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Heathrow’s plastic cup pollution to make an early landing
Heathrow Airport has announced it is to clampdown on plastic pollution by standardising and recycling 100% of its single-use coffee cups by the end of 2018. It hopes the move will encourage passengers to bring their own reusable containers and bottles and says it will deploy cup collection points around its terminals in the next […]
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Walmart diverted 78% of its waste from landfill in last financial year
Walmart diverted 78% of its global waste from landfill in the last financial year. The retailer’s latest sustainability report also shows it sourced 28% of its energy from renewable sources, on track to its goal of getting half of its power from clean technologies by 2050. It aims to reduce emissions from its value chain […]
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Severn Trent fined £350k for hazardous chemical leak
Severn Trent has been ordered to pay £350,000 after a chemical leak polluted a river in Derbyshire. The incident in November 2015 killed an estimated 30,000 fish and damaged 5km of ecology, according to the Environment Agency. A leak within a chamber at the treatment works led to the sodium hydroxide contamination, which was then […]
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‘UK public are unaware of support for vulnerable energy users’
The public are largely unaware of the support systems available to vulnerable energy customers. That’s according to Echo Managed Services, which in a survey of 1,000 consumers, found only 22% were aware they could gain access to special discounted tariffs if they fell behind on payments, with less than a third knowing about the warm […]
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‘Journey to Mars will change how we live on Earth’
Mars One’s planned journey to the red planet in 2032 will change how humans think about and live on the Earth for the better. That’s according to CEO and Co-Founder of the space exploration business, Bas Lansdorp, who spoke to ELN about the possible knock-on effects the voyage could deliver. He believes establishing a permanent […]
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EU extends anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel ropes and cables
The European Commission is extending anti-dumping duties on imports of Chinese steel ropes and cables by five years. The duties of 60.4% have been in place since 1999 and will also apply to products from Morocco and the Republic of Korea. The Commission’s third expiry review found evidence that dumping from Chinese companies would continue […]
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US coal exports up 61% last year
The US saw a 61% increase in coal imports in 2017 compared to the year before. The nation exported 97 million short tons (MMst) of coal, with exports to Asia more than doubling from 15.7MMst in 2016 to 32.8MMst last year – although Europe continues to be the largest recipient of US coal exports. That’s […]
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Around 140k poor and vulnerable households see power cut off
Around 140,000 households across the UK have been left without gas or power in the last year after not being able to afford to top up their prepayment energy meters. That’s according to Citizens Advice, which suggests nearly 120,000 of these households have people living there who may be particularly vulnerable to being without heat and power. […]
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MEPs greenlight stricter car testing reforms post-dieselgate scandal
New reforms for more rigorous checks for emissions tests as well as heavy fines have been backed by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). They have voted in favour of rules reinforcing the procedures for the type-approval of motor vehicles and enabling the European Commission to check the work of member states and impose fines […]
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UK’s EV sales shoot up 11% year-on-year
The UK’s electric vehicle (EV) sales have shot up by 11% in the last year. That’s according to a new report from the Centre of Automotive Management (CAM), which suggests although this brings the nation closer to the leading low carbon transport countries, it is still lagging behind leaders China and Norway. In the UK, […]
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