Day: 8 March 2007

Water treatment wakes up to oxygen

Oxygen is catching up with air in the world of water treatment as costs are pushed down, opening up the way for smaller, more efficient water treatment plants.

London publishes guide to local energy production

As part of the drive to reduce the city's reliance on energy from the National Grid, the London Energy Partnership has published an in depth guide on how a local supply might work in practice.

Commission ‘astonished’ at lack of urban environmental policy

While the means to improve the urban environment already exist much more needs to be done to encourage their employment, according to a damning report published by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution this week.

SEPA seeks environmentalists as ‘eyes and ears’

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Energy efficiency is a laughing matter

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UK calls for clarity on future of ETS

Business, Government and environmentalists have drawn up a manifesto calling on the rest of Europe to take the necessary steps to ensure the future of an effective Emissions Trading Scheme.

Waste-to-energy plants link Merseyside with Thailand

Merseyside and Thailand's city of Chiang Mai are set to become the first locations for cutting edge waste-to-energy plants producing biomass fuel and electricity from mixed waste.

Bio-plastic bag boom ‘imminent’

'Eco-plastic bags' are about to get greener with a new process that replaces petrol derivatives with sunflower oil. The new material will make its entry just as vegetable-derived plastic market is set to rocket, with both France and Italy soon to ban single-use non-biodegradable bags.

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