Variable speed drive recycling win
POWER and automation company ABB says it has recycled 100 tonnes of old variable-speed drives since it began a recycling scheme in the UK...
VSD report
GROWING demand for electrical efficiency and increasing investment in modernisation of infrastructure will drive the global VFD (variable frequency drives)/VSD (variable speed drives)/ASD (adjustable...
Fixed price VSD repair
SCHNEIDER Electric has introduced a fixed-price repair service for variable speed drives (VSDs) in the UK, offering users a choice of standard, express or...
Skateboard claims “world’s lightest EV” title
A US company claims to have developed “the world’s lightest electric vehicle” - a 9.9lb (4.5kg) skateboard powered by a 2kW brushless DC motor....
Business, networking and skills top the agenda at RWM
Billed as Europe's premier waste management event, RWM in partnership with CIWM opens its doors on the 10th to 12th September at the NEC....
How‘s your digestion?
The wastewater industry continues to lead the way in the adoption of anaerobic digestion as a sustainable treatment technology for sewage sludge. However, John...
One Directive to rule them all…
The countdown has begun for UK regulators who have until January next year to implement Europe’s new Directive on Industrial Emissions in British law....
The thrill of the swirl
Alex Stephenson enthuses over the contribution made by a naturally-occurring process to today’s technology.
SEEING beauty and elegance in natural patterns and processes is a...
A Total solution for safety bund
THIRTY years after launching its Minibulk range of storage and process tanks in polypropylene and HDPE, Forbes has developed a new product with an...
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...
They’re in their element
Burkert is receiving positive user feedback for a new range of valves.
THE plaudits are coming in for the company’s Element Type 8802 clean line...
Upgrade scheme in a race against the clock
Flygt flew to the rescue when a holiday home and caravan park in Cumbria decided to update its 18 sewerage pumping stations.
CLOSE to Lake...
Raise a glass
AN engineering company claims it is revolutionising the commercial recycling of glass following a five-year contract win.
Tharsus has partnered with Scottish recycling business Ekko...
Companies in Scotland worry over compliance
SMALL firms are backing the Scottish government’s drive for a ‘zero waste’ society. But they’re worried about the cost of compliance.
The Forum of Private...
