very modest - in the five years to 2008, annual average emissions reductions were only around 0.5 per cent.