News from 2 June 2006 on edie

Climate policies to cut pollution-related deaths

Europe's climate policies could prevent 20,000 premature deaths a year by cutting ozone and fine particle pollution, a new report from the European Environment Agency has found.

Daredevil rodent dodges death

A quick-footed hamster has become the latest pet to survive a death defying run through a Materials Recovery Facility.

Environmental Consultancy Survey 2006: who is king of the experts?

The annual edie consultancy survey is back to quiz consultants and their customers on reputation, performance and how they compare to competitors.

Public should help save water, drought summit agrees

Water industry and government representatives agreed to join forces to involve consumers in tackling the drought, which continues despite the wettest May in decades.

Radioactive Champagne could be fruit of nuclear energy

Radioactive waste from a nuclear dump site in the Champagne region of France could be leaking into water used to produce the famous bubbly, Greenpeace has warned.

Youth council gives green light to recycling lessons

An online resource designed to get school children recycling from an early age has been launched by a waste management firm.

Northern Ireland’s water works set for major overhaul

Water works in Northern Ireland are set to undergo a major overhaul, pulling drinking water quality up to EU standards by 2008 and increasing capacity, under the region's first public-private drinking water project.

Trade association considers Waste Strategy Review

Merlin Hyman, director of the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC), takes a critical look at the Government's Waste Strategy Review.

Circular economy

More plants needed to keep compost from landfill

Martin Grundon, managing director of West London Composting, writes about the first twelve months of running a cutting edge composting facility and predicts the need for 200 similar sized sites if the UK is to divert 6m tones of biodegradable waste from landfill by 2010.