Day: 25 January 2006

Low-flush toilets top water efficiency measures

Low-flush toilets and promotion and publicity have come top of a league table of water efficiency measures.

EPA devises faster new ways of testing water quality

The US EPA has developed new tools and methods to assess the water quality of rivers streams and beach water.

Scrapping OFR was not death knell for environmental reporting – Defra

Defra and the Dti have gone on a PR offensive this week to try to convince a dubious business world that scrapping the OFR did not mean that Government had stopped caring about companies reporting on environmental performance.

South East Regional Assembly calls for mandatory building controls

The South east England Regional Assembly has called for proposed design standards for sustainable homes to be made mandatory.

UK number five in global eco-league table

The UK has been ranked fifth in a poll of 133 countries' environmental performance.

Land remediation yearbook 2006 published

The EIC has published its Land Remediation Yearbook for 2006 to provide a reference source on the land remediation industry and its future prospects.

Lax lawmaking leaves RoHS in chaos

Whether by error or omission many European states have botched attempts to add new hazardous substance laws to their statute books, according to industry groups.

Marine energy could provide major boost for UK and Europe

Marine energy could produce up to 20% of the UK's current electricity needs and provide a long-term global business opportunity for European industry worth at least £600 billion.

Plastics protocol to track packing waste

A voluntary protocol that gives clear guidance on keeping tabs on plastic packaging waste has been launched to restore confidence in the existing system following a raft of scams and scandals.

Gosport manages contaminated land with GGP

IT - information technology - is an essential management tool across a wide range of environmental and waste management operations and services. In this special feature LAWE reports on recent developments and case studies of IT in action

Pushing out the boundaries of air quality monitoring

Cameron Stathers, Sales Manager for Casella ETi, outlines how technology will revolutionise the routine boundary measurement of methane at landfill sites as an extremely cost effective and reliable alternative to the traditional hand-held or open path techniques.

On-board weighing plays key role in recycling

As landfill taxes increase and recycling targets rise local authorities are investing in programmes of waste reduction and more recycling. This is stimulating the demand for equipment such as PM Onboard's WasteWeigh" system for waste vehicle payload and its accredited and patented BinWeigh" system for weighing the amount of waste and recyclables in wheeled bins as they are being emptied. A programme currently under way at Worcester illustrates the major and increasing role weighing systems are playing in waste and recycling management

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