During the 2019 SAFETY4SEA London Forum, Mr. Christopher Saunders, Global Marine Process Manager, RightShip, explains how the industry must lead the sustainability charge and operate beyond compliance.
Source: safety4sea.com
Supported by the Veolia Foundation, The Conversation France website now has a new section devoted to the circular economy. Interview with Dr. Thierry Vandevelde, who heads the Foundation.
Since 2015, all large stores in England have been required by law to charge five pence for single-use plastic bags in an attempt to reduce plastic pollution. Now, major UK supermarket chain the Co-op is taking that one step further by phasing out plastic bags entirely and replacing them with…
Walsall College launches electric/hybrid vehicle training courses…
We live in a disposable age. There are so many disposable items being tossed in the trash on a daily basis it makes your head spin. The sad news is that each and every one of those disposable items that get thrown away ends up sitting somewhere – in a landfill, in a river, a lake or an ocean and…
Although criticised by some, energy from waste is seen as a vital component of the UK’s waste management system. Chris Elliott looks at where it fits as we transition to a circular economy.
It’s one of the burning issues in the quest for a circular economy: is incinerating waste a good thing or not?
On one side of the argument, there are those who believe it can be a useful way of making energy, and that it’s preferable to landfilling. It’s also a way of destroying waste that cannot be managed in any other way, because the material involved is dangerous, such as infectious bio-wastes from hospitals, or hazardous wastes from industry.
UNStudio has announced that construction is underway on a new college campus building in the Netherlands. Once work is completed, students will be hitting the books in a flexible and energy-efficient space that integrates greenery on its facade.