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 <div data-pmr-editable="" class="medium-editor-insert-plugin"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62542541">The Labour party has revealed its raft of proposals</a> to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, which would be partly funded by extending the windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies.The plan would be financed by backdating the windfall tax to January and taking into account higher oil and gas prices to generate £8 billion, while the confirmed £400 energy rebate and other promises made by the Conservative leadership candidates would be scrapped to raise a further £14 billion.Labour says that by lowering energy bills and thereby bringing inflation down, government debt interest payments would fall by £7 billion.The party also advocates a freezing of the energy price cap at its current level of £1,971, and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says that such a move would bring inflation down by four per cent.Inflation rose to 9.4 per cent in June and the Bank of England has forecast that it could exceed 13 per cent later in the year.Sir Keir has said that his party’s plan would see the household save an average of £1,000 on energy bills.However, there is concern over the costs of delivering the plan. Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies [IFS] called it “very expensive” and akin to the “cost of furlough” during the Covid-19 pandemic.Johnson said: “Of course what it does achieve is to protect everyone entirely from the increases in energy prices so if that is what you want to achieve that is what you need to do but you do need to realise that is a very expensive thing to do.”Sir Keir said that the plan was compiled to get households through the winter months as a priority, and then his party would “assess” the situation again in April.He hinted that further anti-inflationary measures may be needed in 2023 and that his party was pushing for further action such as rolling out insulation to UK homes to further increase energy savings.The government has already set aside £37 billion for struggling households but is facing calls to do more.Support already announced includes £400 off energy bills for all UK households and an additional £650 payment for eight million vulnerable households.Prime minister Boris Johnson has said that decisions on further support will be up to his successor and that ministers were in the process of “making sure there is extra cash” to provide for cost-of-living policies.The IFS has said that ministers will need to find an additional £12 billon if its £24 billion package announced in May is to have the desired effect, due to energy prices increasing.In May, the think tank said that energy prices were expected to increase by 95 per cent in 2022-23, but this has been revised to 141 per cent.Elsewhere, Conservative leadership hopefuls Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have distanced themselves from extending the windfall tax or freezing the price cap to help finance additional support for households. <a href="https://api20170418155059.azure-api.net/photo/X9dwBvuR.jpeg?crop=MCU_3:2&amp;amp;quality=80&amp;amp;download=trueGallery">Photo</a> by <a href="https://beta.parliament.uk/media/X9dwBvuR">Chris McAndrew</a>&nbsp;on <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61331022">Wikimedia Commons</a>&nbsp; </div>

The Labour party has revealed its raft of proposals to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, which would be partly funded by extending the windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies.

Labour reveals plans to tackle rising energy bills 

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 <div data-pmr-editable="" class="medium-editor-insert-plugin"><a title="Quantity of E-waste produced in 2021" href="https://weee-forum.org/ws_news/international-e-waste-day-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A staggering 54 million tonnes of e-waste is produced globally every year</a>. Within this discarded mass lies a treasure trove of valuable materials that are not only worth a substantial fortune but could also be recycled for use in a circular IT economy, as well as for renewable energy purposes. Currently, <a title="Quantity of gold supplies in electronics" href="https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2021-10-20/royal-mint-to-recycle-gold-found-in-mobiles-and-laptops-to-reduce-e-waste" target="_blank" rel="noopener">it is estimated that seven per cent of the world’s gold supplies are located in e-waste</a> and this is just one of the many core materials being needlessly wasted year on year. The mining of materials is under intense scrutiny as resources and supplies are diminishing on a global scale. It is often argued that the creation of a circular economy is the answer to the growing concern for critical raw materials [CRMs] depletion. As a provider of sustainable IT solutions and a vocal advocate for the formation of a circular