‘Continuous’ thermal hydrolysis AD plant to be built for UK water utility
Water treatment technology firm Doosan Enpure has secured a competitively tendered ‘Design and Build’ contract, valued in excess of £20 million, with Severn Trent...
New database details pollutants in virtually all US public water systems
A database has been set up to aggregate and analyse data from almost 50,000 public water systems in all 50 states of the US,...
South West Water to pay £142,524 for Devon and Cornwall waste discharges
South West Water has been ordered to pay more than £142,000 in fines and costs for discharging poor quality effluent from two of its...
Work underway on Severn Trent’s new £20m food waste plant in Spondon
Work is underway on Severn Trent’s new food waste and green gas plant at the company’s site in Spondon, Derby.
Severn Trent is investing around...
Let’s help make London the world’s first National Park City, says Sadiq Khan
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has launched plans intended to re-shape the city as "the world’s first National Park City and one of...
Keynote speakers at RWM 2017 promise heavyweight debates
"Unmissable" speaker line-up sees representatives from the Environment Agency, WRAP, CIWM and many more debate the future of resource efficiency
After a year of dramatic...
Councils in Scotland to receive £4.4 million to improve energy efficiency
SEEP aims to address fuel poverty, which is estimated to affect 31% of Scottish households.
Local authorities in Scotland will share £4.4 million of funding...
Government has cut marine plastic pollution by 2 per cent, but it could stop...
Plastic marine litter from the UK could be reduced by nearly two thirds with five simple actions, according to a new analysis by think...
Trade group secures tax win for solar and batteries for householders
HMRC confirm 5% VAT for batteries when sold with a new solar system
On 3 August the Solar Trade Association (STA) was celebrating securing a...
Geologists highlight ‘omnipresent’ effects of human impact on England’s landscape
‘Omnipresent’ signs demonstrating the effects of human impact on England’s landscape have been revealed by researchers from the University of Leicester.
Concrete structures forming a...
UK households shun green energy
Survey finds just one per cent are on a green tariff
Energy providers are being urged to do more to promote green energy after a...
A fair wind for rural residents as island community looks forward to 24/7 electricity...
It may be better known for woolly sweaters than renewable energy, but the most remote inhabited island in the UK is to finally receive...
PEFTEC 2017 announces conference programme
The organisers of PEFTEC 2017 (Antwerp, 29-30 November) have published the conference themes for this year’s event and announced that registration is now open...
AD industry pays tribute to late Hugh Vaughan at awards dinner
The anaerobic digestion industry celebrated the life of one of its pioneers, Hugh Vaughan, at its annual AD & Biogas and Industry Awards on...
50,000-litres-a-day leak spotted with smart meters
A huge leak which was losing 50,000 litres of water a day has been repaired – thanks to smart meters.
Thames Water engineers repaired the...
Think tank report lays down roadmap for a sustainable Brexit
To coincide with the Repeal Bill, Policy Connect issues a call to arms for green economic growth with its launch of cross-party manifesto for...
£50k bat cave opens in Scotland
Scotland-based firm NWH Group has invested £50,000 in preserving ‘bat caves’ at its Middleton Quarry site on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
The business acquired...
IEMA declares “call to arms” on delivering more proportionate EIA
Global uptake of proportionate approaches to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) will drive improved practice and support future decision making, says IEMA.
The sustainability body has...
Conference presentations point to LiDAR’s growing preeminence in offshore wind measurement
Wind measurement experts gathered in London in June concluded that LiDAR technology had over the years fully proven its ability to provide wind measurements...
Gate fees snapshot shows changing market picture
WRAP’s annual Gate Fees Report has found a number of changes since last year. The updated comparison of alternative waste management costs for...
