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Wildlife area in memory of teacher

A PRIMARY school has opened a new wildlife area in memory of a former teacher.

Pitch climate change ideas for £40,000

SMALL businesses can win a £40,000 prize by putting forward ideas to fight climate change.

Shop saves 2 billion plastic bags

A SUPERMARKET chain claims it has cut two billion carrier bags in two years.

	Energy-saving tips to survive fuel price hike
	AN ENERGY watchdog is offering advice to consumers feeling the heat from rising fuel price rises.

Call for list of cars’ green credentials

CAR dealers and manufacturers must do more to publicise their vehicles' carbon emissions, an organisation says.

	Win your street an eco makeover
	THE search is on to find the borough's first eco-street.
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	Council ‘will not tolerate enviro crimes’ in borough
	PEOPLE who commit environmental crimes in Bexley can expect to feel the full force of the law.

Search for champion recyclers

CHAMPION recyclers in Bexley have just nine days left to enter this year's National Recycling Awards.

	Workers muck in at river clean-up
	WORKERS got up close and personal with the River Thames as they set to work with environmental river charity Thames21 to clean up a stretch of the foreshore.

Green news in brief

One of Europe's top research centres is experimenting with generating electricity using kites. Scientists from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have produced 10kW of electricity using a 10sq m kite, tethered to a generator. The experiment generated enough electricity to power 10 family homes. The researchers have plans to test a 50kW version called Laddermill, later building up to a proposed version with multiple kites, which they claim could generate 100 megawatts, enough energy for 100,000 homes.

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