Day: 5 August 2009

Whitehall could face hefty CRC bill

Government departments with poor energy efficiency could find themselves in the embarrassing position of being forced to buy carbon credits from better-performing private companies when the Carbon Reduction Commitment kicks in next year.

Bogged down with wrong waste

Thames water has launched an information campaign after a survey revealed almost half of its customers flush unsuitable things down the loo.

Nappy waste to make roofing tiles

Roof tiles will soon be made from recycled nappies when the Birmingham Knowaste plant opens

New process could transform industrial remediation work

Work is underway on testing a new technique to clean up an area of highly polluted soil in Glasgow.

Water shortage not just a rural problem for Australia

Think of Australian drought and the images that springs to mind are of the parched outback or arid sheep station.

Water-conscious Brazilians urged to wee in the shower

A TV advertising campaign in Brazil is encouraging people to urinate while having a shower to save water that would be used by flushing the toilet.

Vestas win eviction order but protesters vow to stay

Protesters fighting to keep a wind turbine factory open have vowed to continue occupying the site despite a judge granting the owners a possession order.

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