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Day: 20 May 2010

Scrapped plasterboard no longer counts as waste in Scotland

Rules that determine the legal definition of surplus building materials in Scotland have been tweaked so that plasterboard that ticks the right environmental boxes need no longer be considered waste.

Businesses gear up for Water Saving Week

Next month will see the return of Water Saving Week, a campaign that seeks to raise awareness of unnecessary water use both in the home and in the workplace.

Pressure group urges bank to pull plug on cyanide gold mining

Gold mines that use cyanide in the extraction process should not receive funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), say NGOs.

Farm to turn food waste into energy

A Staffordshire farm is being held up as a model of sustainable diversification after opening a £3m anaerobic digestion plant on the property.

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