Day: 27 September 2005

All organisations urged to adopt an EMS

Government officials have expressed disappointment that industry has not taken to environmental management systems in the same way it has adopted other voluntary standards encouraging good practice such as the Charter Mark and Investors in People.

Grant budget boost for Scottish renewables

An extra £250,000 has been awarded to a grant-assisted scheme set up to boost small scale renewable energy projects in Scotland.

Neglected Cape Town sewer system is ‘typhoid time bomb’

Historic under investment in Cape Town's sewer system has left the South African city vulnerable to an outbreak of waterborne disease.

Saving water now could avoid a summer ban

While rain may have returned to most of the UK water levels are still low and saving now could help abstractors avoid facing restrictions next year.

Singles drive up water demand Down Under

The growing trend of living alone is set to skew well-established models of water consumption in Australia's towns and cities.

New planning powers to speed Thames Gateway regeneration

Planning powers which will help shape one of the largest development projects the UK has ever seen are to be handed over to the specially-created Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation (TTGDC).

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