Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

· VAT on labour-intensive activities can make repairing broken items too expensive, frustrating consumers who want to avoid waste. Once the UK is no longer subject to EU VAT rules, it will have the power to zero-rate VAT on repairs. · The UK creates more e-waste per capita than any other country in the world, apart from Norway.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Scottish Environment Protection Agency staff and their work tackling waste crime were featured as part of investigative journalism programme BBC Disclosure on Monday 31 January at 7pm. SEPA says it launched a dedicated intelligence and enforcement function in October 2019 to deal with those types of growing activities.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Global Potential of Biogas report estimates industry greenhouse gases abatement potential at 12% of today’s global emissions. SHV Energy, ENGIE, SUEZ latest companies to join WBA’s existing members to identify road map to achieve this potential. We look forward to joining forces with like-minded stakeholders to make this happen.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Global Potential of Biogas report estimates industry greenhouse gases abatement potential at 12% of today’s global emissions. SHV Energy, ENGIE, SUEZ latest companies to join WBA’s existing members to identify road map to achieve this potential. We look forward to joining forces with like-minded stakeholders to make this happen.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 3, 2023

The UK government announced the disbursement of over £80 million funding on 28 June, intended to give a boost to a range of projects geared towards ditching fossil fuels in favour of cleaner energy sources. Projects include hydrogen-powered cornflake production and low-carbon Scottish whisky distillation. million from the government.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2021

A filtration system fuelled by whisky co-products is being developed by researchers to sustainably extract rare and valuable metals – including gold, silver, and palladium – from waste electronics using a new combined biological and chemical approach. million tonnes of waste electronics. million tonnes of waste electronics.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Solar powered Zephyr® monitor installed on a post. Engineering consulting firm Tetra Tech is using Zephyr® air quality monitors from air quality expert EarthSense as part of its dust monitoring service.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

A next-generation water recycling system, unveiled by water infrastructure systems specialist SDS, will seemingly boost business sector efforts to save water by offering significantly improved investment returns for commercial developers and operators. In this way the system saves energy, too.”. SDS Greywater Reuse System.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

Particulate matter concentration levels are now five to ten levels greater than that recommended by the World Health Organisation, with the situation predicted to worsen as populations grow and industrialization accelerates.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

Human activity generates 105bn tonnes of organic wastes (food waste, sewage and garden wastes, food and drink processing wastes, and farm and agricultural wastes) annually by human activity. However, only 2% of those wastes are currently being effectively managed. ” says David Newman, President of WBA.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2022

Joseph Doherty is managing director of waste management services firm Re-Gen Waste. Joseph Doherty of Re-Gen Waste welcomes the consultation on the Packaging Recovery Note (PRN). The primary purpose of the Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) should be to provide evidence of recycling and monitor progress towards meeting targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

With 2020 now upon us, Andrew Brady, UK CEO of EMR (formerly European Metal Recycling) reflects on what has changed in his sector since the start of the millennium, and offers perspective on its growing importance and the challenges that lie ahead. Economic growth has driven ongoing demand for waste metals since 2000.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2020

.” Via the app, organisations can arrange collection of their redundant IT equipment for secure recycling. With tech companies still pushing the latest models and constant upgrades of hardware, the IT sector continues to fail at dealing with the cascade of global e-waste generated – 53.6 Very, very few as far as I’m aware.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

More than half of the winners cited energy saving as key to their plans for success and a third were named winners for their innovation in becoming more efficient. A new Energy Transition Scotland Award was also added to the categories this year. It has also reused waste materials to landscape and create community spaces.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Individual bearings use relatively little energy, but as they are in such widespread use and are also one of the most frequently replaced components, the sustainability of the bearings you use matters. By applying the 3 Rs of the waste hierarchy – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – to this category of component, we can make a genuine difference.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In the years since 2015’s Paris Climate Accord, many industrial businesses have begun using carbon offsetting strategies to balance the emissions of their operations. For most industries, a better option is to reduce the carbon intensity of operations with carbon reduction technologies and strategies.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 12, 2022

An innovative new project is ‘distilling’ residues from Scotland’s famous whisky industry into sustainable, green energy. The successful trial involving Scottish Water, SEPA and major distiller Chivas Brothers saw distillery residue brought into Aberdeen’s Nigg Waste Water Treatment Works for the first time, with promising results.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In a modern world where storage infrastructure is increasingly prevalent, an organisation’s usage of technology and digital tools can make up a significant proportion of its carbon footprint. What’s next?

