Posts by George Kiernan

The Romanian city of Iasi has joined the likes of London and New York as it rolled out new Smart Bins across the city. Iasi is the only city in southeast Europe that has the Smart Bin technology. Featuring solar panels and functioning as a Wi-Fi hotspot, the most impressive thing about these bins, as…

During the course of 2020, two new pieces of major legislation regarding plastics recycling have been put forward. The UK and the EU will both implement taxes designed to increase the quantity of plastic waste that gets recycled. In March 2020, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the UK government will implement a £200-per-tonne…

In March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic consumed the world almost overnight and saw entire nations come to a near standstill. Countries around the globe went into lockdown and halted all non-essential business and travel; the effects of this have been widespread and varied, with among the most significant being the dramatic reduction in the consumption…