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Council-led energy storage facility given go ahead

Cash-strapped councils are increasingly looking to innovative methods of generating both energy and income, and ...

Features Pollution Regeneration Water

Can we give the 25-year environment plan a happy ending?

Nine months ago in this journal I reflected upon what the [then] imminent 25-year environment ...

Features Recycling Waste Waste and Recycling

Zero avoidable waste to landfill: achievable or pipe dream?

The earth’s resources are becoming scarce and extremely costly to access. It’s time for legislation ...

Features Recycling Waste Waste and Recycling

Government needs to go further and faster to tackle waste crime

It goes without saying that ESA supports the continued commitment by government to try and ...

Energy Features Housing Regeneration

District heating and why customer engagement is the key to success

Enfield Council’s energy company, energetik, recently welcomed its first customers. The company’s first heat network ...

Features Highways Transport Transport & Highways

How the Internet of Things can drive a smarter approach to infrastructure

The UK highways sector is driven by technology advancements. The evolution of the Internet of ...

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Meeting tough Chinese materials targets requires a ‘quality first’ mantra

In the summer, the Chinese government notified the World Trade Organisation that it wished to ...

Energy Features Housing

Power to the people: supporting community energy

Oldham council won the local authority category at this year’s Community Energy England awards. The council’s ...

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Making plastic more recyclable

RECycling of Used Plastics (Recoup) is a charity which aims to promote, develop and increase ...

Features Housing

Sustainability: for housebuilders it’s not an optional extra

There is a misconception that all housebuilders are solely focused on churning out homes without ...