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Scottish council becomes first to trial recycling weighing technology

Envirotec Magazine

The programme, funded by the Scottish government funded advisory group Zero Waste Scotland and delivered in partnership with North Lanarkshire Council, involves the use of RFID tags. The year-long pilot, being rolled out from early September, will involve 5,000 households.

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Net zero legal threats, cheaper heat pumps, and PM defends green policy rollback: BusinessGreen's most read stories of the week

Business Green

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week OVO to offer heat pumps at lower cost than gas boilers Energy supplier touts new offer promising heat pumps at cheaper price tag and running costs than conventional gas boilers. -

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Net Zero Festival: Free passes now available to flagship climate event

Business Green

Thanks to the support of BCG, Schroders, SNC Lavalin, ENGIE, Bank of America, Drax, Derwent London, and Energy Saving Trust a limited number of free passes to attend the three day Net Zero Festival virtual summit are now available.

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Study: Heat pumps cheaper to install and run than gas boilers

Business Green

Soaring gas bills have made air source heat pumps installed in the UK cheaper to run over their lifetime than conventional boilers, new research from UK innovation agency Nesta has found. per cent of the nation's GDP, according to the report.

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Reports: Government mulls gas boiler phase out delay amid cost concerns

Business Green

However, economists and green groups raised concerns that delaying the decarbonisation of home heating - widely seen as one of the most challenging tasks in the UK's net zero transition - risks piling further costs on the transition further down the line, as well as undermining climate targets.

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How to bridge the SME net zero financing gap

Business Green

A net zero emission economy cannot be built without them. Or to put it another way, just three in 10 small businesses said they had the financial resources required to meet net zero targets. Roughly half of the small businesses surveyed estimated they needed less than $100,000 to achieve net zero.

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'Sensible incentives' and 'plumbing reforms': Leading figures mull pathway from Covid-19 crisis to net zero economy

Business Green

A new essay collection from Bright Blue argues that net zero will not require vast amounts of public spending, due to the momentum delivered to date on decarbonisation in the UK.

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