Your Complete Guide to Commercial Waste Management

Commercial Waste Management

In 2020, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) recorded that the UK generated almost 30 million tonnes of commercial waste. Each and every kilogram of these 30 million tonnes needed to be managed effectively to ensure compliance with government legislation as well as to protect the environment and the public from its…

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Your Comprehensive Guide to Commercial Waste Bins

Commercial Waste Bins

This blog will aim to look at the types and sizes of commercial waste bins, as well as your business’s responsibilities relating to disposal, segregation and recycling, to also manage your commercial waste and bins effectively and responsibly, ensuring your business meets regulations. Our expert team at Total BGS Energy can advise you about what…

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Top Energy Saving Tips For Your Business

Green energy saving methods

1. Switch to LED Lights LED lights can reduce your company’s electricity consumption and maintenance by up to 90% compared to non LED light fittings. 2. Install Motion Sensitive Lighting It’s very easy to leave lights on where you don’t need them. Motion sensitive lighting will turn off automatically when the room is not in…

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Mythbuster: Electric Vehicles vs Petrol Vehicles

Close up of the front of a Tesla Model 3

What’s Your Excuse? In this blog, we take a look at the most common myths behind electric vehicles vs plain old dinosaur juice – and if they hold up in 2021. “Not many charging ports” According to Zap-map.com, the total number of locations installed with public charging points are currently at 16,725 – with 764 of…

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Polestar 2 – A Surge of Swedish Ingenuity

White Polestar electric car parked in a showroom

Initial Impressions Having hardly any physical garages across the UK, Polestar have set up mobile experience centres which travel around the country, staying a few weeks at a time. The centre was in Sunderland just at the right time for me to try the Polestar 2 Dual Motor with the added performance pack. First impressions,…

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The Road to Net Zero

C02 being released from plant

What is Net Zero? The term Net Zero is cropping up a lot in the media and online, mainly to do with lowering carbon emissions but what does it actually mean? The technical term for Net Zero is Carbon Neutrality. The EU parliament defines carbon neutrality ‘as a state of net-zero carbon dioxide emissions. This…

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The Tesla Model 3 – Charging Ahead

White tesla model 3 with black rims parked

Initial Impressions The version of the Tesla Model 3 we were given to try was the Dual Motor AWD 4dr Performance 2021. The first thing you notice with the Model 3 is how clean the car looks – the door handles are inset into the door, the wheels fill the arches just the right amount,…

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The Green Series

Light bulb on the ground with a plant growing inside

The Viability of Renewable Energy in 2021 & UK Net Zero 2050 Welcome to The BGS Blog – The Green Series. Over the next several months, we are going to be showcasing renewable energy and technology that will help us reach the UK Net Zero 2050 target, together. Our aims are to educate and change people’s perceptions about…

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Electric Vehicles

Close up of Tesla vehicle driving

What is an Electric Vehicle? (EV) The definition of an electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that is propelled by one or more electric motors. Electric vehicles predominantly only have a single power source which is battery storage, charged via plug-in chargers. What types of Electric Vehicles are there? Plug-in hybrids (PHEV) A vehicle which…

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