IT economy, this is an issue that aligns with our values at Techbuyer and, as such, one on which we have strong opinions. According to <a title="Mining and the Circular Economy Professor Hao Tan" href="https://www.northernbeachesreview.com.au/story/7656450/white-gold-white-oil-and-the-https://www.northernbeachesreview.com.au/story/7656450/white-gold-white-oil-and-the-new-coal-green-techs-mining-boom/new-coal-green-techs-mining-boom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Professor Hao Tan of the University of Newcastle</a>, the mining of CRMs is a necessary evil for the continued development of many industries globally, including the renewable energy sector. The global situation today means mining is essential for the rapid development of renewable energy sources, including wind farms, solar panels and tidal turbines. Currently, according to Professor Hao Tan, a circular economy cannot be relied upon to meet the demand for materials for a sustainable energy model. He argues that this is due to materials that are mined becoming tied up in long-term projects where they will not be seen for upwards of 50 years, for instance in architecture. However, the lifespan of a product, be it a car, building or technology device, is not the main concern here, it is what we do with that product once it reaches the end of its life that is of importance. Even in our day-to-day lives, we see enough waste; buildings are torn down daily, cars are scrapped and goods are chucked away. We have so much “stuff” in our economy nowadays, both being created and disposed of, that the potential scale for a circular economy could support exponential growth of many industries, including renewable energy sources.&nbsp;&nbsp;Knowing what to do with wasteThe circular economy, as it currently stands, has significant gaps, making it difficult for this model to support exponential growth in many industries. For a circular economy to flourish, we must adapt our thinking to a circular mindset and develop innovative and realistic ways in which to use the materials found in waste. Recycling is not currently effective enough to remove all of the valuable materials within many manufactured goods, especially where technology is concerned. Furthermore, recycled materials are not yet as available for manufacturing companies as virgin metals, minerals and chemicals. Recycling and availability are two major aspects of a sustainable economy and they must be expanded and optimised to support the development of renewable energy in the most sustainable way possible. Recycling could one day be an important tool for not only removing materials for technology that has been recycled, but also for removing materials from the piles of e-waste that can currently be found in landfill. However, recycling will always be an energy intensive process and improving habits around extending the lifespan of IT through refurbishment and repair will be needed for a truly sustainable IT sector. Systems for responsible waste management are being continuously developed, however, we still have some way to go before these systems are commonplace or even perform well enough to extract each material from a product for reuse. This is where the importance for product lifespan extension and refurbishment becomes even more prevalent.Why can the IT industry have a drastic impact?The development of a circular IT economy is currently underway and sustainable technology practices are being adopted by some of the largest companies in the world, including Microsoft and Google. But why is this important for the mining of materials for use in renewable energy? <a title="Technology size and influence" href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-biggest-industries-world-2021-150703784.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Information Technology industry is currently the sixth-largest in the world with a net worth of $5.2 trillion</a>. With the sheer scale and reach of the technology sector in mind, the creation and implementation of more sustainable habits in this area is essential for a more eco-friendly future. <a title="Mobile phones manufactured in 2021" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/28/global-smartphone-shipment-grew-for-first-time-since-2017-counterpoint.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In 2021 alone around 1.39 billion mobile phones were manufactured</a>, each demanding the use of a range of CRMs, including lithium and cobalt. In addition, in <a title="Computer shipped in 2019" href="https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2020-01-13-gartner-says-worldwide-pc-shipments-grew-2-point-3-percent-in-4q19-and-point-6-percent-for-the-year#:~:text=For%20the%20year%2C%202019%20PC,senior%20principal%20analyst%20at%20Gartner." target="_blank" rel="noopener">2019, 261 million new computers were shipped</a>, again, all requiring CRM for production. Therefore, it is clear to see the sheer demand that technology puts on the mining of CRMs on a yearly basis. A circular economy is key to reducing this demand and freeing up essential materials for the creation of sustainable energy equipment.Techbuyer's sustainable IT solutionsTechbuyer is a global specialist in sustainable IT solutions designed to support the establishment and advancement of a circular IT economy. 