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If you are in the marine business, enjoy boating or are a watersports enthusiast, the Green Blue has practical advice and information to help you think and act in an environmentally conscious way. Inland or coastal, individual or boating business, there is something here for you.
By taking a few simple steps, you can keep future costs down and sustain high quality water and local environments. Backed by the British Marine Federation and the Royal Yachting Association, The Green Blue is testing out practical projects, conducting research and providing advice, to help recreational boating go green.
The Observer Ethical Awards in association with Ecover, reward those individuals and organisations which represent the ethical best in class in the UK today with voting up and running until 12 March in four categories, Best Local Retailer, Best Online Retailer, Campaigner of the Year and Politician of the Year. And it is in Best Local Retailer that South Midlands based company Tia is looking for your vote.
Tia operates from a narrowboat currently moored at Napton on the Folly Moorings and sells environmentally responsible products mainly to the Canal and Inland Waterways Community, helping to promote cleaner, greener boating. All votes in the awards will be entered into a competition to win one of a selection of fabulous prizes – so support green boating and get voting by clicking on www.global-research.net/oea/ and enter Tia, Napton, CV47 8HU
SMARTA, a 3 year project launched in January 2009 and funded by the European Union and SEEDA, has been set up to help marine businesses in the South East to improve their economic and environmental performance. The project offers practical assistance for marine businesses via free consultancy provided by experts in production optimisation, sustainable design and environmental best practice.
Up to 12 days worth of free professional consultation is available from the project partners.
This is a fantastic opportunity for businesses to take advantage of free expert advice and increase turnover and profit margin. For further information please contact Stephen Sharp by phone on 02380 111594 or email him at Stephen@marinesoutheast.co.uk
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As most boaters are aware, the disposal of out of date flares has been a frustrating issue for the last few years. Since the MOD stopped collections of time expired pyrotechnics (TEPs) from the Coast Guard, the disposal route as been cut off leaving many boaters facing a difficult problem of how to get rid of them in a safe and environmentally sound way.
However good news is on the horizon, the MCA (Maritime Coast Guard Agency), together with the help of the Department of Transport, has agreed to continue to accept TEPs from the public. The MCA has awarded a new contract to undertake the collection and disposal of TEPs from its premises with Ramora UK Ltd of Portsmouth www.ramorauk.com
Following recent changes of legislation with regards to the storage and transportation of explosives, MCA premises now require to be brought into line with those changes. This will mean that the number of sites which will be able to accept TEPs will be significantly reduced. Therefore 18 sites evenly spaced across the country have been identified for the collection of TEPs.
