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Enzyme breakthrough could revolutionise plastic recycling
Added: 17 Apr 2018
Scientists experimenting with an enzyme that helps bacteria digest plastic have engineered a faster…
Emerson Global Users Exchange EMEA 2018, The Hague
Added: 9 Apr 2018
Size, as they say, isn’t everything. Yet, with 1600 attendees from more than 50 countries and aroun…
EnviroChemie purchases Clearfleau
Added: 4 Apr 2018
German water brand EnviroChemie has taken control leading UK effluent treatment firm Clearfleau.
New sustainable food MOOC pinpoints jobs of the future
Added: 3 Apr 2018
The first ever MOOC – massive open online course – on the use of sustainable food systems in the Me…
How Watson-Marlow boosted recycling plant uptime by 25%
Added: 28 Mar 2018
Montello SpA, a specilaist in sorting, recovery and recycling of post-consumer plastic packaging, a…
Gove boost for plastic and can recycling
Added: 28 Mar 2018
Environment secretary Michael Gove has unveiled plans for a reward and return scheme for single use…
UKOOG's Cronin criticises ‘flawed’ Manchester shale claims
Added: 16 Jan 2018
UK Onshore Oil and Gas chief executive Ken Cronin has taken issue with a University of Manchester r…
Nuclear and renewable provide most of Scottish electricity supply
Added: 2 Jan 2018
Almost 90% of Scotland’s electricity was produced in the last 12 months by a combination of nuclear…
Cavendish Nuclear wins £95m clean up contract with Sellafield
Added: 19 Dec 2017
Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a contract worth £95 million to support clean up at Sellafield n…
Fracking wastewater treatment could cost £1million per well in UK
Added: 18 Dec 2017
The treatment and disposal of fracking wastewater in the UK could cost between £100,000 and £1 mill…
Bioethanol plant to stay closed unless change in market
Added: 7 Dec 2017
Britain’s biggest bioethanol producer, Vivergo, said it would ‘closely monitor the market’ before c…
Xylem chief takes over as BPMA head
Added: 4 Dec 2017
Xylem Water Solutions managing director Duncan Lewis has officially taken over as the president of …
Case study: when PC correctness came to a sewage treatment works’ rescue
Added: 21 Nov 2017
When Thames Water found its existing piston pumps struggled to help the company meet its goal of re…
Earthquake hero and outstanding apprentice win top IET awards
Added: 16 Nov 2017
The IET has awarded its Armed Forces Technician of the Year prize to a soldier who returned to his …
Scuoler to chair key UK export body
Added: 13 Nov 2017
Retiring chief executive of manufacturers’ organisation the EEF, Terry Scuoler is the new chair of …
Life sciences in Scotland warns of increasing uncertainty for sector
Added: 10 Nov 2017
Life science companies in Scotland are facing increasing uncertainty because of lack of clarity abo…
EEF issues pre-Budget challenge to Hammond
Added: 7 Nov 2017
EEF chief executive Terry Scuoler has called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to agree a fiscal package…
‘Human-robot collaboration needed to counter 0.6 million job threat’
Added: 1 Nov 2017
An estimated 0.6 million UK jobs will disappear in one industrial sector alone over the next 20 yea…
Spirax Sarco solves metal refiner's carbon efficiency challenge
Added: 31 Oct 2017
The precious metal refining industry notoriously consumes significant amounts of heat and chemicals…
Industry 4.0: the antidote to supply chain disruption
Added: 31 Oct 2017
Industry 4.0 and smart use of data is not disrupting the supply chain, says LLamasoft’s Michael Wal…