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 <div data-pmr-editable="" class="medium-editor-insert-plugin">The <a href="http://www.ypsociety.uk/">Young Professionals Society</a> successfully held its <a href="https://ypsociety.uk/conference/">Leaders Conference 2022</a> at Manchester’s Waterloo Centre on Saturday August 6.The inaugural YPS Leaders Conference <a href="https://ypsociety.uk/blog/leading-professionals-gather-to-discuss-leadership-in-a-volatile-world-for-young-professionals-at-the-yps-leaders-conference/">drew in</a> many students, graduates, junior professionals and senior leaders from different fields to discuss the topic of ‘leadership in a volatile world for young professionals and aspiring leaders.’During the event, several outstanding individuals were presented with awards, namely Young Leaders Awards (handed to Lady Zahra Niazi, Dr Yarjan Samad and Dr Tanveer Tabish) and a Young Entrepreneur Award (given to Rimi Thapar) for outstanding achievements and contributions to their fields of work and service.The event was well attended with over 100 people joining from different parts of the UK, including Oxford, Cambridge, Cardiff, Leeds, Bradford, Blackburn, Bolton, and Manchester to name but a few.<a href="http://www.leaderscouncil.co.uk/members/waqar-ahmed">Professor Waqar Ahmed</a> (president of the YPS and esteemed academic at the University of Lincoln) welcomed the attendees and spoke about the Young Professionals Society, its aims, objectives, functions, activities, and memberships.The occasion was used to launch YPS’s new book publication called “<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Success-Secrets-Waqar-Ahmed/dp/1910086991/ref=sr_1_7?crid=1NDIV3JWPPLQN&amp;keywords=success+secrets&amp;qid=1660130735&amp;sprefix=success+secrets%2Caps%2C90&amp;sr=8-7">Success Secrets</a>” authored by Professor Ahmed. The author highlighted the key ‘three secrets’ to success from the book, giving examples to explain the immense benefits of using each secret.<a href="http://www.leaderscouncil.co.uk/members/nasar-ali">Dr Nasar Ali</a> (founder and chair of the YPS) highlighted the importance of holding events such as the conference and the significance of YPS aims in helping and supporting young people with their personal and professional development. Such support comes through teaching key soft skills such as communication, leadership, innovation, time management, conflict resolution, and more.The list of conference speakers was a truly international list, with orators coming from countries such as Poland, Saudi Arabia, Oman, the US, Sweden, Nigeria, Ireland, Italy, and Canada.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.afzalkhan.org.uk/">UK shadow justice minister, Afzal Khan MP</a>, also spoke at the conference about leadership in a volatile world from his own experiences and perspective, having been working in the political sector for several years and having progressed from first being elected as a local councillor, then to Lord Mayor, to member of the European Parliament and finally working as an elected member of the Houses of Parliament with different designations.Other speakers included barrister Khadim Al’Hassan (Leeds), general surgeon Ahmed El-Mallul (Poland), Dr Kabir Usman (Nigeria), dental surgeon Dr Talal Khalil, public speaker and storyteller Rona Barbour, and more.Other professionals present at the conference included pharmacists, entrepreneurs, scientists, academics, medical doctors, politicians, researchers, journalists, educators and many more.There were ample opportunities throughout the conference for networking and mentoring from other senior professionals and leaders. In particular, the youngsters benefitted immensely from these sessions, receiving valuable career mentoring.Finally, the event provided speaking opportunities for young aspiring leaders to take centre stage and practice their public speaking skills by talking about their views on leadership and the types of leaders they want to be in the future. There were three young speakers: <a href="https://youtu.be/qTSgGzWVyeQ">Edward Sebastian Edge</a> (age 17), <a href="https://youtu.be/GpCWcR7-HpI">Jax Ho</a> (age 13) and <a href="https://youtu.be/BVygkZKeAXI">Ali Muhammad</a> (age 13), who featured.The Young Professionals Society will be holding the YPS Conference on an annual basis and work is already underway to organise the second YPS Leaders Conference, to be hosted in 2023.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.550197610127109&amp;type=3">Click here</a>&nbsp;to view the YPS Leaders Conference 2022 Gallery.Image provided by YPS</div>

The Young Professionals Society successfully held its Leaders Conference 2022 at Manchester’s Waterloo Centre on Saturday August 6.

