News from 21 December 2011 on edie

British Water signs ‘landmark’ water agreement with Israel

Water industry trade association British Water and Israeli research and development (R&D) agency MATIMOP have signed a "landmark" water agreement.

FITs campaigners jubilant after green light for judicial review

Campaigners have won the right to challenge to the Government over the way its carried out cuts to solar subsidies.

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Lord Turner to step down as chairman of CCC

Lord Turner today is to step down as chairman of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in the New Year.

Google puts $94m into solar PV

Search engine giant Google has put $94m into four solar photovoltaic (PV) projects currently under construction in California.

Atkins tunnelling breakthrough on Hong Kong drainage scheme

UK engineering consultancy Atkins has announced a major breakthrough in design work on the Lai Chi Kok drainage tunnel in Hong Kong.

SWR secures deal for Metropolitan Police vehicle waste

Dry and hazardous waste created from the repair of Metropolitan Police vehicles is to be managed by SWR, who has won a contract with the support services arm of Babcock's emergency and critical services division.

Government told ‘get tough’ on producer responsibility for packaging waste

The Government has been urged to rethink its packaging waste policies by London's local authorities who want more business-funded schemes to help deal with the cost of the problem.

Veolia Water UK proposes to unify water business before sale

Veolia Water UK has unveiled plans to unify the management of its three water businesses under one appointment in a bid to save almost £1m selling on.

Wates chooses McGrath for recovery of social housing waste

Housing contractor Wates Living Space has awarded two waste contracts to The McGrath Group to collect and recycle materials generated by social housing schemes in east London.

Heroic bin men praised after helping road accident victim

A refuse crew from Veolia have been labelled as heroes after coming to the aid of an injured teenager following a road traffic accident in Norfolk earlier this month (December 6).

Day: 21 December 2011