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...
Handheld VOCs monitor chosen by Australian environmental agency
Australian environmental consultancy, JBS&G has purchased a Tiger handheld volatile organic compound (VOC) monitor from gas detection specialist Ion Science.
This latest handheld photoionisation detector...
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...
Toxic but essential: A few thoughts on lead and its recovery
Dr Tim Johnson, technical director at resource recovery firm Tetronics International shares a few thoughts on lead: Its properties, usefulness, and the possibilities for...
Waste sites warned “there’s no smoke without fire water”
WASTE handling and recycling sites, currently under obligation to re-assess their fire accident plans, could be failing to plan for the impact of millions...
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 process supports APC residue disposal
A growth in the use of waste to energy plants has made the treatment of the resultant waste a growing priority. Cleansing Services Group...
SEPA appeals for information to tackle waste crime in North Lanarkshire
SEPA was appealing to the public for information (on 28 September) to help with an investigation into potential illegal activity in North Lanarkshire in...
£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...
Comment: We’ll be digging up landfills within a decade
The earth has finite resources, and at some point, society will run low or even run out entirely of certain resources that it currently...
Review looks at challenges of hazardous waste in the EU
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has released a Review on the EU actions required to address the increasing amount of hazardous waste. The...
SMuRFs could help make nuclear decommissioning work safer
Nuclear power stations could be decommissioned in the future with the help of teams of autonomous robots known as the SMuRFs, scientists have suggested....
Veolia expands clinical and medical waste management services
Expanded capabilities will improve traditional clinical waste hierarchy positions and can lower the carbon emissions by around 70% compared to existing services
Veolia says...
Instant access to real-time airborne asbestos data
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Tool aims to improve the assessment of chemical persistence in the environment
Consultancy firm Ricardo has developed a seemingly first of its kind Persistence Assessment Tool to provide manufacturers and importers of chemical substances and products,...
Measurement of persistent organic pollutants: Recent progress profiled
By Gauthier Eppe
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that pose a significant threat to human health and the environment. Widely used during the...
List presents safer chemicals for manufacturing IT products
When it comes to chemicals used in the manufacture of IT products, very few have been studied for their impact on humans and the...
New Veolia facility will handle hazardous waste in the South West
Waste and resources firm Veolia is launching a new specialist facility based in Avonmouth, near Bristol, to meet the growing demand for the safe...
Veolia increases hazardous waste capacity with new regional facility in the north east
Veolia says it is increasing hazardous waste capacity in the north east with a new 20,000 tonnes per annum Hazardous Waste Transfer Station facility...
New adsorbent removes radioactive caesium ions from nuclear wastewater
Selective adsorption of radioactive caesium ions (Cs+) in highly acidic conditions is a major challenge in nuclear powerplant wastewater treatment. In what's described as...
