It is especially important for people to consider their environmental impact at this festive time of year, when recent studies have shown that UK householders throw away over 15% more waste than at any other time of the year.

Just in time for the holidays: a Hubble Space Telescope picture postcard of hundreds of brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds. The festive portrait is the most detailed view of the largest stellar nursery in our local galactic neighborhood

By modelling the behaviour of stars in clusters, the Bonn team finds that they are ideal environments for black holes to coalesce.

Batteries, light bulbs, yellow pages, TVs, CDs, DVDs, computer monitors and more...

Sony Ericsson has recently released 2 new eco friendly handsets to their eco-friendly Greenheart range, the Elm and the Hazel.

Every hour in the UK over 2000 mobile phones are purchased brand new or upgraded to the latest models leaving an estimated 90 million unused handsets sat unwanted around people's homes and offices, all of these pones can be recycled for cash payments.

According to recent research it has been found that people produce as much as 5.5% of their annual carbon footprints between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.

1. Recycle your tree after Christmas. If you buying a real tree then either contact your local council to pick it up or take it down to the local household recycling centre to be composted.

Two of the UK's leading mobile recycling companies now offer Irish consumers the chance to return their old mobile phones in return for cash payments.

The company has an ambitious expansion strategy planned for the next 12 months which may include recycling other devices such as Satellite Navigation Systems, digital cameras and mp3 player