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Industry first claimed for food-grade plastics sorting solution

Sorting solutions provider, TOMRA Recycling, has announced the launch of three "revolutionary" applications to separate food-grade from non-food-grade plastics for PET, PP and HDPE....

Making sense of the flow: The control possibilities enabled by actuators

Actuators are a vital component in a wide range of systems used in water, energy and other industries. But what exactly is an actuator?...

Nanodevices can produce energy from evaporating tap or seawater

Researchers say they have discovered that nanoscale devices harnessing the hydroelectric effect can harvest electricity from the evaporation of fluids with higher ion concentrations...

Even if it ain’t broke, you still oughta fix it

Making FMCG manufacturing more sustainable using intelligent energy management. By Patricia Torres, Industry Marketing Manager Food and Commodities Solutions, OMRON Industrial Automation Europe Some factory...

Exploring underwater methane sources with mass spectrometry

Enormous amounts of methane are trapped in the ocean floor worldwide. The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is...

Data defence: Reflections on the recent water industry cyber-attacks

Matt Eustace, Data Protection Officer at UK AI firm Aiimi, data insights specialists and experts on data security, who work with a number...

Generating electricity using low-grade heat recovered from lignin-derived membranes

A new study explores an apparently sustainable method of efficiently converting waste heat into electricity using certain wood products, while minimising costs and environmental...

NHS Scotland welcomes its first pop-up solar car park and electric vehicle charging hub

A pop-up solar car park and electric vehicle (EV) charging hub has been completed at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, said to be the first...

Experts to help tackle air pollution from domestic solid fuel burning in Greater Manchester

Environmental and engineering consultancy Ricardo is applying its expertise in air quality measurement to enable local authorities across Greater Manchester to monitor the contribution...

Safety and efficiency through proactive action

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Stonegate Instruments. Given the stringent health and safety and environmental regulations in place, businesses are...

Data-driven revamp in Northampton

The project aims to help identify pollution hot spots caused by traffic. A network of air quality monitors has been installed by West Northamptonshire...

Continental complexity

Cairo, Egypt (image credit: Leshiy985/Shutterstock.com). There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the problem of Africa's declining air quality. A new report in Nature Geoscience argues...

From nuclear decommissioning to drone design, engineers are taking inspiration from nature

Bio-inspired engineering has grown in profile in recent years, and is being used to address traditionally intractable problems, as Envirotec discovered. Engineers have been borrowing...

Simple industrial pollution monitoring

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with AQMesh. AQMesh is being used for industrial air pollution monitoring around the world because it...

Trade effluent monitoring in Essex

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM). Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM) has engineered a bespoke analytical...

Katronic KATflow 150 achieves MCERTS approval

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Katronic. Katronic’s KATflow 150 Advanced clamp-on flowmeter has gained approval through the UK Environment Agency’s...

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....

Anglian Water expands “transformative” AI technology trial

Following the successful pilot of its digital asset management technology with Anglian Water, Norwegian digital analytics company, InfoTiles, is embarking on an expanded proof...

Innovate UK report presents “50 new technologies that could shape the future”

A real-life invisibility cloak, a London-to-Sydney flight in 3 hours, manufacturing in zero-gravity space, and worm-like robotics for disaster recovery, these are just some...

New monitors underpin Northampton’s air quality strategy

A network of air quality monitors has been installed by West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) at key locations in Northampton, as part of a long-term...