Waste and Emissions News
Ridgways are GREEN
For the past 15 years we have been working with a charity that specialises in the re-use of old shoes. Th ...
Wednesday, August 17,2011
Giant rubbish islands threaten China's dams and bridges
Rivers choked with islands of debris after recent floods, threatening to block floodgates of dams and top ...
Wednesday, August 4,2010
BP gets wake-up call and 32 billion dollar in spill charges
BP Plc's newly named chief executive on Tuesday called the Gulf oil spill a "wake-up call" for the entire ...
Wednesday, July 28,2010
'Too early' to determine Gulf spill fallout
The UK oil and gas industry has said it does not expect a backlash against deep water drilling in the wak ...
Wednesday, July 7,2010
Global carbon emissions steady for first time since 1992
Global carbon emissions steady for first time since 1992Drop in rich countries' emissions caused by reces ...
Friday, July 2,2010
UK firm Octel bribed Iraqis to keep buying toxic fuel additive
UK firm Octel bribed Iraqis to keep buying toxic fuel additiveExclusive: Officials in Iraq were bribed to ...
Thursday, July 1,2010
BP oil spill: The sums just don't add up for Kevin Costner's clean machine
We could be waiting millions of years before the Hollywood star's 'clean machines' wash BP's oil from the ...
Thursday, June 17,2010
President likens the impact of oil spill to that of 9/11
President Barack Obama has compared the Gulf of Mexico oil spill to the 9/11 terror attacks because of th ...
Tuesday, June 15,2010
Fishing gear bigger threat to birds than oil
More seabirds have been killed by fishing gear in the past 10 years in European Union waters than by oil ...
Tuesday, June 8,2010
Gulf oil spill: US begins criminal investigations
The US government has begun criminal and civil investigations into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Attorney ...
Wednesday, June 2,2010
BP clashes with scientists over deep sea oil pollution
Obama team 'incensed at being kept in the dark' as company denies existence of underwater oil clouds. BP ...
Tuesday, June 1,2010
Nine-bin recycling system introduced
Families are being forced to separate their rubbish into nine different bins in order to meet tough recyc ...
Tuesday, June 1,2010
Scientists forecast decades of ash clouds
Many more of Iceland’s volcanoes seem to be stirring - THE Icelandic eruption that has caused misery fo ...
Tuesday, June 1,2010
Oil, risk and technology: Choices we need to make
The oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico should be a wake-up call to governments and energy companies, argues W ...
Friday, May 28,2010
Gulf oil spill: BP says 'top kill' plug going to plan
BP says its operation to pump mud into a breached Gulf of Mexico oil well to try to stem the flow of oil ...
Thursday, May 27,2010
US may bar BP from federal contracts as oil closes beaches
The Obama administration is studying options to bar BP from receiving federal contracts - a move that cou ...
Monday, May 24,2010
Obama takes tougher line on oil spill
Obama administration directed more fire against BP, ordering it to provide daily updates on its efforts t ...
Friday, May 21,2010
BP's Update on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Response
BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of ...
Wednesday, May 19,2010
BP oil spill siphon catches 1,000 barrels a day
BP shares rose more than 2.5pc on Monday after the oil company said it was capturing about a fifth of the ...
Monday, May 17,2010
BP readies dome to stem Gulf of Mexico oil spill
A steel dome designed to cap the damaged oil well polluting the Gulf of Mexico will hopefully be operatio ...
Thursday, May 13,2010
Englands Best Beaches
England's cleanest beaches and the best places for swimming in the sea are revealed, with 150 locations a ...
Thursday, May 13,2010
Gulf oil spill: plugging the leak
BP engineers may try to bung up the Deepwater Horizon leak by pumping debris such as bits of tyres and go ...
Tuesday, May 11,2010
100-tonne box to prevent oil spill
Deepwater team attempts to put 100-tonne box over blown-out oil well - 'Cofferdam' has never been used in ...
Friday, May 7,2010
Oil spill: US communities watch, uncertain
Along the southern shore of Dauphin Island, troops from the Alabama National Guard splash in the warm sha ...
Thursday, May 6,2010
BP fights oil spill with welding torches, cash
BP Plc sought to stem the damage from a giant oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico with technology, welding to ...
Wednesday, May 5,2010
Oil spill reaches US coastline
Louisiana declares a state of emergency amid reports that oil from gulf rig Deepwater Horizon has hit mou ...
Friday, April 30,2010
Volcano had little impact on air quality
The recent eruptions of the Icelandic volcano has little impact on air quality across the rest of Europe. ...
Thursday, April 29,2010
Q&A: Deepwater oil disaster
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig oil spill is becoming one of the worst spills ever seen in the Gulf of ...
Thursday, April 29,2010
Gulf of Mexico oilspill spreads
An oil spill from a leaking underwater well grew to cover 1,900 square miles of the Gulf of Mexico on Mon ...
Tuesday, April 27,2010
The great 'real' nappy debate
Ethical Consumer's Dan Welch asks whether parents should ditch the eco-angst this Real Nappy Week Ethical ...