YPS Leaders Conference: Leading Professionals gather to discuss ‘Leadership in a Volatile World for Young Professionals’

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 <div data-pmr-editable="" class="medium-editor-insert-plugin">Techbuyer is a global provider of sustainable IT solutions, including responsible disposal of used technology devices that absolutely cannot be re-used or disassembled for spares. Because of this, we have often been mistaken as an ‘IT recycler,’ a phrase we have been trying to avoid for nearly two decades. Recycling is brilliant for some things; we urge you to recycle your plastic bottles, bean tins, cardboard boxes and lingering birthday cards. However, is recycling redundant IT hardware really the best we can do? For years, we have put recycling on a pedestal and hailed it as the answer to all our environment-related prayers. But is this way of thinking now outdated and maybe even dangerous? The Current State of Play To properly analyse the effectiveness of IT recycling in 2022, we must first have a thorough understanding of the current scale of the electronic waste (e-waste) problem. In 2021 alone, we generated <a href="https://weee-forum.org/ws_news/international-e-waste-day-2021/#:~:text=This%20year's%20worldwide%20mountain%20of,China%2C%20Earth's%20heaviest%20artificial%20object">57.4 million tonnes of e-waste globally,</a> making it the fastest-growing domestic waste stream ever. This is equivalent to the weight of 350 full-sized cruise ships! It is estimated that just 20 per cent of e-waste was responsibly recycled in 2017. The majority of the un-recycled e-waste ends up in landfill sites – usually in developing countries – where it is left to poison the soil and emit toxic chemicals into the atmosphere. This has a devastating effect on local communities and wildlife. The World Health Organisation [WHO], in their recent article <a href="https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240023901">“Children and digital dumpsites: e-waste exposure and child health”</a> (see page eight), states that “millions of young children and adolescents, as well as women of childbearing age, work in the growing e-waste dumps of Africa, Asia and Latin America, as well as in some developed economies of Europe and elsewhere, extracting precious metals such as gold from computer chips and copper from cables by burning the devices or using toxic chemical baths”. Recycling would of course be a better alternative to this. If all this e-waste was sent to responsible IT recyclers, then millions of tonnes of this e-waste would be used in new products, and the health implications of e-waste would be significantly lessened. But would this be enough? The Shortfalls of Recycling With current IT recycling technologies, we are unable to fully recover all the materials within a device for reuse, meaning that the majority of <a href="https://www.techbuyer.com/uk/blog/what-are-critical-raw-materials-crm">critical raw materials</a> [CRMs] are still being wasted. With the <a href="https://www.techbuyer.com/uk/blog/circularity-and-supply-chain-disruption-dcd-panel">current CRM shortages</a> and the devastating effect that this is having on supply chains, it is paramount that we buy ourselves more time. It is important to also appreciate that, like most things, the electronics recycling process uses energy and therefore has an associated carbon cost. Recycled e-waste must be transported to plants, and machines are required to offload and treat the electronics. On a scale of 57.4 million tonnes, it is easy to see how the associated carbon emissions can quickly skyrocket. Another major critique of IT recycling is that it marks the end of a product's lifespan. The materials within the device are usually extracted and turned into raw materials to be used in a completely new product. The process takes a blanket one-size-fits-all approach to IT disposal which often results in functional IT equipment becoming obsolete before it has reached its potential lifespan. This means that electronic devices still need to be manufactured to replace the ones no longer in use. Even though they are using recycled materials, the manufacturing process still incurs an eye-watering environmental cost – <a href="https://circularcomputing.com/news/carbon-footprint-laptop/#:~:text=Carbon%20footprint%20during%20production%20of%20a%20laptop&amp;text=Build%20–%20The%20manufacture%20of%20a,the%20motherboard%2C%20SSD%20and%20display">as much as 85 per cent of a laptop’s carbon footprint is generated in the manufacturing process!</a> Also, as soon as something is classified as ‘waste’ it cannot be re-sold. We must challenge the classification of functional IT equipment as waste when it still holds value in use. So, we argue that we can’t rely on recycling alone - as it currently stands - to solve the e-waste problem and reduce the impact of the tech industry on the environment. That would be like trying to cool your server estate with nothing more than a supermarket-bought, AAA-battery-powered, handheld fan; it’s just not going to cut it! According to <a href="https://drawdown.org/solutions/table-of-solutions">Project Drawdown</a>, a non-profit group that conducts reviews of climate solutions, recycling is in the bottom half of prioritised solutions to help rein in emissions. Recycling sits behind forest protection, efficient aviation, and even smart thermostats. Boris Johnson once landed himself in hot water by telling a group of schoolchildren that recycling plastic “doesn’t work”. The delivery may have been poor, but