Day: 22 June 2009

Companies who avoided recycling costs fined £10,000

Two calendars and gifts firms have been ordered to pay nearly £10,000 in fines and costs for waste packaging offences.

Business students take oath to behave ethically

Business graduates from around the world are signing up to a pledge mirroring the Hippocratic Oath taken by medics.

Scottish industries fall just short of environmental targets

Polluting industries in Scotland were just 1% from making environmental targets, according to figures out today (June 22).

EPA declares public emergency over asbestos pollution

The US Environmental Protection Agency has for the first time used powers to declare a public health emergency due to the 'significant threat' posed by asbestos in parts of Montana.

Government comes under fire on clean coal

The UK government has outlined how it plans to reconcile the need for energy against the carbon emissions of coal-fired power stations - and promptly come under fire from opposition parties and environmentalists.

Waste to be diverted from dumps for land reclamation schemes

A new deal to cut landfill and improve contaminated land has been agreed for west England.

US cities urge congress to do more for green schools

A coalition of city mayors and green builders has asked the Federal government to do more to make the countries schools environmentally friendly.

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