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The changing face of WEEE recycling: 10 years in the industry - Environment Journal

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By Phil Gibbs, Jamie Hailstone, Guy Hodgkinson, Anthony Guay
| Environment Journal Verified
When my business partner and I set up Pure Planet Recycling in 2007, nobody had really heard of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment recycling. The WEEE Regulations 2006 had only just come into force and knowledge on the subject was still very limited. More often than not, people simply put their old electronics in the bin and didn’t worry about what happened to them. After a year working on the business, the 2008 recession hit and it could have stopped us in our tracks.
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Integrating active travel with green infrastructure - Environment Journal

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By Jamie Hailstone, Guy Hodgkinson, Anthony Guay
| Environment Journal Verified
The case studies have all been published on the Central Scotland Green Network (CSGN) website and also cover projects in Copenhagen, Hamburg and Belfast. They are designed to give a flavour of how active travel and green infrastructure can be integrated in different contexts. One focuses on the Little France Park development in Edinburgh as an example of how to integrate the two from the outset.
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Renewable energy in a post-Brexit world - Environment Journal

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By Anthony Guay, Jamie Hailstone, Guy Hodgkinson
| Environment Journal Verified
In the political furnace of Brexit negotiations, the government has to balance potential collateral damage to trade relations with a realistic plan for energy production. In 2015 the percentage of energy coming from renewable and waste sources (such as wind, hydro power and biomass) had risen to 9%, but it’s unlikely the UK will be able to increase this to 15% by 2020.
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How places can adapt to extreme weather - Environment Journal

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By Jamie Hailstone, Paul Cox, Anthony Guay
| Environment Journal Verified
Weather in the UK is getting more extreme – this is not up for debate. This summer alone has seen devastating floods in Cornwall and flood warnings issued in London and Yorkshire in early August. Instances of extreme rainfall are overwhelming drainage systems in our cities, and cleaning up after these events has deep economic ramifications. Extensive urbanisation has disrupted the natural water cycle, contributing to flooding and disconnecting our citizens from the water environment.
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