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Scotland records accelerated fall in trade waste (Fri, 18 May 2012)
Commercial waste arisings are falling at a faster rate than household waste across Scotland according to official figures released yesterday (May 17).
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New Thames Tunnel consultation set to launch (Fri, 18 May 2012)
Thames Water has unveiled plans to launch an additional four-week consultation round on amendments to its proposed Thames Tunnel project.
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Scottish airport and university slash emissions (Fri, 18 May 2012)
A greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction scheme has seen Edinburgh Airport and Edinburgh Napier University become the first organisations to pass the standard.
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O2 unveils carbon footprint of its services (Fri, 18 May 2012)
Telecoms giant O2 has joined forces with the Carbon Trust to measure the carbon footprint of its services - becoming, it has claimed, the first network operator to gain certification.
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Consumers sitting on e-waste cash mountain (Fri, 18 May 2012)
British households are individually throwing away £800 worth of electrical appliances every year that could be reused or recycled according to new research.
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Nestlé shows real bottle in lightweight packaging (Fri, 18 May 2012)
Nestlé Waters claims to have developed the UK's lightest bottled water product with the opening of its new £35m production factory in Buxton last week.
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Negative energy price spikes can be halved, says Davey (Fri, 18 May 2012)
Climate change polices could slash volatility in global oil, gas and coal prices by 50% by 2050, energy secretary Ed Davey has claimed.
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Business engagement will drive economy, says Ofwat (Thu, 17 May 2012)
Managing business customer expectations and creating a sustainable water supply legacy needs to be the challenge water companies address, according to Thames Water and Ofwat.
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Delay to Solar tariff cut is confirmed (Thu, 17 May 2012)
DECC confirmed today that the next round of cuts to the Feed-in Tariff for solar PV has been 'delayed'.
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ECCC told its time to start replacing North Sea oil (Thu, 17 May 2012)
Britain needs to de-fossilise its ground transport sector before the 'bonanza' of North Sea oil runs out says Sir David King, director of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.
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Waste acquisitions hit record high in 2011 (Thu, 17 May 2012)
Last year saw a record number of merger and acquisition deals in the waste sector despite a 15% fall in material arisings and continuing concerns around access to finance.
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CRC 'stealth tax' damaging attempts to cut carbon (Thu, 17 May 2012)
New research being presented to Parliament today (May 17) indicates that attempts to encourage some of the UK's largest organisations to cut carbon have been hit by a change in government policy.
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Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland appoints new chief executive (Wed, 16 May 2012)
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has appointed Dr Brian Motherway as chief executive officer.
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Sustainability reporting needs board level buy-in, says Defra (Wed, 16 May 2012)
Businesses must take a long-term view to sustainability reporting if they want create cost savings, improve resource efficiency and attract investors, according to a Defra spokesperson.
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Localism is 'failing' waste planning, says LGA leader (Wed, 16 May 2012)
The new duty to cooperate may not be sufficient to deliver the UK's urgently needed waste infrastructure, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.
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EDF unveils funding pot for SMEs (Wed, 16 May 2012)
A new low-carbon venture capital fund for SMEs in the energy sector has been launched by EDF and Idinvest Partners.
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Premiership football club kicks off carbon outreach project (Wed, 16 May 2012)
Fulham Football Club has teamed up with Veolia to engage with young people on the importance of green issues through a 'carbon boot print' initiative.
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Water companies react to British Water survey (Wed, 16 May 2012)
Northumbrian Water has come first in the latest Water Company Performance survey run by British Water and based on the views of supply chain stakeholders, the third year running it has claimed the top spot.
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ANALYSIS: Packaging, the new food waste saviour? (Tue, 15 May 2012)
Tesco has raised the stakes on the supermarket food waste front by announcing its second wave of packaging designed to keep produce fresher for longer.
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Joint legal challenge to wind farm plans (Tue, 15 May 2012)
The National Trust, English Heritage and East Northamptonshire Council (EHC) have hit back at plans for a wind farm to be built near a Grade-1 listed site in Northamptonshire.
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