by Nikki Brown | Sep 7, 2022 | Sustainable Living
Trafford-based reuse centre The Renew Hub has renovated and resold more than 50,000 items in its first year saving 500 tonnes of material from landfill, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has announced. The Renew Hub which opened in July 2021, is the...
by Nikki Brown | Aug 26, 2022 | Sustainable Living
Twenty-six community groups across Greater Manchester will receive a total of £220,000 in funding to support projects tackling waste and encouraging reuse and recycling. Now for a second year, the Recycle for Greater Manchester (R4GM) Community Fund has been awarded a...
by Nikki Brown | Aug 25, 2022 | Retrofitting
People Powered Retrofit, a not-for-profit service for householders in Greater Manchester, has launched retrofit training courses for all construction workers to fill an urgent skills gap in the region. There is a growing and urgent need for retrofit if the UK is to...
by Nikki Brown | Aug 15, 2022 | Green Innovation, Smart Energy
Thousands of small wind turbines will be fitted across Greater Manchester to provide more affordable energy and help the city region to reach net-zero targets. By working alongside renewable energy manufacturers Alpha 311, Greater Manchester hopes to become home to...
by Nikki Brown | Aug 12, 2022 | Natural Environment
More than £122 million will be spent to clean up Greater Manchester’s rivers and wastewater systems. The initiative from United Utilities comes as part of a bid to reduce the amount of sewage pumped into rivers by more than 10 million tonnes. The investment will...
