A wildlife charity in the Thames Valley is aiming to raise £70,000 for a project to help birds, bees and butterflies on farmland. The money would go to its Nature Recovery Fund, with measures including fewer chemicals in farming and setting aside grassland corners for wildlife.
Volunteer conservationists are rearing glowworm larvae in a garden shed and releasing them into a North Yorkshire nature reserve. The glowworms had not been seen there for around 100 years. Organisers hope the released insects will one day light up the reserve again.
A Kent winemaker has installed a unit that captures carbon dioxide produced during fermentation so it can be reused on site or sold to other producers. The firm says it is believed to be the first UK winemaker to use the technology, which is being promoted by an Ashford company to breweries and other businesses.
Recycling firms in Peterborough and Northamptonshire are turning waste polyester and leather into new textiles, with major brands now using the materials. One plant can recycle fabric into pellets for new clothes, and a Peterborough company has saved thousands of tonnes of leather from landfill.
