Quarry firm in Cornwall fined for supplying asbestos-contaminated waste
A Cornish waste disposal company has been ordered to pay £26,500 in fines and costs for illegally handling and disposing of hazardous waste, according...
New evidence of nuclear fuel releases found at Fukushima
Uranium and other radioactive materials have been found in tiny particles released from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors.
£1.4m funding for chemist’s research into hazardous materials handling
A University of Glasgow chemist is establishing a new research group with £1.4m in new funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council...
MPs warn of dangerous delays and soaring costs at Sellafield
Efforts to retrieve radioactive waste from ageing facilities at Sellafield — the UK’s most hazardous nuclear site — are not proceeding fast enough, with...
Recycling firm fined £20k following illegal export of household waste from Scotland
A leading UK and European recycling company was fined £20,000 at Airdrie Sheriff Court on 16 November after Scotland’s environmental regulator, SEPA, uncovered what...
Separation method frees rare earths from coal ash
The unexpected bounty of nature seems apparent from the discovery that a harmless food-grade solvent can be used to extract highly sought rare-earth metals...
Warning over disposing of expired hand sanitiser
A north-west waste management company has urged companies not to dump out-of-date hand sanitiser in the bin or tip the liquid down drains.
Blackburn-based CSG...
SEPA figures show recovering recycling rate in Scotland
Statistics published on 27 September by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) reveal some of the impact of COVID-19 polcies on recycling. The figures...
Mobile chemist service aims to identify wastes and aid compliance
Resource management company Veolia has launched a new chemical management service designed to provide a mobile solution for identifying, listing, packing, collection and disposal...
Sponsored Content: High flow pump simplifies asbestos and air sampling
Asbestos-related diseases take the lives of more than 39,000 Americans every year. Despite the material’s known health impacts, it can be found in older homes and industrial properties and continues to be used in products such as gaskets, friction products, roofing materials and fireproofing materials, posing a threat to workers in construction and general industry.
Toxins in old toys an obstacle for circular economy
Old toys and dress-up items may contain toxic chemicals that can cause cancer, damage DNA or disrupt the future reproductive capacities of children, according...
Sweet celebration for specialist waste expert
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Augean.
In August Augean celebrated its 20th anniversary where staff enjoyed lunch and gifts from...
Investigating toxic mining waste in the West Balkans
In politically sensitive regions of the West Balkans, the mineralogist and crystallographer Tamara Đorđević has been investigating mining waste contaminated with arsenic and other...
Sponsored content: Adler and Allan announces trio of acquisitions
Adler and Allan, has announced the acquisition of three companies into the group: electrical specialists AMGS Electrical, hazardous material specialist Flotech Performance Systems Limited (Flotech) and industrial sewage specialist and underground infrastructure specialist Oneline Surveys
Teeside firm delivers safety solutions for storage silos at Sellafield nuclear decommissioning site
Teesside product manufacturer and global supplier of fire, blast and heat protection systems - Mech-Tool Engineering Ltd (MTE) – has recently completed a contract...
Waste firm says new process can transform problematic waste into form suitable for EfW
Waste management firm CSG has seemingly developed a new process to help transform a range of industrial waste streams into a material suitable for...
Portable spectrometer for hazard identification
FLIR Systems has announced the Griffin G510 gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC/MS), its first person-portable chemical identifier.
The FLIR Griffin G510 enables military and civil responders...
Ocean-dumping for Fukushima wastewater: Japan’s complex decision remains contentious
Japan has ended years of speculation over the fate of radioactive wastewater stored in tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant since the 2011...
Toughing it out in difficult applications
Pump manufacturer Börger discusses three recent applications showcasing the use of pumps in challenging environments
Two rotary lobe pumps are proving their continued reliability and...
UK plans for geological disposal of nuclear waste declared “unachievable” by Treasury
Plans to dispose of the UK’s high-level nuclear waste in an underground repository – a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) – have been described as...
