Environmental News and Information
This section aims to provide Environmental Specialists with news and information about the sector in which we work, developments in technology or companies as well as stories from acrross the East of England region.
Poultry power plant gets control upgrade
Submitted on March 7, 2008
A Norfolk renewable energy power plant that runs on the waste from the poultry industry is to get new control systems.The Energy Power Resources Limited (EPRL) 38.5MW poultry litter fuelled power station in Thetford is to get new plant control systems from ABB, the Automation website reports.EPRL, which was founded in 1994, has taken out [...]
Waste disposal site to close
Submitted on March 7, 2008
A waste disposal site in Hertfordshire is set to close on the recommendations of the Waste Management Panel.The Wiggenhall Road household waste and recycling centre, where more than 5,000 tonnes of rubbish have been dumped, looks scheduled to close in October with Hertfordshire County Council’s waste management decision makers citing lack of space, layout problems [...]
Norfolk polluting town puts faith in insulation
Submitted on March 6, 2008
A Norfolk town that is one of the worst polluters in the country has determined to turn its reputation around and start making cuts to its carbon and energy consumption.Rural Reepham residents create 13,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, according to a survey by CRed at the University of East Anglia and the Energy Saving [...]
Government opposes second council owned waste management scheme
Submitted on March 6, 2008
The government has opposed a council owned waste management firm bidding for a second contract in Norfolk.Ministers have blocked Sustainable Resource Management (SRM), from bidding for a second waste management contract to treat up to 150,000 tonnes of Norfolk’s waste.SRM won the first contract, putting an end to a bid by another firm to build [...]
Norfolk firm Fuji green case study
Submitted on March 6, 2008
A Norfolk-based firm that was one of the first to receive an environmental management accreditation was part of the Fuji environmental road show.Fuji went on tour around the UK, promoting its environmental credentials.In London the firm used Norfolk company Breckland Print as a case study.Breckland Print achieved the ISO 14001 environmental accreditation in 1998, which [...]
