Day: 8 February 2010

Irish Uni opens water research facility

The National University of Ireland in Galway has opened a new waste water

Green schools for ecotowns

Hot on the heels of the announcement of tougher targets for schools' carbon emissions, government has said that the country's planned ecotowns will be among the first communities to showcase zero carbon schools.

Vouchers for recycling boosts collections by 35%

A scheme giving vouchers to homes for recycling has seen rates increase by between 30 and 35%.

Pregnant worker among staff poisoned with mercury

Workers were exposed to 'unacceptable levels' of mercury and lead fumes at a recycling plant, a court heard.

Australian microrenewable subsidies damaging large scale renewables

Efforts to make small-scale renewable energy a more attractive to home owners are having the unintended effect of stalling the development of large-scale renewables in Australia, say critics.

Half a million homes to receive automatic flood warnings

The Environment Agency will warn millions of people if their homes or businesses are in imminent danger of flooding.

Weak ETS needs tightening to be effective – EAC

The Environmental Audit Commission has published its third report on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in which it blasts the mechanism for being too loose to be effective and calls for a 'significant' tightening of caps.

Flexible friends

Developers can no longer ignore SUDS. Which is why manufacturers have such an important role to play in developing adoptable solutions, says Mike Shaw.

Designs on the future

The intense rainfall of recent years has highlighted the problems of surface water management in the UK. Which is why it is so vital that the Floods and Water Management Bill going through Parliament provides the solutions, says Dr Ian Pallett.

Thames burns its sludge

Burning sewage sludge or the methane derived from it helped Thames Water cut its electricity bill by £15M in 2008/09. The process enabled the company to generate 14% of its power needs.

Walker wants Ofwat to lead metering implementation

Industry regulator Ofwat should lead the transition to water metering as part of an overall government policy to keep total costs down. The recommendation is one of several proposed by Anna Walker in her independent Final Report on Charging for Household Water and Sewerage Services.

Just the ticket for your weighbridge needs

The importance of a secure, up-to-date weighbridge ticket cannot be underestimated. Aidan Godfrey looks at the common problems of accurate weight recording, and how these problems can be overcome

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