Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 3, 2024

Landowners don’t receive compensation when the Environment Agency effectively floods their fields to protect downstream houses and villages, despite the harm to their crops and livelihoods, and the CLA is calling for more support to repair the damage. It leaves us with a massive tidy-up bill and the support is laughable.”

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Soil Government 147

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 5, 2024

We started to ask around and one of our suppliers told us about a new robotic cutter on the market in Germany capable of operating at 40,000 pounds-per-square-inch with outstanding precision. This is the first of its kind to be used in the UK and one of only three worldwide, and it has made all the difference.

Waste 147

Waste Waste Technology Innovation 147

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

PFAS stands for per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and are colloquially called “forever chemicals” for their persistence in the environment. United States: A mixed approach to PFAS on a federal and state level The United States (US) is a key economic market for PFAS, but the approaches to PFAS regulations in the US are far from settled.

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Europe Health Pollution Asia 218

GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Let’s rid our work environments of the toxic smoke of dysfunction. Move us to another space?”. “No,” Sometimes they were, themselves, pumping that toxic smoke into their work environments. If anything, the pandemic has increased the pressure on us to deal with this suffering in isolation. Chris Gaither. It tasted foul.

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Sustainability Health Organic Energy 473

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 2, 2024

Retention ponds and wetlands constructed as part of major road schemes can reduce the quantities of tyre particles entering the aquatic environment by an average of 75%, new research appears to show. We used it to identify specific components of micro- and nanoplastics that can be unequivocally linked to vehicle tyre tread.

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Pollution Microplastics Construction Plastics 130

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

It's not up to us to decide for people what they want to eat, but it is up to us to make healthier and plant-based options accessible to all. It's not up to us to decide for people what they want to eat, but it is up to us to make healthier and plant-based options accessible to all. Pull Quote. Food Systems.

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Waste Waste Sustainability Agriculture 432

The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 21, 2022

We’ve all found ourselves thinking, “I use my phone way too much.” An average person in the US checks his phone at least 110 times a day. These in-app coins allow you to plant real trees so that you can aid the environment while also being productive. Recycle Coach. Conclusion.

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Sustainability Recycling Recycling Pollution 393

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2023

New laws will scrap the cap on civil penalties and significantly broaden their scope to target a much wider range of environmental offences On 15 August the Environment Agency launched a consultation on changes to variable monetary penalties – financial penalties that can be imposed for certain environmental offences.

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Pollution Government Law Investment 246

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Ships plying US waters have recently been slapped with heavy penalties and this might be the shape of things to come for shipping, as an ever wider net of regulatory enforcement emerges to protect marine ecosystems. It is really only in the US that we see consequences for non-compliance and this has been mainly on the administrative side.”

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Pollution Ethics Biodiversity Health 249

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

The Recycling Association has slammed as “nonsense” comments made by the head of the Environment Agency which seemed to question the legitimacy of exports of recyclate. “We’d like the Environment Agency to give us clear guidance on the quality we are permitted to export and our Members will meet it.”

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Recycling Recycling Waste Waste 204

Charged

APRIL 18, 2024

The first batch of Daimler Truck ’s electric RIZON models to be delivered in the US was recently supplied to customers in California, and more units are scheduled to follow. Manufactured in Japan, RIZON trucks are designed for urban and last-mile delivery applications and routes of up to 160 miles per day.

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Electricity Transportation Innovation Batteries 120

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For over three billion years, lifeforms have helped shape their own environment. As you know, one species – ours – is exceptionally good at changing our environment to suit us. Three are based on what we take from the system: biodiversity loss fresh water land use. Now there are 8 billion of us, and some of them are rich.

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Ocean acidification Ozone Plastics Biodiversity 234

Smart Energy International

APRIL 24, 2024

The centre will conduct critical research and provide real operational solutions to protect all of us as we address these challenges. We are thankful to Oak Ridge National Laboratory for partnering with us and Rep. Our students will get hands-on experience in a real-world environment.

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Power grid Resilience Technology Energy 115

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 27, 2022

The Serpentine is monitored by the Environment Agency which collects samples for bacteriological analysis every week between May and September. The ESNET system will therefore allow us to make informed decisions, whilst also enabling us to measure the impact of any improvement measures.”. The Serpentine ESNET location.

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Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Pollution 235

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 13, 2023

Businesses operating their own boiler, engine or generator for heat or power urged to check if they must register with SEPA Businesses that have been operating their own boiler, engine or generator for the production of heat or power are being urged to check whether they need to register with Scotland’s environment regulator as soon as possible.

Business Energy Monitoring 245

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Pollution 245

Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

We have received many letters from children about the environment asking us to remove single-use plastic packaging,” said LEGO Group CEO, Niels B Christiansen, in a statement. “We We have been exploring alternatives for some time and the passion and ideas from children inspired us to begin to make the change.”

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Plastics Packaging Recycling Recycling 240

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A first-of-its-kind national study appears to find that previously frozen winter nutrient pollution — unlocked by rising winter temperatures and rainfall — is putting water quality at risk in 40% of the US main landmass, including over 40 states. That’s a big problem that urgently needs addressing.”.

Pollution 246

Pollution Climate change Soil Government 246

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The services Adler and Allan offers, and their established position in the utilities market, allows us to offer our expert no dig technology services into more companies, providing a full turnkey package of frontline operational capability.”

