In the first part of this article, Paula Wilson, Operations Manager, looked at recycling in the glass trade. Here, to mark Recycle Week, she looks a little wider. We all know how important it is to recycle our household waste. Responsibly disposing of paper, plastic and metal containers is what most of us do. The […]
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From the USA to a Greek tragedy
Jane Embury, director, looks at the impact of fires this month on both sides of the Atlantic. Fire can be friend or foe. It heats our homes and cooks our food but, uncontrolled, it can be an enemy like no other. It’s a stark lesson being learned in three west-coast States of the USA. More […]
Fireman, there’s a fly in my…
Jane Embury, director, follows up her article on domestic stupidity…with a cautionary tale of bad luck. With more of us at home, the risk is that we do more stupid things more often. Northern Ireland, for example, has seen a rise of 50% in household fires. Between March and April, that added up to 500 […]
Let’s hear it for not hearing it
Jane Embury, director, looks at how glass absorbs sound. During COVID-19, we became used to the sound of silence. There were fewer cars speeding past our front windows. Fewer aeroplanes in the skies above. Now, with more cars on the road and planes in the air, the sound of silence has been replaced with the […]
Seeing the light
Jane Embury, director, looks at light in contemporary architecture. We recently warned about the looming danger of what our new public buildings might look like. With public finances in disarray, it would be tempting for public bodies to simply look at the capital cost of new-build projects. In a time when there aren’t many bucks […]
