French firm to deliver monitoring for new EfW in Scotland
Environmental monitoring solutions group ENVEA will supply a state-of-the-art emissions monitoring system for a new Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facility in Scotland.
The plant, scheduled for operation...
Breakthrough geopolymer turns recycled glass and construction waste into a high-performance cement replacement
Researchers in Japan have developed a seemingly more sustainable alternative to Portland cement, in the form of a geopolymer-based soil solidifier developed from Siding...
Royal Mail and Loganair launch UK’s first electric mail flights across Scotland
Royal Mail, Loganair and US electric aerospace company BETA Technologies have begun the UK’s first live demonstration of electric aircraft on operational postal routes,...
Air pollution can alter effectiveness of antibiotics, say researchers
Researchers from the University of Leicester have for the first time discovered that bacteria that cause respiratory infections are directly affected by air pollution...
Over 70% of Brits oblivious to indoor air’s deadly impact
Veolia calls for stricter guidelines to avoid 20,000 related deaths every year ("but there is a tech solution," adds the firm)
Public awareness of the...
Describing pollutant distribution in 3d
A team led by environmental physicist Stefan Schreier at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna is attempting to build up a better picture of nitrogen dioxide pollution in the city. The work includes the first attempts to describe how this pollution is distributed in the vertical axis, from street-level upwards, as well as the use of data from satellite measurements.
Prioritise tackling toxic emissions from tyres, urge experts
A new briefing paper from Imperial College London attempts a deep dive on the pollution produced by the particles sloughed off from vehicle tyres....
Study establishes £37 million saving from pollution measures
A recent project appears to demonstrate how measures introduced by Sandwell Borough Council will improve air quality that could potentially save an estimated £37...
Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone is improving air quality, claims research
New research exploring the effects of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) in Glasgow appears to find that while traffic flow has remained largely...
Report calls for ‘urgent, coordinated action’ by the Government to tackle air pollution
The Healthy Air Coalition launched a blueprint for tackling air pollution in the UK on 1 July, in which it provides the detail to...
Brighton approves city-wide smoke control zone in crackdown on wood-burning pollution
Brighton & Hove City Council has approved the creation of a single city-wide Smoke Control Area (SCA) as part of efforts to reduce particulate...
UK green gas production doubled in the past year, says ADBA
The UK now has almost 90 plants injecting green biomethane into the gas grid, double the number this time last year, according to a...
Ricardo and Recycling Technologies to characterise plastic waste derived clean fuel
Swindon-based start-up Recycling Technologies' Plaxx fuel is created from residual mixed plastic waste that is not amenable to direct recycling and would otherwise go...
