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.
Nature is returning to Mincinglake Valley Park near Exeter two months after a wildfire tore through more than 50 acres of it. Bramble bushes, wildflowers, songbirds and small mammals are re-establishing in the scorched landscape, with rabbits and harvest mice also seen. Wildlife experts were surprised by how quickly the recovery is happening.
