Day: 2 July 2012

Fire-hit battery recycler Loddon goes into administration

Battery reprocessor Loddon Recycling whose Hampshire base was hit by a major fire last summer has gone into administration after 40 years of trading.

More skills required to meet 2020 energy targets

Improved workforce skills and training is needed to help the UK meet its 2020 energy efficiency targets according to a new building and construction sector analysis.

‘Sustainability demands disruption’ says M&S’ Mike Barry

UK businesses need to move away from the softly, softly approach to sustainability and start putting resources into "radical changes".

New carbon ‘tax’ will push electricity costs 3% higher

Carbon floor price support will effectively act as a third carbon tax when it's introduced in April next year claims environmental consultant WSP Environment & Energy.

New materials targeted as Ireland beefs up producer responsibility

Ireland is to explore the possibility of extending producer responsibility regulations to include newspapers, magazines and farm-based plastic chemical containers.

Waste operator fined £100k for ‘landfill gas’ breaches

A Cornish waste firm owner has been fined over £100,000 for illegally disposing of hazardous materials including asbestos.

Concern over climate change measures ‘grinding to a halt’

Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 7% in 2011, but not because of any surge in renewable energy or improved carbon savings.

Scottish Water helps clean up the Clyde

A £34m investment in waste water treatment by Scottish Water has finally ended the discharge of untreated sewerage and unscreened water into the Firth of Clyde.

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