he may have been on to something. He went on to state that recycling plastic was “not the answer” to threats to ocean ecosystems and that instead “we've all got to cut down our use of plastic.” Cutting down on plastic is unlikely to be enough on its own; however, this method buys us time to develop effective and fool-proof waste management systems. The same is true of IT equipment and technology. If we can reduce the sheer quantity of e-waste from ending up in landfill through extending the lifespan of devices, repairing where possible and refurbishing used devices, we can buy ourselves time until recycling methods, as well as other waste disposal processes, can catch up. At this stage, a circular economy that is robust and globally accepted can be adopted. What does the Future Hold? Whilst it’s true that recycling cannot save our planet from the rising tide of e-waste, this is not to say that it won’t one day be an integral part of a wider circular economy model that eliminates waste and supports a sustainable future. In its current form, recycling is not enough. But the same can be said about the majority of our emerging sustainability solutions. If we could completely power the world through wind power and nothing else, we probably would. But just as with recycling, most sustainability projects are not developed enough to solve our issues. We must buy ourselves time by using less and making the most of what we have until new technologies are developed. Technology manufacturers must also start to consider recycling in the design phase. Sustainable and circular design should include modular elements (which can be replaced for repair or disassembled at end of life) and include materials that can be effectively recycled. For technology, this is a novel idea. IT hardware is constantly updating and upgrading. The timespan between new technology releases is shrinking, and incessant upgrade cycles have us racing to get our hands on the latest devices. In theory, smartphones, for example, should last for five years, but, in the UK, the average phone upgrade cycle is around two years according to Business Wire. We are a society geared towards buying and throwing away. <a href="https://www.statista.com/topics/4606/uk-smartphone-market/#:~:text=With%20an%20estimated%2053.58%20million,and%2054%20years%20of%20age">There are an estimated 53.58 million smartphone users in the UK</a>; this means that in order to keep up with demand, smartphones and other devices are being manufactured at an unimaginable rate. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, there were a forecasted 1.38 billion smartphones shipped globally in 2021 and there are predicted to be 1.43 billion smartphones shipped in 2022. We are consistently cutting the life of our devices short to buy shiny, newly manufactured replacements. At Techbuyer, we advocate for and facilitate technology<a href="https://www.techbuyer.com/uk/blog/moving-beyond-it-recycling"> reuse, repair, remanufacturing, refurbishing, and repurposing</a>. Why would you recycle a device and cut its life short when you could guarantee that its lifespan will be extended and 100 per cent of its composition will be reused? People must ask themselves: “Is it really the end of my device's lifespan, or is it just the end of its lifespan for me?” Different individuals have different demands of their technology. For example, your PC may no longer be useable in a fast-paced, mission-critical workplace environment, but it could be perfect as a learning resource for school children. Your mobile phone may have become too slow to meet your gaming and social media needs, but it could be ideal for a secondary user who just needs to make calls and texts. Even if your tech is nearing its functional demise, it can often be upgraded or repaired. Next time you notice that your laptop is slowing down, instead of going straight on the internet to search for a replacement, consider component-level upgrades or just remove some of the software and files stored on it. This can boost your device's performance and add years on to its useful life at a fraction of the monetary and environmental cost of buying a new one. These solutions make technology go further and reduce the need to manufacture new devices which helps to save finite critical raw materials. Although a change in consumer habits is important, a change in the practices and habits of major organisations is the key to creating a circular IT economy. That is why we are on a mission to deliver sustainable IT solutions that provide organisations with the optimal commercial outcome in the most sustainable way. We are dispelling the myth that in order to make sustainable choices, profit and performance must suffer. At the heart of our operation is a core goal to help businesses go further while using less and minimising their impact on the environment. We eagerly await the day when recycling technologies are advanced enough to recycle 100 per cent of IT hardware and recover critical materials. However, we are not there yet, and we must buy ourselves time by reusing, repurposing, repairing our technology. <a href="https://www.techbuyer.com/uk/blog/moving-beyond-it-recycling">Learn more about the alternatives to recycling and how you can utilise them.</a> Becoming a Sustainable Business Techbuyer is a global provider of sustainable IT solutions. It won Sustainable Organisation of the Year at the UK IT Industry Awards in 2021 and Circular Economy Organisation of the Year at the IEMA awards 2020. 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