Day: 16 June 2008

Govt urged to drive sustainable procurement

Government must take action to ensure sustainable procurement policies are put into practice across the public sector.

WRAP launches three-year plan

Reducing landfilled waste by 8m tonnes and saving 5m tonnes of carbon emissions are two of the challenging targets that WRAP has set itself for the next three years.

Melbourne water ban extended

Restrictions on water use in one of Australia's major cities will remain in place until the end of November, the state government has announced.

Ignoring the dangers of chlorine

Despite a very real threat to employees and the environment, thermoplastic tanks are still being used to store sodium hypochlorite. WET News analyses the issues.

Taking a harsher view of pollution

Drinking water is safer than 25 years ago. But, writes Dan McCarthy, we should not rest on our laurels, and stricter rules on water pollution should be supported

Pipes that have seen better days made as good as new

When pressure pipes are past their best the Thermopipe System - which can be installed quickly and under difficult conditions - can give a length of piping a new lease of life, with disruption and carbon footprint kept to a minimum.

They’re not always wrapped up in parcels

Maureen Gaines explains that, although people associate DHL with parcels, there is more to it than that - like helping the water utilities with their supply chains.

Laying the foundations for constructive debate

Walls may come tumbling down at CIWM's annual conference this year, with an agenda built around construction and demolition waste

It’s a gas: calibration made easy for landfills

Field calibration of landfill gas analysers must be done correctly to get the most accurate results. Geotechnical Instruments offers a quick guide to this procedure

Taking the load to drive safe

Red Forge's range of axle-load indication systems is proving a popular choice among councils looking to boost health and safety for their vehicle fleets

Taking technology on board

On-board vehicle technology is nothing new to the private sector, but one body-building firm is increasingly getting calls from local authorities wanting a similiar set-up

Waste wood: branching out into biomass

Some £10M tonnes of waste wood are produced in the UK each year - that's a lot of material that could be tapped into and utilised as a biomass fuel source

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