Welsh Government aims to halve food waste by 2025
The Welsh Government has announced ambitious plans to have food waste by 2025. The Welsh cabinet secretary, Lesley Griffiths said
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Northumbrian Water to plant moss trees to combat pollution
Pollution-absorbing moss trees could be used to help make towns and cities healthier places to live and work, as part
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Blazing a trail for the next generation of environmentalists
As the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management’s (CIWEM) young environmentalist of the year, Matthew Jack is passionate about
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Khan publishes new draft environment strategy
London mayor Sadiq Khan has unveiled the details of his new draft environment strategy, which aims to make the capital
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Integration is the key to sustainable transport systems, says report
Civic leaders and planners will need to take a more integrated and tech-savvy approach if they are to develop sustainable
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War of words over energy-from-waste overcapacity figures
The Environmental Services Association has slammed figures released today which claim the UK will reach overcapacity in energy-from-waste infrastructure by
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Craft beer’s war against waste
In recent years, there has been an explosion in the number of independent craft beer brewers around the country. And
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Illegal waste operators targeted by new partnership
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) and the Environment Agency have launched a new partnership to fight waste crime and illegal
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Communal energy project aims for UK first
A pilot community energy project in Nottingham is aiming to help generate an income for local residents by combining solar
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Ministers accused of ‘passing the buck’ on air quality
The government has been accused of ‘passing the buck’ after ministers finally published the details of its new air quality
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Forty years of fighting flood risks
There are not many people who can claim to have spent more than 40 years keeping our rivers and coasts
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Splitting from European energy market could push up costs, report warns
The UK government must keep co-operating with the EU post-Brexit on energy and climate change, according to a new report.
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UK’s first geothermal power station seeks investors
The peer-to-peer funding platform Abundance is to launch an investment bond for the first commercial geothermal power station in the
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New anaerobic digestion plant opens in London
A state-of-the-art anaerobic digestion plant has opened in London. The ReFood Dagenham plant will convert inedible food waste into renewable
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Standing up for transport in the south east
The chair of the newly-formed Transport for the South East group says authorities will speak with ‘one voice’ to develop
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Green Building Council calls for carbon target
The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) has called for the establishment of a whole-life carbon target for the infrastructure industry.
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New ADEPT president urges government to ‘get off the fence’
The new president of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) has urged the government to
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Coalition warns parks in danger of falling into further neglect
Parks and green spaces in UK towns and cities are in danger of falling further into neglect, a group of
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Research predicts EVs to make up majority of new car sales by 2040
Electric vehicles (EVs) will make up the majority (54 per cent) of new car sales worldwide by 2040, new research
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Orkney Islands buys wave energy machine
Orkney Islands Council has bought a defunct marine energy generator for £1. The council bought the Pelamis P2 device for
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