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Which courier is the ‘greenest’? As we become more environmentally aware, businesses – such as ours - are starting to look inwards at some of the changes we could make to the things we do on a daily basis. One thing that most, if not all, businesses use a …

Can we ban single use plastics in the office? Follow up staff meeting As you’ll have read in the initial blog post and watched the accompanying video, Andy put it to us all he would like us to trial a ban on single use plastics to see if we could all, as a team, do more for the environment. …

Electric cars vs Petrol cars We’ve all seen and heard about electric cars and how they are great eco-friendly and green alternatives to driving a petrol or diesel car. But we also seem to be wondering when is the best time to invest in one? Should we …

Is an electric car a good business decision? With the government’s target of 2040 to phase out the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars, and for the majority of cars to be zero emissions by 2050 - questions surrounding electric cars are rifer than ever. In a busine …

Recycling plastics in Sheffield – what can we actually recycle? One of the most common questions asked regarding plastics is what can we actually put in our recycle bins? We as a nation seem to be unclear on what plastics are recyclable and which are not. But who can blame us? When it comes …

Would you believe this? Welcome to the team Shahed, Alex and Greg The team is growing at Intelligent Facility Solutions! We welcome Shahed, Alex and Greg to our ranks.  Here they are giving a little introduction about themselves. There’s also a couple of facts they give, but which …

How is Richard getting on with the banning of single use plastics in the office? Having undertaken the task of ridding office life of single use plastics, I have found it to be a challenging experience and a real eye opener. I think as a population we take for granted the amount of single use plastics that …

How is Kehinde getting on with the banning of single use plastics in the office? The first week of the single use plastic ban was a bit easy for me because I was a minimal user of single use plastics. I have always been a big user of Tupperware, both for water and food and that’s what I use in the offi …

Water saving calculators – how much water does your household use? There are a number of calculators available to help you work out how much water you are using, this blog post will highlight one of the main ones we have come across and how to use it. The need to work out how much water you us …

A ban on plastics – Draconian and infringing on people’s rights or a positive step? As the owner of Intelligent Facility Solutions Ltd I have been driving my staff mad about reducing our environmental impact, they have seen me arriving dishevelled and sweaty from cycling across the Sheffield Hills and inve …