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Day: 17 January 2007

Defra looks to climate-proof urban drainage

Finding new ways to ward off urban drainage flooding as flood risk rises together with temperatures are the objective of a series of pilot studies launched this week.

Crunch time for London waste debate

With Parliament looking set to turn down Ken Livingstone's request for a single authority to manage the capital's waste, the war of words between the boroughs and City Hall is hotting up and the Mayor has vowed to fight to the final whistle.

Plastic bottle recycling must double

With four out of five plastic bottles currently being binned in the UK a series of seminars has been launched to help councils and their contractors get to grips with the importance of recycling them and offer advice on how rates might be increased.

Forest fires major source of mercury emissions

It has long been recognised that burning forests release more than carbon, as the cocktail of chemicals absorbed by the trees as they grow is set free as they are consumed by fire.

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