Monday, April 26,2010
Blackpool - fall foul of packaging waste rules
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has become the latest in a string of big names to fall foul of packaging waste r ...
Friday, April 16,2010
Iceland volcano: UK flights grounded for second day
Flights across the UK are to remain grounded for a second day as volcanic ash from Iceland drifts across ...
Friday, April 16,2010
Volcanic ash disrupts northern Europe air traffic
Air traffic in much of northern Europe was halted Thursday by ash from a volcanic eruption in Iceland, av ...
Thursday, April 15,2010
Tackling litter has just got a lot messier for you
Spring is a month late this year, by which I mean a month later than any year in the past decade. Spring ...
Tuesday, April 6,2010
Beach litter survey reveals plastics toll
Piles of plastic rubbish, ranging from thousands of drinks bottles and carrier bags to a joke severed fin ...
Monday, March 29,2010
Why don't we use urinals in the home?
The use of urinals has never taken off in the home – would you ever consider installing one? Urinals se ...
Monday, March 29,2010
Beijing to sweeten stench of rubbish crisis with giant deodorant guns
High-pressure fragrance sprays will be installed at Asuwei dump, one of several hundred overflowing landf ...
Friday, March 26,2010
The air in there
Air pollution levels in homes are often two to five times higher than outdoors, but you can improve the h ...
Wednesday, March 24,2010
Something in the air in Mexico City - less pollution
Long famous as one of the world's most polluted megalopolises, gritty Mexico City is beginning to see the ...
Tuesday, March 23,2010
Indian environmentalists to take lead from UK Counterparts
A prominent Indian environmentalist will meet leaders of the UK Green party today in his attempt to set u ...
Friday, March 19,2010
Hazourdous Algae Caused by Farming Pesticides
Its rugged northern coastline is a favourite summer destination for Britons. But holidaymakers have been ...
Friday, March 19,2010
Sting in the tail of the big chill: miles of potholes and piles of rubbish
Potholes in their thousands are emerging as the cold spell continues, with road user groups calling yeste ...
Tuesday, March 2,2010
China to Move Residents Near Smelter
China plans to move 15,000 residents in its biggest lead smelting area away from the plants in order to a ...
Monday, October 19,2009
Gas Leaks - Low cost Fix, High Impact Saving
To the naked eye, there was nothing to be seen at a natural gas well in eastern Texas but beige pipes and ...
Thursday, October 15,2009
It's not all about the C02
As the UN climate summit in Copenhagen approaches, we must remember that 50% of climate change is caused ...
Thursday, September 17,2009
Environment Agency concerns over increase in Algae
The green seaweed saps oxygen from water - meaning other marine life cannot survive - and spreads, taking ...
Tuesday, September 1,2009
Chinese Children Suffer Lead Poisoning
Public health officials are now testing more than 850 children from a village in Shaanxi Province, centra ...
Friday, August 14,2009
Reducing Air Pollution Could Prevent Millions of Deaths
A recent report produced by the Netherlands Environment Agency has highlighted how reducing air pollution ...
Wednesday, July 29,2009
Goverments proposals are paper thin!
Well, at least that clears up the mystery. Over the past year I've been fretting over an intractable cont ...
Tuesday, July 14,2009
Carbon Neutral Airlines by 2020?
The world's airlines have committed to achieve carbon neutral growth by 2020, the head of the global avia ...
Tuesday, June 9,2009
Is zero carbon building agenda setting expectations too high?
The chief executive of a leading consultancy has said that the quest for zero carbon buildings is good fo ...
Thursday, May 14,2009
China Looks at Putting a Tax on Carbon
A study is being developed by China's Ministry of Finance that explores the impacts and effects of levyin ...
Tuesday, May 12,2009
Ghost Fishing Damaging Ocean Life a New Report Claims
A new report has stated that fishing nets dropped into the world's seas have the potential to cause "ghos ...
Monday, May 11,2009
Toxic Hotspots - A Problem We Can Solve
600 million people around the world could die young from toxic waste, as a result of poor industry practi ...
Friday, May 8,2009
UK to Study C02 Impact on Oceans
A scientific study has been launched by the British government looking into ocean acidification. The st ...
Friday, May 8,2009
Lower C02 for Biofuels
US to rule on Biofuel, Catch 22. More fuel, less trees? United States President Barack Obama's administ ...
Thursday, May 7,2009
When Black Bags Go Green
Yes you can Recycle from mixed waste Boffins in Germany believe that it is technically feasible to ...
Wednesday, May 6,2009
Solid Carbon Fix?
Turning C02 into Solid Rock Scientists in Iceland are confident they can dispose of up 30,000 tonnes of ...
Wednesday, May 6,2009
Ship Emissions Kill Thousands
A recent study has revealed that approximately 40,000 people a year around Europe are dying prematurely a ...
Wednesday, May 6,2009
Air Pollution?
Air Pollution Stimulates C02 Conversion by Plants Another Spanner in the Works? Air pollution may b ...
Wednesday, May 6,2009