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Phil Gilbert, Director of Customer Solutions, E.ON for Business The growing popularity of electric and hybrid vehicles poses two significant questions for businesses in general and energy or facilities managers in particular: how will you provide charging infrastructure to manage staff and customer demand, and how could you make the most of e-mobility to lower operational vehicle costs and meet forthcoming legislation on operating in low emission urban areas. Zero and low emission cars might…

The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) Corrugated Sector is urging the waste industry and local authorities to do more to achieve greater collection consistency to help reverse the rise in recycling rejection rates, due to cross contamination. CPI believes that the increasing use of co-mingled collections has contributed to the increase in household waste in England that had been rejected from materials recycling facilities – 338,000 tonnes in 2014/15 compared to 184,000 tonnes in 2011/12…

Leading figures from across the public and private sectors will be discussing cutting-edge strategies to deal with non-native invasive plants at a national trade body conference. The Property Care Association’s second annual Invasive Weed Conference features informed speakers with expertise in areas including law, academia, ecology and technology. Entitled ‘Risk, Roots and Research’ the event takes place on 22 November at the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET) Savoy Place, London. Last year’s inaugural conference, held…