More of the EU’s broken fridges, phones and gadgets are set to be collected and recycled, following MEPs’ approval on Thursday of new targets agreed with Council. The update to Waste Electrical and El...
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Parsons Brinckerhoff, the global engineering consultant, has signed a four-year contract with the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to provide technical support for the development of an un...
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The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea wears the crown for having most successfully tackled its fly-tipping problem over the past year, reducing the incidence of such dirty deeds by 88%, according...
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Adidas, the world’s second largest sportswear brand, has responded to the Greenpeace ’Detox’ challenge by committing to zero discharge of hazardous chemicals throughout its entire supply chain and...
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Tyre recycling plants from Eldan Recycling A/S (Denmark) are all of modular design. The tyre plants are “Multi-Size” giving the customer total control of the production of a wide range of output siz...
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Marilyn Heiman, director of the Pew Environment Group’s U.S. Arctic Program, issued the following statement in response to today’s release of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Arctic Ocean science r...
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A Judge turned the tables on an oil company today by asking it to release its secret Arctic Oil Spill Response Plan instead of granting it the multi million euro injunction it was seeking to end Green...
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The international community, gathered today at the pledging conference in Kiev, is contributing additional €550 million to the efforts to transform the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant into an environmen...
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The fact that the world’s leading synthetic rubber company Lanxess (Australia) has brought forward its plans to build a new butyl rubber facility in Singapore is a strong message for all Australian co...
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The operation and decommissioning of nuclear sites and the operation of non-nuclear sectors such as medicine, oil and gas facilities is forecast to produce significant quantities of very low level rad...
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Riverkeeper (USA) has filed a legal petition forcing the EPA to take action on a rule that sets the standards for how toxic cement kiln dust (CKD) is managed by cement producers around the country. Th...
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PROPOSED EU e-waste targets are achievable if businesses ‘pull their weight’, says a leading recycling industry expert.
Business owners must tighten up their practices to comply with new policies, as...
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Yellow Shield (UK) is pleased to announce the launch of a new generation of neutralising spill kits. These exciting new products include:
Acid neutralising chemical spill kits
Alkali neutr...
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The established range of 3M magnetically driven, sealless pumps has been extended with new models being introduced including the CT MAG-MS, a peripheral multistage metallic mag-drive pump. Available f...
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Industrial filtration and waste treatment specialist, Micromac Filtration (UK), has successfully completed a major refurbishment project on a Biotower operated by Augean Treatment Ltd. It was the firs...
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