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Instrumentation firm VEGA Controls looks at performance issues that can arise with an aspect of automation that is a popular fixture in the water industry. These include: food and dairy, pulp and paper, abattoirs and special aggregates industries. The technique is used in the same way in both industrial and municipal settings.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 21, 2021

A next-generation smart greywater-recycling system has been installed at a residential development in one of London’s most exclusive neighbourhoods. Accurate usage calculations. Supplied by water infrastructure specialist SDS, it is one of the first installations of the technology in the UK. Reduced mains water demand. “In

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Business Green

JULY 3, 2020

By 2025, Pandora, the world's largest jewelry brand by volume, will use 100 per cent recycled silver and gold in its products. As it stands, 71 percent of the silver and gold in Pandora jewelry comes from recycled sources. Recycling metals uses fewer resources than mining new metals.

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 10, 2023

Green Building Council (USGBC), is catalyzing a new generation of inclusive, healthy, high-performance, sustainable cities worldwide. We’re working with community partners to ensure we’re building a more resilient energy system for the future.” On Tuesday, the city announced it has achieved LEED Gold.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2019

According to a national study by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, concern about the environment is currently polling at its highest level since 2008. Emissions from petrol or diesel fuel usage are likely to be the biggest pollutants of any fleet business. Being better with maintenance.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2022

With East Anglia the fastest growing region in the UK, the wetlands initiative is a major step forward to improving resilience through the power of nature without the need for carbon-hungry infrastructure and additional chemical usage.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2023

According to the World Bank, agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity, and feed a projected 9.7 Water can be recycled, and pesticides are almost completely unnecessary. Again, accurate monitoring and control is vital. billion people by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2023

” Set against a background of the limited availability of electric or other zero emission plant the programme shows the potential of lowering the carbon footprint of plant used in the company’s recycling, waste, construction and demolition operations.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The winning Lighthouse organisations, named so because they are shining a light for others to follow, have developed new ways of using technology, finance or partnerships, including circularity in their practice, to reduce their impact in water-stressed regions, or build resilience in their local water systems.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2020

How Pandora hopes to reach 100% recycled silver and gold Deonna Anderson Mon, 06/29/2020 – 16:55 By 2030, Pandora, the world’s largest jewelry brand by volume, will use 100 percent recycled silver and gold in its products. As it stands, 71 percent of the silver and gold in Pandora jewelry comes from recycled sources.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2021

Salesforce tower in downtown San Francisco: The software firm was lauded for its support for blackwater reuse in a commercial high-rise building. Brave Blue World Foundation founder Paul O’Callaghan said: “Every industry has a vanguard; the pioneers we will all come to follow. It has also achieved a 50% reduction in energy savings.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Will Rogers is health and safety director at Eco Verde Energy, a firm that provides operational, advisory and back office support to anaerobic digestion plants. Will Rogers of Eco Verde Energy (EVE) shares insight into how AD plants specifically can provide a safer working environment for operators. Adoption of a new technology.

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Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

Here are the categories for recognition at the May 2023 Sustainable Facilities Forum recently held at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Sacramento, California: State Building Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Local Government Pioneer (There were two awardees in this category for 2023.)

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Whether combusting biogas in the food waste recycling market or as part of blended energy programmes for some of the world’s largest manufacturing organisations, CHP is fast-emerging as a key part of our future energy landscape. The gas flows through an expander, which causes a generator to spin and produce power.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 18, 2021

This also reduces our energy consumption within the lab. Asynt describes itself as a leading supplier of affordable products, consumables and services for chemists in industry and academia. Professor Nuno Maulide said one of his group’s research interests is the development of atom-economical chemical processes.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2020

Dr Akmez Nabeerasool, senior product manager at industrial water recycling specialist Arvia Technology , discusses advances in the post-treatment purification of water polluted by persistent traces of agrochemicals. Our natural water drainage and usage systems face a multiplicity of challenges. Turning tides.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Event runs with the slogan: ‘Recycle it all, no matter how small!’. And, despite their valuable gold, copper, silver, palladium and other recyclable components, experts expect a majority will disappear into drawers, closets, cupboards or garages, or be tossed into waste bins bound for landfills or incineration 1, 2.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

An EU project is attempting to lead the European electronics industry towards more sustainable materials, design, manufacturing methods, and improved circularity and energy efficiency, writes Finnish research group VTT. According to the World Economic Forum , 53 million tonnes of electronic waste was discarded in 2019.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

KCI’s new terminal is first in Midwest to achieve LEED Gold certification and second in the country As the largest single infrastructure project in the city’s history, and with sustainability at the forefront, Kansas City’s new airport terminal has reached new milestones for green building in the region and beyond.

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