Glastonbury Festival is banning the sale of single-use plastic bottles this year. For the first time, they will not be available to purchase and will no longer be supplied backstage or in any of the festival’s production, catering and dressing room areas. Those attending the music festival are being encouraged to bring reusable bottles and refill them at “hundreds of free water taps” that will be available. More than one million plastic bottles were sold at the event in 2017, which attracted around 175,000 people. Almost 45 tonnes of aluminium cans were also recycled after being processed at the onsite recycling centre – this figure is expected to rise significantly this year. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKS7o4PcgCQ

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NASA has published satellite images capturing a signficant reduction in air pollution over China following its aggressive response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Full Story: https://www.energylivenews.com/2020/03/17/nasa-says-covid-19-lockdown-slashes-air-pollution-in-china/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6PeW_GnjYQ

The uptake of renewables will intensify after the coronavirus crisis. That’s the suggestion from Ian Gadsby, Managing Director of Ylem Energy, who spoke to ELN about the real impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the energy sector and the challenges posed by delivering new projects during the lockdown. Full Story: https://www.energylivenews.com/2020/05/12/uptake-of-renewables-will-intensify-after-the-coronavirus-crisis/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVflqHCgyss