News Headlines
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Internet of things placed on English trees to see how cope with climate change
Science
Vodafone has partnered with Defra and Forest Research to investigate how Internet of Things (IoT) technology can help monitor tree growth and support research into the role of trees in tackling climate change, with trials currently underway in Surrey and Northumberland.
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Nearly plastic free affordable low carbon homes granted planning in Redditch
Buildings & Cities
Accord Housing Association has secured planning permission for a ground breaking development of virtually plastic free affordable homes in Redditch.
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Throwaway plastic made into roads in Carlisle for Dept of Transport
Transport
An award-winning waste plastic roads company, MacRebur, who got the idea for using waste plastics in roads and car parks after witnessing landfill waste pickers in India melting the scavenged material for pothole infilling, is working with Cumbria County Council to lay the UK's first waste plastic highway in Carlisle.
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First batch of 60,000 wildlife and climate-friendly seagrass seeds cultivated in Plymouth lab
Nature
The first batch of 60,000 seeds of seagrass, one of the UK's most ecological and climate-friendly habitats, have been planted in a cultivation laboratory at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.
