Traffic data prompt air quality concerns as lockdown lifts
• Call for cities to commit to Clean Air Zones to protect the public
• Traffic across major cities in January 2021 at 83% of...
Green Homes Grant cut will be “a wrecking ball” to jobs, says TUC
New analysis estimates that of the 100,000 new jobs the government promised through the scheme, just 14,500 have been created to date
The...
$357k funding progresses US lithium-ion battery recycling initiative
Team Portables, a consortium for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) recycling incentivization, has received Phase II funding from the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Lithium-Ion Battery...
“Global warming won’t wait until 2050,” says European science advisory group
“We cannot rely on linear developments and a steady energy transition over the next 30 years to 2050,” according to William Gillett, Energy Programme...
What can we learn from the Oldsmar water supply hack?
Following a recent water supply hack in Florida, Phillip Corner, industrial systems cybersecurity expert at control systems firm Cougar Automation, stresses the need...
Feeling the pressure: Local authorities publish report into impact of Covid-19 on waste services
Only 40% of responding councils report that their Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) are operating normally according to the Association of Directors of Environment,...
Microplastics from textiles damage lung cells, finds study
Microplastics from textiles may inhibit the lung’s ability to repair damage caused by conditions such as COVID-19, according to research findings released on 24...
Transport and logistics sector plan to reach net zero by 2050
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) believes its sector “can achieve net-zero by 2050” through a range of measures recommended to government...
Global study of 48 cities finds nature sanitizes 41.7 million tons of human waste...
The first global-scale assessment of the role ecosystems play in providing sanitation appears to find that nature provides at least 18% of sanitation services...
Project aims to boost recycling supply chain for luxury cars
A new research project aims to deliver a sustainable source of rare earth magnets for electric and hybrid vehicles for one of the most...
Over half of UK manufacturers seemingly on target to achieve net zero goals
Research reveals manufacturing sector as one of the best prepared to meet 2050 UK Net Zero targets with 57 per cent of businesses...
UK supermarket is first to say ‘no’ to products made with gene editing
In response to a civil society appeal for UK supermarkets to back strong regulation of new gene-edited crops and animals, the Co-op has made...
Perseverance touches down on the red planet
NASA’s Perseverance rover, launched in July 2020, landed on Mars on 18 February. The Perseverance's mission involves exploration of the red planet's Jezero crater....
93% of industry without skills to meet 2050 climate targets
Only half (53%) of UK engineering firms think net zero by 2050 is achievable for them.
1 in 2 are currently experiencing a...
UK faces tidal wave of plastic if ‘poorly designed’ Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is...
· Plastic packaging would dominate supermarket shelves under flat rate DRS
· 60% of shoppers would switch from endlessly recyclable aluminium cans to plastic...
Wetlands convention celebrates 50th anniversary, but wetlands are still in decline
On 2 February, the Convention on Wetlands, also known as the Ramsar Convention, celebrated its 50th anniversary. But there is still an alarming decline...
An unpredictable world: 2021 predictions
The world remains in crisis as the Coronavirus pandemic continues to rage and climate change action gathers pace. Closer to home, preparation will turn to action following Britain's departure from the EU at the turn of the year resulting in overnight changes to regulation.
£1.2m funding for waste vision start-up
Intelligent waste management start-up Recycleye has secured £1.2 million in seed funding, it was announced in mid-December
Funding for plastic recycling tech
Greenback Recycling Technologies, a company striving to develop circular solutions for packaging waste, has closed an approximately £8m series A financing round
Time to put the foot down?
A decarbonisation rate of 11.7% per annum is now required to keep warming within 1.5°C according to new analysis from PwC in December