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Climate change Innovation Packaging Pollution 147

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2023

Drainage and wastewater expert Lanes Group writes We are so pleased with the success of Unblocktober 2022, and the efforts that people made to change their habits and help the environment. On a wider scale, unhealthy drains can lead to huge issues for the environment as a whole, from wet wipe islands to microplastics and pollution.

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Microplastics Health Pollution Waste 221

Solar Industry

MARCH 22, 2024

“SolarCraft has been an incredible partner to us during our three solar expansions,” says Olivia Vain, Sweetwater Spectrum executive director. “We We strive to minimize our impact on the environment and SolarCraft has been instrumental in supporting us to achieve those goals.”

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Energy Energy 104

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 16, 2024

(left to right): Guy MacGregor Binn Group Head of Business, John Logan Director The Green Compass Scheme, Audrey Duckworth Binn Group Head of Environment, Allan MacGregor Binn Group CEO and Brian Harkins Binn Group MD.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 147

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The pledge asks the UK public to improve the country’s drain health and reduce the impact that waste is having on the climate and environment. Over this time, awareness has certainly grown of the fact that pouring the wrong stuff down the drain leads to the formation of fatbergs that are harmful to drains and the environment.

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Health Pollution Waste Waste 147

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

Asking the question, ‘How can we enhance and integrate our catchment monitoring capabilities to better protect source water health and the environment?’, Safeguarding water bodies is a crucial part of the sector’s efforts to protect the natural environment.

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Innovation Health 147

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 24, 2023

With the help of ABB technology, organizations such as The Well Done Foundation, the nonprofit that works to plug orphan oil and gas wells in the US, can detect leaking wells. Methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years after it reaches the atmosphere, according to the Environment Defense Fund.

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Methane Energy Monitor Technology Natural gas 130

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 7, 2021

The University of Glasgow-led research team set out to gain a broader understanding of how root grafts are formed in larger networks of trees in resource-challenged environments. We used a length of metal pipe to strike through the sediment and gently tap the roots. It was low-tech, but it worked!”.

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Climate change Resilience Carbon Technology 363

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2022

Engineers at the University of Illinois, Chicago have been awarded just over $1 million from the US Department of Energy’s National Alliance for Water Innovation to build a system that selectively removes and destroys poly- and perfluorinated substances, commonly called PFAS , from industrial and municipal wastewater.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Recycling 312

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 22, 2024

The Environment Agency has recently released information with additional details they need for your business to stay compliant. The Environment Agency will also be publishing information contained in your ESOS reports. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.

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Energy Energy Transportation Sustainability 147

Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A primary gift-giving season is upon us, and even those people you know best can be challenging to match with the perfect gift. It can be especially difficult when you’re equally focused on consuming consciously in favor of the environment.

Waste 174

Waste Waste 174

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

We are all aware of microbeads in cosmetics, but how many of us think about microplastics in glitter, the infill materials used in sports surfaces, or veterinary and medicinal products? While microplastics are useful, scientists, governments and consumers now recognize them as a major threat to the environment.

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Microplastics Plastics Europe Medicine 173

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 10, 2022

While the reservoir has never been used for the supply of drinking water, local residents had raised their concerns when the cars were uncovered during the dry weather last year. Scottish Water said the process required meticulous planning to avoid impact on the environment and ensure the safety of the specialist teams on site.

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Transportation Pollution 244

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The UK government will invest £25 million in projects that use nature to protect communities from flooding, Environment Minister Rebecca Pow announced on 22 September. Environment Minister Rebecca Pow said: “Nature is an essential weapon in our armoury against flooding. The Environment Agency will manage the programme.

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Resilience Government Biodiversity Investment 147

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

We’re absolutely delighted to have achieved this goal and now, our next step is to become greener and to strengthen our commitment to the environment by having sustainable values embedded in our company. We know that they can help us to get where we want to be as we scale up and explore ways to reduce our carbon and water footprint.

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Biotechnology Waste Waste Sustainability 246

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 17, 2023

Brown warned that the UK water sector is unprepared for climate changes already occurring: “Last summer showed us that we are not adequately prepared. It’s clear that significant transformation is needed, as the sectors relationship with customers and the environment is not where it needs to be.

Building Energy Monitoring 217

Building Energy Monitoring Climate change Resilience Energy Monitor 217

Renew Economy

AUGUST 15, 2023

The lawsuit is the first in US to rely on a state’s constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment to challenge policies that fuel climate change. It won’t be the last. The post Montana kids win historic climate lawsuit – here’s why it could set a powerful precedent appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Climate change Health Policy Government 98

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 23, 2023

(Left to right) Francesca Hawes (MRF Operations Manager, Thalia); Alex Snelling-Day (Waste Policy, Climate and Environment Team Manager, GCSWS); Bryony Rothwell (RECAP Waste Partnership Manager) A new campaign promoting metal packaging recycling has been introduced by RECAP, the waste partnership between Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

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Packaging Recycling Recycling Waste 246

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Defra and Forest Research will use the results to inform policy makers and the public of how the changing environment impacts tree growth and the huge benefits that trees can provide by storing carbon. The new technology provides better quality data and importantly, allows us to monitor places that current technologies cannot reach. “We

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IoT Energy Monitor Climate change Building Energy Monitoring 338

Solar Industry

MAY 7, 2024

Protecting the environment is one of our company’s core values. Today’s announcement is a tangible reflection of those commitments and will help us move closer to our goal of a carbon-free company in the future.”

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