A tale of fire and folly: Vape recycling lottery leaves millions of devices uncollected
One year on from the 1st June 2025 ban on the sale of disposable vapes, electricals recycling not-for-profit Material Focus warns that a ”retailer...
Europe’s waste streams could supply more than half of critical material demand by 2050,...
Europe could meet more than half of its future demand for critical raw materials through recycling and recovery from waste streams by 2050, according...
Policy window opens for rethink on offshore structures and marine ecosystems
A new international review has examined how offshore energy structures — from oil and gas platforms to wind turbines — alter marine ecosystems over...
‘Power grid in space’ startup raises $65m
Jacksonville-based aerospace startup Star Catcher Industries has raised $65 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round to accelerate development of what it describes...
Water sector faces ‘perfect storm’ as AMP8 delays push projects off track
The UK water sector risks falling into a familiar cycle of late-stage pressure and rising costs unless it addresses the underlying cause of the...
£58 million Water Breakthrough Challenge winners include water-purifying mushrooms, 3D printed infrastructure and AI-enabled...
Nineteen pioneering solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing the water sector have been awarded £58 million, as the winners of the sixth...
EU aviation fuel rules may favour less efficient production pathways
EU rules designed to accelerate the use of sustainable aviation fuels may unintentionally favour production pathways that are more energy-intensive and expensive than necessary,...
Coal pollution could be cutting global solar output by almost 6%, study suggests
Pollution from coal-fired power stations may be reducing global solar electricity generation by nearly 6%, with emissions from fossil fuel plants directly undermining the...
King’s Speech puts energy independence and water reform centre stage
Overshadowed politically by mounting speculation over Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership, the King’s Speech nevertheless sought to advance an ongoing programme of infrastructure and regulatory...
Gibraltar faces scrutiny over decades of untreated sewage discharges into Mediterranean
Gibraltar has come under renewed environmental scrutiny following reports that the British overseas territory has discharged untreated sewage directly into the Mediterranean Sea for...
Environment Agency launches river ecosystem mapping tool for England
The Environment Agency has published a new open-data mapping platform designed to show how rivers across England support ecosystem services and where interventions may...
UK startup claims breakthrough in high-temperature solar heat for industry
A UK-based concentrated solar thermal startup, Odqa, has announced two technology milestones it says could help heavy industry reduce reliance on fossil fuels for...
UK electric vehicle registrations pass two million for the first time
The number of electric vehicles registered on UK roads has passed two million for the first time, according to new Department for Transport (DfT)...
Engineering the energy transition: mapping the path to net zero
“Achieving Net Zero by 2050” was the title of a presentation delivered in Glasgow on 21 April by Scottish engineer Jim McDonald, attended by...
Pilot facility converts hard-to-recycle waste plastic to aviation fuel
Clean Planet Technologies has opened what it describes as the world’s first pilot facility dedicated to converting hard-to-recycle waste plastics into sustainable aviation fuel.
The...
Oregon project aims to become world’s first superhot geothermal plant
US geothermal technology startup Quaise Energy says its Project Obsidian in Oregon could deliver 50MW of always-on renewable power from superhot geothermal wells by...
Britain’s empty buildings could unlock billions, advocacy group tells treasury
Advocacy group Don’t Waste Buildings is calling on the UK government to overhaul its tax system to incentivise the reuse of empty buildings, warning...
Waste-to-Energy omission risks “incomplete” methane strategy, warns alliance of European plant operators
An alliance of European Waste-to-Energy1 operators has welcomed the growing international focus on methane mitigation but warned that current global guidance risks overlooking a...
BNG reforms welcomed but uncertainty and nature concerns remain
On 16 April the UK government published its response to a consultation on improving the implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) across minor, medium...
UK sets out roadmap to commercial fusion with new national strategy
In what seems a significant step towards commercialising fusion energy, UK-government backed fusion energy developer UK Fusion Energy Ltd (UKFE) has published a strategy...
