Day: 1 January 2003

Black & Veatch’s Frank Rogalla looks at filter maintenance and operations

This article is the second part of a summary presenting the findings of information gathered from filtration plants at five sites in the UK, six filter units in Australia and 49 North American plants.

Living in a material world

From PVC to precious metals, sustainable materials use is about transition to a cyclic, resource recovery economy. And the sooner this is adopted by industry, the better, writes director of science at The Natural Step, Dr Mark Everard.

Improving quality

Results from laboratories can be inconsistent. The Agency's MCERTS scheme should bring a higher quality service to environmental managers. Melanie Brown reports

if you can’t stand the heat

Heat recovery in the food and drink industry could be improved. David Reay from Action Energy looks at the sector and explains how to do so

Feeling the heat

The need to switch to less carbon-intensive energy sources is widely accepted, but the Combined Heat & Power industry is struggling for survival, reports Simon Napper

Risky business

Many managers do not have an adequate understanding of environmental risk. EBM investigates

David Suzuki

Can a business be sustainable and still make money? You'd better believe it, says world-renowned environmental commentator, Professor David Suzuki. Interview by Peter Hughes

Recovering indirect economic loss

Maria Cull, from law firm Herbert Smith, analyses recent court rulings relating to industry and the environment

European Commission

The Commission has launched this year's work programme, setting out its priorities for 2003.

Increase in environmental infringement proceedings

Claire Monkhouse from the IEEP looks at the latest developments at the European Commission

ENERGY

Creating solar-enriched fuels

WASTE

Reducing pollution from oil processing

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