Single-use plastics to be banned in Wales in 2021
PLASTIC straws, cutlery and polystyrene food and drink containers are to be banned in Wales as part of wider measures to make Wales 'the...
Sewage monitoring could provide an early warning of COVID-19 outbreaks, says research
WASTEWATER in sewage systems could provide a quicker and earlier indication of the spread of the COVID-19 virus, according research led by Newcastle University.
The...
New scheme for technologies producing hydrogen from biomass opens for applications
Today the government has launched a new programme to help develop innovative technologies to produce hydrogen from sustainable biomass and waste.
Backed with £5 million...
Electricity efficiency not ideal for Capacity Market
Government has determined that electricity demand projects are not ideally suited for participation in the Capacity Market; instead, Electricity Demand Reduction would be more...
Arla Foods applies for self-supply water license
Leeds-based Arla Foods Limited has applied for a retail water licence and sewerage licence
(“WSSL”), restricted to self-supply from water regulator Ofwat.
Arla Foods is a...
Nearly half UK carbon footprint is from overseas emissions, says report
NEARLY half the UK’s carbon footprint comes from emissions released overseas to satisfy UK-based consumption, according to a new report by University of Leeds.
Products...
Apprenticeship system is failing people from disadvantaged backgrounds, says report
WORKERS from disadvantaged backgrounds are being left behind by the apprenticeship system, with numbers slumping by more than a third since the introduction of...
Electric vehicles and low carbon technology to increase quickly at north of Scotland, says...
NORTHERN Scotland’s roads could see 116 times the number of electric vehicles by 2032, according to Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN).
The future electricity scenario...
Scotland launches £62m energy sector recovery fund
LAST week, a multi-million pound fund was announced by the Scottish Government to help the energy sector recover from the dual economic impacts of...
‘We have to understand more on how illnesses transfer to help prevent pandemics like...
THE UK should invest in better understanding of diseases in wildlife populations, and the routes to these becoming human diseases to drastically reduce the...
