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The new lighter bottles rolling off production lines in Buxton

Nestlé shows real bottle in lightweight packaging


Nestlé Waters claims to have developed the UK's lightest bottled water product with the opening of its new £35m production factory in Buxton last week.
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What drives your business to report on sustainability?

- It's crucial for stakeholder engagement
- Greater transparency provides a competitive advantage
- Investors expect full disclosure
- Climate change and resource scarcity

Opinion




GHG reporting - an international context

Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA) executive director of policy, Martin Baxter, considers how delaying the decision on mandatory carbon reporting will impact on international sustainability commitments...

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Waste 

Scotland records accelerated fall in trade waste

Commercial waste arisings are falling at a faster rate than household waste across Scotland according to official figures released yesterday (May 17). ... read more


Water 

New Thames Tunnel consultation set to launch

Thames Water has unveiled plans to launch an additional four-week consultation round on amendments to its proposed Thames Tunnel project. ... read more


Energy 

Scottish airport and university slash emissions

A greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction scheme has seen Edinburgh Airport and Edinburgh Napier University become the first organisations to pass the standard. ... read more


Energy 

O2 unveils carbon footprint of its services

Telecoms giant O2 has joined forces with the Carbon Trust to measure the carbon footprint of its services - becoming, it has claimed, the first network operator to gain certification. ... read more

Desire for the latest technology is creating value from older items
Waste 

Consumers sitting on e-waste cash mountain

British households are individually throwing away £800 worth of electrical appliances every year that could be reused or recycled according to new research. ... read more


Energy 

Negative energy price spikes can be halved, says Davey

Climate change polices could slash volatility in global oil, gas and coal prices by 50% by 2050, energy secretary Ed Davey has claimed. ... read more


Water 

Business engagement will drive economy, says Ofwat

Managing business customer expectations and creating a sustainable water supply legacy needs to be the challenge water companies address, according to Thames Water and Ofwat. ... read more


Energy 

Delay to Solar tariff cut is confirmed

DECC confirmed today that the next round of cuts to the Feed-in Tariff for solar PV has been 'delayed'. ... read more


Energy 

ECCC told its time to start replacing North Sea oil

Britain needs to de-fossilise its ground transport sector before the 'bonanza' of North Sea oil runs out says Sir David King, director of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. ... read more

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NIW's Trevor Haslett: "I thought if anyone is going to turn the company around it would be best done by someone who knows the business inside out"
Water 

'I've taken blunt questions - and given honest answers'

The winter crisis of 2010/11 has forced Northern Ireland Water to change the way that it operates. In an exclusive interview, chief executive Trevor Haslett gives WWT editor Natasha Wiseman the inside story ... read more


Water 

Tread with care

With a new international standard being developed for water footprinting, Stuart Crisp, business development director of Concrete Pipeline Systems Association, considers how pipeline materials measure up ... read more

Continuous ultrasonic cleaning of sensor helps maintain optimum performance
Water 

MCERTS 'not enough' for complex sites

A successful monitoring system needs more than an Environment Agency MCERTS certificate, argues Steven Tuck of Pollution & Process Monitoring ... read more

Commingling: drives up recycling while driving down costs
Waste 

Melton switches to commingled for cost savings

Responding to deep cuts while also looking to boost environmental performance, one council found that moving to commingled collections ticked all the boxes. Raman Selvon explains why ... read more

Aerial view of the tunnelling shaft
Water 

Video Scottish Water completes 1.2km tunnel

One of Scotland's largest project in AMP5 has been completed in Airdrie. Scottish Water's William Ancell explains ... read more

Welsh Water's head of communications Sally Gronow (right), helps check the levels on a newly installed latrine
Water 

Video Harsh reality of water poverty first hand

Twelve volunteers from the water sector in the UK have just returned from a fact-finding mission to Zambia in southern Africa. ... read more

Bin hangers placed on bins to remind residents about the new service
Waste 

Sutton's new collection service slashes costs

Nick Warburton visits Southwest London to see how new working patterns in the council's waste and recycling service have netted £1m in savings ... read more

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Hi-tech help to drive the savings

Water companies are under pressure to perform more efficiently. Andrew Reeks explains how automation technology can optimise a company's performance ... read more

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'I've taken blunt questions - and given honest answers'

The winter crisis of 2010/11 has forced Northern Ireland Water to change the way that it operates. In an exclusive interview, chief executive Trevor Haslett gives WWT editor Natasha Wiseman the inside story ... read more

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Local Authority Waste & Recycling

Melton switches to commingled for cost savings

Responding to deep cuts while also looking to boost environmental performance, one council found that moving to commingled collections ticked all the boxes. Raman Selvon explains why ... read more

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RWM 200 Multi Chamber Baler

The RWM 75 twin chamber offers a compact solution to the ever-increasing packaging regulations and costs incurred with your day-to-day waste disposal.... read more


RWM 75 Waste Baler

The RWM 75 offers a compact solution to the ever-increasing packaging regulations and costs incurred with your day-to-day waste disposal.... read more


COD Tubetests

Palintest Tubetests are integrated with the Palintest photometer system so as to provide a complete system for COD measurement. Palintest COD Tubetests are offered in four ranges: 150 mg/l, 400 mg/l, 1,000 mg/l, 2,000 mg/l and 20,000 mg/l.... read more

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NIW's Trevor Haslett: "I thought if anyone is going to turn the company around it would be best done by someone who knows the business inside out"

'I've taken blunt questions - and given honest answers'

The winter crisis of 2010/11 has forced Northern Ireland Water to change the way that it operates. In an exclusive interview, chief executive Trevor Haslett gives WWT editor Natasha Wiseman the inside story ... read more

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RWM 200 Multi Chamber Baler

The RWM 75 twin chamber offers a compact solution to the ever-increasing packaging regulations and costs incurred with your day-to-day waste disposal.... read more

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Getting the plastics message right

Plastics have been all the talk this week, what with WRAP’s new guidance for local authorities on household rigid plastic packaging collections dropping into officers’ email inboxes.   According to WRAP, an increasing number of coun...... read more


Is zero waste heading in the wrong direction?

Lately I have been pondering on the term ‘zero waste’ – it’s a neat coin of phrase, a buzzword if you like. It is mainly seen in a positive light, but part of me feels it is also quite deceitful. It reinforces entrenched attit...... read more


Technology must make a splash

  The UK public and media response to the drought situation is fascinating and heartening as phone-ins and commentators scramble to find a peg for the blame and solutions to the problem. Interestingly, callers to Radio 4's You & Yours on 13...... read more

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Negative energy price spikes can be halved, says Davey
That is interesting. We were discussing this at a meeting this morning (we're www.businesscostconsultants.co.uk). If Scotland...

ECCC told its time to start replacing North Sea oil
I hear there's some second hand nuclear plant going cheap in Germany and Japan....

Joint legal challenge to wind farm plans
To be fair, if each turbine is 126.5MW (as the story states) then they probably ARE too large, not to mention being a headlin...

Coffee growers turn to carbon credits for help
Sorry, already posted response yesterday, but did not appear here?! Anyway, good point and that was precisely identified as m...

Joint legal challenge to wind farm plans
Presumably the wind farm is not on the National Trust (NT) site or land, in which case the NT should not be wasting subscribe...

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03/07/2012 to 03/07/2012
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The Energy Management Forum 2012 is a must attend event for businesses looking to reduce energy consumption, increase efficiency and boost margins.... read more


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