I was watching YouTube last night, when I saw an industrious gentleman in India, who was melting plastic waste and pouring it into molds to make multi-coloured zig-zag cobbles to replace pavement blocks. You could make various sizes and types. It would shed microplastics over time, but the bottles would do that anyway. Possibly add ground up tyres to the mix, reducing their waste footprint too. Check the thermal properties and add some fire resistant materials. Not good for h

The Situation Water scarcity is becoming more of a risk today. The demand is increasing and water availability is reducing. Water distribution and treatment is energy intensive and as such has a large carbon footprint. Water scarcity is not a new problem. Many parts of the world have experienced this problem for decades. International best practice can be drawn upon to generate a strategy to reduce demand. Reducing Demand Reducing water demand can form part of a risk based st

To generate extra funds for our depleted coffers, businesses and individuals would be charged a one-off 5% windfall fee of the total amount stored in each account for having cash saved outside the UK, which they are using for offshore tax havens. The banks themselves would be able to collect an additional 1% fee of the account total for collecting and passing the data and cash back to the UK Government. This would ensure that no-one was left out of the audit. This would clos