Landfills in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire have proven that the old eyesores can be safely turned into natural spots through the planting of trees.Trials conducted at the sites revealed that the risk of tree roots releasing hazardous materials buried beneath were not as big as had been feared.Researchers for the Campaign for rural England and Friends [...]
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Essex lecture hall earns architecture prize
A lecture hall at Essex University which uses green cooling techniques has won a regional accolade.The Ivor Crewe lecture hall, which Prince Charles has likened to a giant dustbin, has been selected as one of the eight winners in the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) East awards.Designed by Patel Taylor, the £6 million steel-clad, [...]
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Environmental assessment firm gains from Olympics
A Norfolk firm which carried out ground water monitoring and environmental assessments of the land for the Olympic Stadium has had an involvement worth more than £3 million in the preparations for the games.Harrison Group Environmental, a leader in assessing contaminated land, was founded 30 years ago and is regularly called in to asses the [...]
May 29th, 2008 | News Service | 0 comments | Continued
Waste plant plans see flood plain moved
Land on which the Essex County Council had planned to build a waste management plant has been flooded, and resident’s fear that moving the flood plain to accommodate it could be a problem.Following two days of rain, the site in Basildon, which had been earmarked for an anaerobic digestion and recycling plant, had become a [...]
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Parish votes against wind farm
A parish council has voiced its opposition to a planned wind farm as the district council prepares to consider the application.Residents of Hempnall are opposed to the installation by Enertrag UK of 125 metre wind turbines near the south Norfolk village.According to the Stop Hempnall’s Onshore Wind Turbines (Showt) campaign group, the proposals would have [...]
May 28th, 2008 | News Service | 0 comments | Continued
Nuclear decommissioning cost ‘to keep rising’
The cost of decommissioning nuclear plants including Sizewell A in Suffolk is set to continue rising beyond an already extended budget.An official report in January estimated that it would cost £73 billion to clean up the sites and deal with the waste material, an increase of £12 billion on 2003 estimates.But even the upwardly revised [...]
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MP calls for waste management monitoring
A Hertfordshire MP has taken residents concerns over waste management to the House of Commons.St Albans MP Anne Main asked ministers to keep an eye on the situation following the change in waste collection in the area.She said that as well as the worries over hygiene and smells, residents were confused by the literature that [...]
May 27th, 2008 | News Service | 0 comments | Continued
MP calls for waste management monitoring
A Hertfordshire MP has taken residents concerns over waste management to the House of Commons.St Albans MP Anne Main asked ministers to keep an eye on the situation following the change in waste collection in the area.She said that as well as the worries over hygiene and smells, residents were confused by the literature that [...]
May 27th, 2008 | News Service | 0 comments | Continued
A Credit for incineration is an act against environment. Zero- waste should be the target, with kryo- recycling:
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