They‘ve got a nose for business
AN environmental monitoring specialist has been appointed to take odour samples at composting sites which will be tested using the latest sensory testing techniques...
Power play as biomass plan gets approval
A £250m renewable energy power station in the north east of England has moved closer to reality with The Planning Inspectorate’s confirmation of formal...
What’s that smell?
Duncan Mounsor explains how the science of smell can aid environmental monitoring.
ODOUR pollution might sound less serious than other forms of environmental contamination but...
Scraping a living
ODOUR reduction is one of the tasks for sludge handling technology installed at a Thames Water sewage works in London.
The water company has invested...
Landfill fine after ‘offensive’ smells
A landfill site operator has been fined £10,500 for failing to stop offensive odours being detected off site on 17 separate occasions and prompting...
New turbine will power entire plant
A company’s drive to reduce the carbon footprint of its manufacturing processes has moved ahead with the installation of a wind turbine with the...
Sun for Sainsbury’s
MORE than 100 Sainsbury’s stores across the South of England have been fitted with roof-mounted solar panels.
The installation was carried out by Renewable Resources...
City’s WTW comes in on time and under budget
SCOTTISH Water’s £130m Glencorse Water Treatment Works has gone into service on schedule and under budget. Designed and constructed by Black & Veatch, it...
Director awarded honorary professorship by Scottish university
Adrian Johnson, technical director at MWH, has been awarded an honorary professorship by a Scottish university. At the same time the Institution of Civil...
Generation of change
QUANTITECH, the monitoring equipment specialist, has launched a new generation of automatic isokinetic samplers that it says brings new levels of speed, accuracy and...
Barker takes a walk in the park
THE South West of England has been named as the UK’s first Marine Energy Park in a move that will put the region on...
Call to open up energy options
A think tank has called on the Government to instigate a radical rehaul of the ‘closed shop’ energy market by unleashing the community energy...