Day: 8 March 2002

UK government launches renewables export drive

In a bid to help Britain gain a foothold in the expanding global market for renewables, the UK government has established a support centre in Aberdeen to guide potential manufacturers and suppliers through the government’s renewables programme.

Number of rivers and coastal areas designated ‘sensitive’

Stretches of four rivers have been designated by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) as areas sensitive to nitrates, under the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, and 180 coastal areas have been declared sensitive areas with regards to bathing water.

Environment Agency UK Environmental Awareness Survey

Please help us to find out what environmental issues UK businesses are facing. All responses will be strictly confidential and will earn you the chance to win a state-of-the-art Fuji digital camera worth £250. This questionnaire is only open to companies within the UK.

Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor calls for more nuclear power plants

Professor David King, the Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor, has stated that the UK needs to revive its nuclear power station building programme if it is to reach targets on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, reports the BBC.

Getting ahead in greenwaste shredding

Based in Glasgow, recycling machinery specialist Doppstadt (UK) Ltd has seen record sales of its shredders in the last twelve months, and is consolidating its position in the composting sector this year following the sale of two AK430 high speed hammermill shredders for greenwaste processing in the last five weeks.

Factories reduce their cancer-causing emissions in England and Wales

Carcinogenic chemical emissions from English and Welsh factories have been reduced by 40% since 1998, according to Friends of the Earth’s (FoE) analysis of the Environment Agency’s pollution inventory.

Baltic still faces serious threats from eutrophication and hazardous substances

At the annual meeting of the Helsinki Commission on the protection of the Baltic Sea (HELCOM), the organisation’s chairman has stated that pollution still threatens the Sea, although it was acknowledged that considerable work has been done to reduce the problem.

Marine use of biofuels floated as Florida’s first biodiesel marina opens for business

In one of the first US commercial operations to boost the use of biodiesel amongst marine users, the 190-berth marina at Fort Myers’ Gulf Harbour yacht & country club in Florida is to become the state’s first biodiesel fuel marina from March 11.

$8 million water pollution fine hits out at corporate environmental cost cutting

A US steel company which violated the US Clean Water Act over a seven year period has been fined $8,244,670 in the second highest penalty that a judge has awarded to the United States since the law was passed in 1972.

Top EPA official resigns in frustration

A top US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official has resigned from the organisation, stating that he is frustrated with continual delays in reducing air emissions from nine power companies that produce a quarter of the country’s sulphur dioxide emissions.

Ireland may have to export glass for recycling

Following the closure of an Irish glass factory, which, last year, recycled the bulk of the country’s waste glass, industry and government fear that in the future, glass will have to be sent abroad for recycling.

Underground aquifers clean water for recycling

A study by a leading Australian research organisation has revealed that the storage of wastewater and storm runoff water in underground aquifers purges it of disease-causing organisms, allowing the water to then be recycled for irrigation.

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