News from 6 September 2010 on edie

World’s largest wave energy test site scheme launches

Engineers are running final checks after placing a pioneering wave energy scheme on the seabed off the Cornish coast.

Galway faces new water restrictions

Residents have been forced to top up their drinking water from tankers after supplies ran low, Galway County Council said today (September 6).

Scheme will free up 210 hectares of brownfield land

A £107 million transport improvement scheme will create more than 200 hectares of brownfield land for development.

Councillors to be briefed on incinerator following TV documentary

Dublin City councillors will be briefed this evening (September 6) on the council's position following a TV documentary about a planned incinerator.

Star-studded London bike ride aimed at cycling revolution

Celebrities were among some 85,000 people who joined London mayor Boris Johnson in a mass bike ride through London's streets to promote cycling.

First UK prosecution under both packaging and WEEE laws

A hairdresser supplier has the dubious honour of becoming the first firm to fall foul of two new waste laws, according to the Environment Agency (EA).

Multi-million pound cleaning project in the pipeline

Work on a £21 million five-year project to clean 40 kilometres of water pipes in north west England begins today (Monday, September 6).

Controversial chicken waste power plant gets green light

Ministerial approval for an energy-from-waste plant using by-products from poultry farms as fuel is proving controversial in Northern Ireland.

Guernsey consults on future of waste

An island-wide consultation looking at the future of waste management on Guernsey is set to start this week.

Ground breaking green building in Staffordshire

Work has begun on a new green headquarters for one of the country's major recycling and waste management companies.

Day: 6 September 2010