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PEEL Environmental – part of Peel L&P – and Waste2Tricity have received unanimous planning consent from Cheshire West & Chester Council for the UK’s first waste plastic to hydrogen facility at the 54-hectare Protos site near Ellesmere Port. The £7m development will see 14 full time permanent jobs created at Protos with over 100 jobs created in the North West...

SCOTTISH Water is using innovation to produce hydrogen and oxygen from their waste water in a new energy trial. As British Science Week concludes, the company has revealed this is the latest cutting-edge technology they are investigating to help achieve net zero targets by 2040. It would involve using an electrolyser on their waste water treatment works to split water into...

ANGLIAN Water has become the first company to set out how it is preparing for the impacts of climate change in Defra’s latest round of adaptation reporting under the Climate Change Act. The draft report, published yesterday for consultation, outlines the key risks the water company has identified, including physical risks from drought and flooding as well as risks to...

THE WELSH Government has accepted in principle wide-ranging recommendations from a group of experts on what it needs to do to end homelessness in Wales, Housing Minister, Julie James, will announce today. This requires a cross-government approach, ensuring every Welsh Government department works collaboratively to prevent and end homelessness. Housing Minister, Julie James commented: "I want to thank the Group for...

SHEFFIELD City Council will be spending £43m towards tackling the impact of climate change over the next five years. Twelve months ago the authority declared a climate emergency and also brought forward its target and ambition to become carbon neutral by 2030. Councillor Mark Jones Cabinet Member for Environment, Streetscene and Climate Change, said: “This is a global emergency that affects...

ALMOST 800 homes in Leeds are now enjoying 'affordable and sustainable' heat after being connected to the city’s £36million ‘Leeds PIPES’ district heating network. The scheme uses heat generated from black bin waste at the Recycling & Energy Recovery Facility and transports it via a series of super insulated district heating pipes to local businesses and residents. Once the scheme’s first...

THE BRITISH Embassy Chisinau seeks applications from organisations with experience of working on climate change and environmental issues in Moldova. The Embassy welcomes project proposals in the value range up to £20,000. This call for proposals specifically seeks applications for projects related to the UK’s four priorities as part of its Presidency of the Conference of Parties on Climate Change and...

EXPERTS at the University of Birmingham’s Institute for Global Innovation have launched a new multi-disciplinary research theme around clean air that could help to save millions of lives around the world. Air pollution is the largest environmental cause of non-communicable disease. Poor air quality leads to some 8 million premature deaths around the world every year - more than malaria and HIV-AIDS...

A NEW plan of action between the government and industry partners seeks to tackle the future threats to the UK water supply. The National Framework for Water Resources was launched today by the Environment Agency, bringing together industry partners, regulators and the government. The framework will help reduce demand, halve leakage rates, develop new supplies, move water to where it’s needed and...

TODAY the government has launched a consultation to make journeys easier, smarter and greener through new technology as part of the Future of Transport regulatory review. The review will consider how we make small changes to our everyday travel decisions and whether we could choose to walk, cycle, bus or one day scoot instead of take the car. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps...