Battery life - did you know?

Did you know that in the UK we needlessly throw away 600 million household batteries – that's 22,000 tonnes or the weight of 110 jumbo jets – all going into landfill each year. Batteries are filled with precious metals that are relatively easy to extract and re-use including lead, nickel-cadmium and mercury.

Top 10 Renewable Energy Sources

As a quick reference to who's doing what globally this is a great list. It highlights the different solutions needed to tackle energy consumption from the micro domestic level through to powering whole nations.