Ricardo and Recycling Technologies to characterise plastic waste derived clean fuel
Swindon-based start-up Recycling Technologies' Plaxx fuel is created from residual mixed plastic waste that is not amenable to direct recycling and would otherwise go...
Carbon-negative concrete picks up European technology award
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A new solution for manufacturing carbon negative concrete, developed by the Carbonaide project of Finnish research organisation VTT, picked up first prize in the...
Desulph expertise employed at AD sites
CSO Technik has recently being selected to deliver a number of large biogas desulphurisation projects, ranging from those employing dry media - using CSO’s...
Higher air pollution days trigger hundreds of cardiac arrests and hospitalisations for strokes and...
New data shows that hundreds of children and adults are suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrests or being sent to hospital for strokes or severe asthma attacks on days when air pollution levels are higher in nine major cities across England
Non-profit moves on address checking
The Central Office of Public Interest (COPI) says it is attempting to drive legal action to force the disclosure of air pollution ratings by estate agents, property websites, surveyors and conveyancers, similar to the obligations to disclose substances such as asbestos
Institution of Mechanical Engineers responds to Clean Air Day
Jenifer Baxter, Head of Engineering at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, has issued a statement in response to 21 June's national Clean Air Day,...
Carpet cleaning conundrum
In rooms where smoking has taken place regularly, tobacco's imprint lingers on indoor surfaces, even long after regular smoking has stopped, according to new...
Better the dEUvil you know?
Dr Kerry Ashford, Chief Executive of the National Energy Foundation, offers a few thoughts on the EU referendum and its implications for energy and...
University challenged to find ways of cutting power costs
CHEMISTS from a Northern Ireland university have been awarded £3m to create new methods of sustainable energy and to develop technology that will lower...
Anthropogenic air pollution impacts health and climate in the Middle East
Desert dust was assumed to be the primary contributor to elevated air pollution across the Middle East. But now a research group seems to...
What’s the carbon impact of online video streaming? New research provides updated calculation
A new white paper examines the carbon impact of streaming video on demand, in a bid to give a better impression of the carbon...
UK firm presents “game-changing” solution to monitoring indoor air quality
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a global concern for health, wellbeing and productivity as people spend 90% of their time indoors, where IAQ can...
Stemming the streams: Reducing the environmental cost of video content
The rise in video streaming is one of the biggest hidden culprits behind rising emissions in developed countries. Sergio Grce, CEO of video-streaming expert...
The secret life of clouds
Even the finest particles of pollution influence the process of cloud formation and the rainfall regime, it seems. A study conducted in Manaus, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, appears to show that oxidation leads small aerosols expelled by factories and car exhausts, for example, to grow very rapidly, reaching up to 400 times their original size, and that this affects raindrop formation.
Event to showcase biomass benefits for businesses
Businesses and organisations interested to hear how biomass could reduce their energy costs, lower their carbon emissions and help them move away from a...
