Patents filed for clean-up
RESEARCHERS at an American institute have developed a new technique for magnetically separating oil and water that could be used to clean up oil...
Agency teams move in after twin incidents
Environment officers have attended incidents in Oxfordshire and Surrey after reports of pollution in two separate watercourses.
In Surrey, Environment Agency staff moved on to...
Handling the risk
A specialist group has welcomed the UK Government’s stance on brownfield development but has voiced concerns over the risk of increased legal challenges to...
Strength in depth – Vibro Menard
A ground improvement specialist has completed work at the site of the new Manchester Waste Private Finance Initiative building in Bolton. The £250,000 contract...
Japan learns from Dounreay clean-up
THE experience of cleaning up and decommissioning a nuclear plant in Scotland is being shared with Japan.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority invited a team from...
Brownfield experts want audit scheme
A scheme that supports professionals involved in remediation of brownfield sites has proposed an audit process for projects that bring back into use land...
Agency officers step in to halt river pollution
ENVIRONMENT Agency officers who prevented a spillage of red diesel devastating a Buckinghamshire river want residents to help find the culprit.
An orange discolouration was...
Report sees trade body getting back on track
THE UK Spill Association returned to more normal levels of activity last year following a 2010 that was shaped by the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
In...
Two-way flow on response ability
OIL Spill Response Ltd (OSRL), the international oil spill emergency response organisation, has signed a memorandum of understanding to deliver services to mutual clients...
Chemical scare tackled
A CLEAN-UP team was called in when 23 people were taken to hospital following a chemical spill at a West Lothian warehouse.
Denatonium Benzoate, which...
Keeping it compliant
AS regulations on spills and storage become ever tighter manufacturers and suppliers have been engaged in development programmes to ensure their products comply.
Fentex Ltd...
