Award for energy business
ENERGY management firm Landis+Gyr has announced that its facility in the east of England has been awarded ISO 50001 certification, one of the first...
Plant company found guilty in rare jury trial
A company and its managing director have been found guilty at one of Scotland’s biggest environmental crime trials.
Gary Doonin, along with his company,...
Responsible disposal of electrical goods
Repic, the not-for-profit producer compliance scheme, collected more than a tonne of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) from Peterborough residents during an ‘amnesty’.
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From Airbus to effluent
A university is helping a small local business develop a technique to convert waste products from farms into energy.
Based in Sutton in Ashfield, Lindhurst...
Cheaper option on nuclear storage?
UNIVERSITY researchers have found that a method of storing nuclear waste normally used only for high level waste could provide a safer, more efficient,...
BSI says lessons to be learned by universities on how to save cash
THE UK’s 115 universities could save nearly £14m a year if they adopted a new energy management standard from the British Standards Institution it...
Plant firm relaunches at RWM exhibition
TETRONICS Ltd, a supplier of direct current plasma plants for hazardous waste treatment and metal recovery, used the recent RWM exhibition to re-launch as...
Taking stock of business
RENEWABLE energy distributor SGS Trade has opened a new warehouse in Exeter.
The facility will distribute more than 10 MWp of equipment a year, store...
Wessex takes it to the Max for sludge
WESSEX Water has increased sludge handling capacity at its Trowbridge sewage treatment works by reducing downtime of capital assets following the installation of a...
Making advances
CITIES in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario are to benefit from advanced flow monitoring technology supplied by a UK company.
Hydrological instrument specialist...
Steel firm cleans up with a right good scrubbing
SCRUBBER technology has helped Tata Steel achieve a 40% reduction in atmospheric emissions from a limestone kiln in Cumbria.
The company operates four Maerz kilns...
Wales is poised for £1bn spend on infrastructure
Extra investment for fast-track projects
WELSH Water is to spend £1 billion over the next three years on a range of infrastructure projects including schemes...
Island seeks cash for tidal testing
ISLE of Wight Council has asked for Government backing as part of its push to create a world-class tidal marine energy testing centre in...
It’s a deal
SCOTTISH firm Panton McLeod has won a three-year framework contract with Welsh Water for traditional ‘drain-down’ activities of inspection, cleaning and disinfection as well...
Biffa triumphs in energy appeal bid
BIFFA has won its appeal against refusal of planning permission for an energy recovery facility in Leicestershire.
Jeff Rhodes, the company’s planning and permitting manager,...
Mersey winner closer
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA) has received two final tenders for a £90m waste contract.
Covanta and SITA are the bidders for the Merseyside...
Give us more
HYDRO International, which supplies products to control and treat storm and waste waters, has appointed Keith Hayward national sales and marketing manager for its...
Ready for take-off
SIEMENS has produced the first of its new 75-metre long rotor blades, for installation on the second prototype of its 6MW offshore wind turbine...
Book your place
Registration has opened for WWEM 2012, the Water Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring.
Visitors pre-registered for the event – Telford, November 7/8 – will get free...
Help yourself
A SERIES of video self-help guides for customers has seen Veolia Water Central capture the Institute of Water Innovation Award.
A panel of industry experts...
