Day: 21 January 2011

Plans for £60 million waste recovery plant in Aberdeenshire

SITA UK, the recycling and waste management company are to submit a plan to develop a multi-million pound waste treatment plant in Aberdeenshire.

Polluter pays legislation for contaminated Israeli sites

Ministers in Israel have passed new laws to force polluters to pay for land remediation.

OFT begins market study into organic waste

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced a study in to the market for the treatment of organic waste.

Social network site for solar power users

A new social networking site has been set up to connect solar power users around the world.

Arrests made over illegal tyre export

Three men have been arrested on suspicion of exporting tyres illegally to Vietnam and Hong Kong.

Choosing the right pipeline, now and for the future

Concrete pipelines have been in use for over a century and, argues Stuart Crisp, business development director of the Concrete Pipeline Systems Association, they can help build a sustainable future

Esholt trials AD pre-treatment technology

Yorkshire Water may have hit upon a pre-treatment technology for sludge digesters that reduces energy and increases gas production. On behalf of Eco-Solids International, Chris French explains the advantages

Olympian effort flows through

The site for the London Olympics 2012 includes a brand new deep water pumping station - and the UK's biggest municipal water recycling project ever. But, as Claire Smith reports, the capital's impressive engineering history is not being forgotten

Pump study reveals the cost-cutting choices

The water industry needs to tackle its energy bill. UKWIR's Gordon Wheale and Black & Veatch's Malcolm Brandt and Roger Middleton outline the findings of an international study into how this can be achieved

Food producer doubles its reuse capability

Water reuse is an increasingly attractive process for food manufacturers across the UK and worldwide. Geraint Catley and Steve Goodwin of Aquabio revisit an expanding site in Evesham to increase capacity

Operational efficiency delivered on Mersey network

Control and management of wastewater in the newly upgraded Mersey Valley Sludge Pipeline has delivered on cost and efficiency for United Utilities, says Mark Chung of Siemens Industry Automation

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