Collaborative approach required to achieve zero pollution, said conference speakers
Water companies can expect increasing scrutiny into their environmental performance, as customer awareness of river and bathing water quality grows. This was among messages...
Comment: Agriculture and pharma key to solving micropollutants problem
In the face of growing public concern about the presence of micropollutants in water and wastewater, Dr Pablo Campo Moreno identifies initiatives that he...
Bee killing pesticides polluting the vast majority of English rivers
A new analysis of the latest official data from the Environment Agency has uncovered widespread river pollution linked to toxic neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics), known...
Technology and the timely response
Kirk Meikle, from spills countermeasures expert Darcy Group, offers a few thoughts on how new technology is impacting the management and prevention of spill incidents on sites where such a risk exists
PFAS treatment start-up changes name and announces successful fund-raise to accelerate growth
Puraffinity, a spin-out from Imperial College London, that develops advanced materials for selectively removing target chemical compounds from water, has announced an oversubscribed seed...
Microbes degrade toughest PFAS
Under anaerobic conditions, common microbial communities can break the ultra-strong carbon-fluorine bond characteristic of these compounds.
Coping with the unexpected
Bruce Wishart, founder of award-winning spill containment firm Empteezy, offers thoughts on Brexit, the changing face of the spills sector and safeguarding your premises
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New online tool launched to help investigate river health in Oxford
The Oxford Rivers Portal, a website and map that aims to help people understand the health of the Thames and its tributaries in Oxfordshire...
Utilities commit to smart water installations to help avoid sewer spills
Water technology firm SDS has completed the installation of its latest smart rainwater management systems at homes in Forton, Lancashire, and Deal, Kent, as...
35% of microplastics released into the world’s oceans are from synthetic textiles, says IMechE...
Institution of Mechanical Engineers calls for urgent action to prevent the 6 million microfibres released from a typical 5kg wash load of polyester fabrics...
Major nurdle clean-up launched after Tyne vessel collision
A major pollution response is under way on the River Tyne after an estimated 25 tonnes of plastic pellets, or nurdles, entered the water...
Sewage scandal goes to the High Court
On Wednesday 5 to Thursday 6 July, the High Court will hear a legal challenge that aims to force the Government to toughen up...
Even treated wastewater affects our rivers, and new study attempts to characterise species shift
New study seems to show that effluents from wastewater treatment plants change the balance of invertebrate communities in Hesse’s waters
Effluents from wastewater treatment plants...
“Modern chemistry is rubbish”: Time to wake up to environmental effects, suggests commentary
Modern day chemists need to broaden their horizons and consider the effects of chemistry “beyond the reaction vessel and the fume hood”, according to...
Oil and whisky don’t mix
A Scottish drinks company was recently fined £9,000 after a spill from its distillery.
Whyte and MacKay pleaded guilty at Tain Sheriff Court after...
UK Government announces £200k to fund research into microplastics pollution pathways
The UK Government has awarded £200k to a group at the University of Plymouth to conduct research that aims to better understand the nature...
Biosurfactants might offer an environmentally friendly solution for tackling oil spills
Can biosurfactants increase microbiological oil degradation in North Sea seawater? An international research team have been exploring the question and say the results reveal...
‘Far too many serious pollution incidents’ says Environment Agency water quality report
Environment Agency Chair Emma Howard Boyd has called on water companies and farmers to cut the amount of pollution incidents harming England’s waters and...
Sponsored Content: Trials show new PFAS adsorbent outperforms current methods
Trials have been undertaken by two independent institutions, using a next generation PFAS adsorbent media developed by Puraffinity, the London based science materials company.
New Antarctic study shows levels of ‘forever chemicals’ reaching the remote continent have been...
New evidence from Antarctica shows that toxic ‘fluorinated forever chemicals’ have increased markedly in the remote environment in recent decades and scientists believe CFC-replacements...
