Day: 24 January 2007

Environmental fund invests in coal

News in Brief

War is eco-hell says UN

While a major oil spill might have been the most obvious environmental disaster to come out of the brief exchange of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah last summer, its impact on the region was just the tip of the iceberg according to the UN.

Illegal logging high on Asia-Pacific agenda

It has been a good week for trees, with Australia and the UK agreeing to work together to tackle illegal logging whilst EU diplomats thrash out a deal with Malaysian authorities to ensure full accountability of the forest nation's timber exports.

Edie is just the job for careers

Regular users of this site will have noticed that in recent months we've upped our efforts to meet the needs of jobseekers and employers trying to fill important posts.

Commerce produces more waste than industry in Scotland

Regulators in Scotland have, for the first time, taken an inventory of waste produced by the business sector.

Air quality dips despite increased efforts

While measures to tackle many airborne pollutants appear to be working, we're still losing the war against ozone and particulates according to statistics published by the Government this week.

Chemical hazard

Designing and specifying storage tanks is fraught with risk. Lee Forbes reports
Health and safety and environmental liabilities are increasingly placed on specifiers, purchasers, end-users and manufacturers of tanks for hazardous or non-hazardous liquids. So, great care must be taken not just with the design of the basic tank and safety bund, but also with ancillary safety items. It is not uncommon for safety protection equipment to induce alternative risks.

Keeping standards high

Following a series of premature failures of sodium hypochlorite tanks due to the wrong materials being specified, the British Plastics Federation expresses concerns on the storage of sodium hypochlorite solutions in treatment plants

Save our sewers

Much has changed in the decade since the launch of the Campaign for the Renewal of Older Sewerage Systems. But we are still largely neglecting the infrastructure, writes co-founder Stephen Battersby

Best defence

A drainage project on Canvey Island in Essex was part of the Environment Agency's flood protection programme. The scheme is valued at £5.24M. Eric Briggadyke of Atkins Consulting reports

Keeping an eye on oxygen

Around 60-70% of a WwTW's energy costs can stem from the aeration of activated sludge. Graham Meller reports on Hach Lange's LDO - a dissolved oxygen sensor that helps eliminate excessive aeration

Burning dust: The hazards

With organic matter being banned from landfills, and high-quality solids required for agriculture, heat drying is an attractive option. Frank Rogalla of Black & Veatch reviews the hazards of drying, and presents ways of reducing safety incidents in design and operation of drying systems

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