COVID-19 pandemic should be a wake-up call for water security, say researchers
Urgent action on water security is essential to better prepare societies for future global health crises, say experts at the University of Birmingham in...
Initiative turns marine plastic pollution into reusable PPE
A seemingly world-first collaboration is bringing recycled and reusable PPE visors to UK health workers and NGOs in the Dominican Republic.
The initiative brings...
Researchers identify human influence as key agent of ocean warming patterns in the future
The oceans play an important role in regulating our climate and its change by absorbing heat and carbon. Scientists from the Department of Physics...
Selfridges unveils ambitious initiative incorporating new retail models and an attempt to shift shopping...
Department store Selfridges has launched a new sustainability initiative, Project Earth, with a declared commitment to "change the way we shop by 2025."
The retailer...
Lost revenue is biggest Covid risk facing utilities
Non-payment of customer bills poses the biggest Covid-19 threat to water utilities worldwide, one of several water industry issues discussed at a technology consultancy's...
Five local authorities selected by Defra for nature recovery pilots
Cornwall, Buckinghamshire, Greater Manchester, Northumberland and Cumbria local authorities were selected by the government on 14 August "to help kick-start nature recovery on a...
Urgent action needed to save ‘shovel-ready’ renewable heat projects, say UK biogas firms
Renewable energy projects in the agri-food sector excluded from BEIS’s RHI Covid-19 Extension
Includes 20MW of previously-eligible renewable heat projects on farms and...
IoT project will assess impact of climate change on forests, and inform UK policymaking
A trial is underway in forests in Surrey and Northumberland to assess the potential for Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor tree growth...
Water industry still needs to address exclusion, says OFWAT chief
A glass ceiling is still “looming over” women working across the water industry and despite some progress, the sector is being held back by...
Government says beavers can stay in their Devon home
Defra announces ‘pioneering’ wildlife decision
Secures a future for the first ever reintroduction of an extinct native mammal to England
Stamp of approval...
£66 million package for technology, transport and housing to help kick start West Midlands...
Eight ‘shovel ready’ projects, ranging from the National Brownfield Land Institute to Very Light Rail developments are to benefit from £66 million of Government...
Innovative solutions found for offshore wind workforce during pandemic
As the offshore wind sector adjusts to working with increased physical separation during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, G+ Global Offshore Wind Health & Safety...
Gas sensor technology heads to Mars on board NASA’s Perseverance rover
An international collaboration is taking technology from gas measurement expert Vaisala and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) to Mars onboard NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance...
UK Government appoints Arup as sustainability consultant for COP26
The UK Government, as hosts of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), has selected engineering, design and consultancy firm Arup to help it...
Waste-heat-to-electricity business picks up Institute of Physics award
An Elland-based firm whose turbine-based device has global potential to slash CO2 emissions by converting waste heat into electricity, has been awarded the Institute...
Disposal firm announces “state-of-the-art” animal by-product processing facility
Plans for a Category 1 animal by-product processing facility at the renewable energy and recycling site of SecAnim in Widnes, Cheshire were announced in...
Scrapping red diesel will add £1 per tonne to Council waste bills, says recovery...
Joseph Doherty, MD of Re-Gen Waste, which provides materials recovery facilities for Council waste in the UK, has questioned the wisdom of Government plans...
Aluminium packaging recycling rates reach record levels, shows Q2 PRN data
According to data released by the Environment Agency on 22 July, a record 40,653 tonnes of aluminium packaging were collected for recycling in Q2...
Time to ensure sustainable waste shipments in Europe, says trade group
In recent decades, exports of waste to non-European countries have risen steadily, pushing the waste issue far away but failing to properly address it....
Major role for wastewater epidemiology in tackling Covid-19, says group
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has a significant part to play in identifying ‘silent’ Covid-19 cases in the community, research presented at the latest Water Action...
