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New bulbs for old in London bulb amnesty

Posted by jamie — 9 January 2008 at 12:36pm - Comments

As Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone might not be the perfect politician but at least he's streets ahead of central government on climate change and reducing emissions in the capital. His latest ploy is to hold a light bulb amnesty during which Londoners can exchange their old incandescent bulbs for a bright new energy-efficient one.

According to london.gov.uk, you can take up to two old-fashioned bulbs to any London branch of B&Q between Friday 11 and Sunday 13 January and exchange them for compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) provided by British Gas. Nice.

Article tagged as: B&Q, climate change, energy, energy efficiency, ken livingstone, light bulbs, london

B&Q commit to selling good wood in China

Posted by jamie — 14 June 2007 at 11:14am - Comments

B&Q are to sell only certified timber in their Chinese stores

Not only are homes in the UK gradually becoming greener, their Asian equivalents could also heading in the same direction now that B&Q is removing all products containing illegal timber from their shelves in China.

Article tagged as: B&Q, china, DIY, forests, FSC, garden furniture, illegal timber, notcutts, papua new guinea, solomon islands, south east asia, wyevale

Illegal timber supplies axed by B&Q

Last edited 12 June 2007 at 11:20am
12 June, 2007

Beijing, China - Companies supplying China with illegal timber were dealt a major blow today when the world's third largest home improvement retailer, B&Q, announced a scheme to root out illegal supplies and guarantee within three years all products will be from certified responsible forestry programmes.

Two months ago, Greenpeace revealed that many timber species commonly sold in home improvement stores across China come from countries where up to 80 per cent of the logging is illegal and destructive.(1)

Article tagged as: B&Q, china, climate change, destructive logging, forests, garden furniture, illegal timber

UK retailers trash last habitats of endangered animals

Last edited 9 November 2004 at 9:00am
9 November, 2004

Asda, Marks and Spencer and John Lewis' garden furniture pushing orang-utans towards extinction

GARDEN FURNITURE SOLD by Asda, Marks and Spencer and John Lewis is made from trashed rainforest timber and is responsible for pushing endangered animals such as the orang-utan further towards extinction, according to Greenpeace today (29 May 2004).

Article tagged as: ASDA, B&Q, consumer, destructive logging, forests, FSC, garden furniture, illegal timber, indonesia, john lewis, marks & spencer, orang-utans, press releases, woolworths

The state of the world's ancient forests

Last edited 13 February 2001 at 9:00am

Ancient forest

Ancient forest

Ancient forests are the living expression of billions of years of evolution. Home to millions of types of plants and animals, these forests sustain as much as 90% of the world's land-based species - everything from owls to orchids and bears to beetles.

Article tagged as: ancient forests, B&Q, biodiversity, climate change, destructive logging, forests, home depot, ikea

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