News from 20 October 2011 on edie

How the Met is policing its waste arisings

The Metropolitan Police is the UK's biggest police force and a leader when it comes to delivering arresting recovery operations, as Maxine Perella finds out

Circular economy

Small waste firms could benefit from £950m MoD contract

Regional and local waste companies are being urged to get involved with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation's (DIO) £950m estates and facilities management contract for its new National Training Estate Prime.

Changes to government renewable funding will cut green energy growth warns business

High profile plans aimed at boosting renewable energy investment could back-fire over cuts to established technologies business has warned.

VIDEO: WaterAid supporters celebrate 30 years of clean water

WaterAid has marked 30 years of bringing clean water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest countries at its Annual Supporters' Meeting in London.

SITA gasification plant gets go-ahead in Scotland

A gasification facility will be built in Scotland after SITA UK's proposals for the energy recovery plant were given the green light by Perth & Kinross Council.

EfW and landfill gas operators lose out under RO proposals

Energy-from-waste and landfill gas operators could see their renewables obligation (RO) subsidies halve or diminish completely under new government proposals announced today by DECC (October 20).

Fuel poverty to cause 2,700 deaths in the UK this winter

An interim report into fuel poverty has revealed that at least 2,700 people are at risk of death this winter as they struggle to cope with rising fuel prices.

2°C Challenge Communique published today

The 2°C Challenge Communique, calling on governments around the world to take action to "secure a low carbon-emission economy that is more resilient, more efficient and less vulnerable to global shock" was published this morning.

Scottish marine sediment chemical levels low

Research published yesterday (October 19) by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) suggests levels of chemicals from forestry agriculture and fish farming are actually low in marine sediment off Scotland.