Day: 25 January 2011

Greens quit Irish Government

Ireland's Green Party has quit the country's coalition group as the party prepares for an election in March.

Energy from cremated cadavers could heat swimming pool

Plans to use the power generated by cremating the dead to heat a swimming pool have been put forward for the first time.

Huhne backs nuclear sites following energy consultation

A wave of new nuclear power stations moved a step closer today with the ending of a Government consultation into the UK's energy future.

Green energy powers California’s job growth

The green jobs market grew three times faster than other sectors in California, according to new research.

A forensic approach

Scientists are completing the country's first ever comprehensive study of DNA extracted from water samples in a bid to further improve bathing water quality in the South-west.

FOG – are you disposing of yours legally?

A solid waste approach to FOG may be the most effective route, says Clare Pillinger, a consultant working with Anglian Water.

Give Peacehaven a chance

It has taken well over a decade for Southern Water to get to work on a new WwTW for Brighton and Hove. Karma Ockenden finds out that the engineering challenge, while enormous, is only part of the story

Climate resilience studies planned

Engineering consultancy Mott MacDonald has been appointed by the Asian Development Bank to carry out climate resilience planning and capacity building for a pilot project in Tajikistan.

The politics of energy recovery

Malcolm Chilton looks at the challenges of delivering future energy-from-waste projects given the current political dimensions in this economic climate

Don’t fall foul of flats, just house the right bin

There is plenty of potential to improve domestic recycling rates in areas of high density housing if you install the correct infrastructure, as a new report points out.

Kramer loads up to meet demand

German firm Kramer Allrad has recently opened a new manufacturing facility in Pfullendorf to boost its telehander and wheeled loader portolio. Dean Stiles reports

Marching on: a presidential portrait

It's not often you can say you've spent time with the president, but then that person happens to be the very approachable Terry March, who has just finished serving his term of office as president for the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management. The CIWM presidency is one of the industry's most respected positions and I caught up with March during his visit at Dublin's Resource Ireland show in October, to find out what had it meant for him.

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