Day: 30 August 2007

Potential pay-as-you-throw schemes explored

The Local Government Association has revealed proposals outlining how householders could be charged according to the amount of waste they produced.

Target-driven regime bad for sustainable waste management

The tick-box culture of national targets and league tables are distracting the UK from the real goal of sustainable waste management.

China and Germany to co-operate on enviro-tech and energy

A Sino-German industry forum has agreed to put together joint working parties to discuss environmental technologies and alternative energy sources.

New York offers cash incentives to build green

Renovators across New York state are being offered cash to take the financial sting out of the tail of incorporating energy reduction features into their homes.

Holiday makers urged to recycle brochures

Flicking through brochures of exotic destinations might be part of the fun when planning a holiday but, according to Recycle Now, it's a habit that creates a mountain of extra waste.

River pollution affects a sixth of Chinese population

Two rivers supplying water to one sixth of the people in China are heavily polluted and threaten the health of the population, according to state media.

Don’t neglect biodiversity during land regeneration

Neglected sites can often be rich havens for wildlife, harbouring rare species of birds and mammals - a fact which needs to be considered during their clean-up, says Jane Forshaw

Feast on this: abrasive drying for food waste

A mechanical process has been developed which can deal with both food and packaging waste at the same time in a single batch. Ed Mant explains

Brave new world: The economics of recovery

Economic and environmental regulators are important drivers for emerging energy and waste recovery technologies, as Paul Lowe explains

Rules ‘must change’ on energy from sludge

Water UK's Steve Ntifo, environment and science adviser, and Bruce Horton, policy development adviser, discuss the role of energy from sludge in cutting carbon emissions

Odour surveying leads by the nose

Surveying can be the most practicable and cost-effective way of delivering smell-free wastewater treatment in residential areas, argues Bryan Pickering, principal process engineer at MWH

Fieldbus moves into the mainstream

Ian Sully, managing director of Auma Actuators' UK operation, explains the advantages and applications of bus protocols

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