News Headlines
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Findings show human immune cells damaged by microplastics
Pollution
Research presented at the Plastic Health Summit in Amsterdam will reveal immune cells that recognise and attack microplastics will die quickly as a result of the contact.
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Homeless charity shop fed up being treated like costly landfill dump
Resource & 'Waste'
National homelessness charity, Emmaus, is highlighting how charity shops are often used as an alternative to landfill, reporting that one of its communities spent up to £47,000 on taking items to the tip that had been donated but were not fit to be resold.
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Grass verge harvesting for AD energy plants wins business award
Renewables
A Lincolnshire manufacturer best known for designing and manufacturing vegetable harvesting equipment has won a prestigious business award for its diversification into a new market of grass clippings to energy generation.
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Welsh tech firm find new uses for industrial food waste
Food
Water purification from crustacean shells and new fibres from apple cores – sustainable technology firm Pennotec is stopping what was once industrial food waste being sent to landfill.
Trade Shows & Conferences
Free RWM showguides are being posted this month
In just 5 short weeks, 14,000 environmental professionals will flood to the UK's largest recycling and waste management event; RWM exhibition. Very soon show tickets and the official RWM 2019 showguide will be delivered to RWM ticket holders in the post. The showguides are everything you need to plan your day; including show highlights, speaker profiles, the exhibitor directory, full timetable and floorplan.
RETURN OF WORLD'S LARGEST FLOOD PREVENTION EVENT TO BIRMINGHAM NEC
On the 11th & 12th of September, the world’s largest flood prevention exhibition and conference will be returning to the Birmingham NEC.
Inspired and empowered to turn sustainable ambitions into ACTION
At edie Live 2019, we will inspire and empower you on your journey towards achieving a low-carbon, resource-efficient future for your organisation.
The challenge is on for the built environment ... get your free tickets for Futurebuild 2019
The built environment industry can influence the resilience, sustainability and quality of homes, buildings and elements of infrastructure and cities. Global scientific evidence and strategies, such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, are giving a clear message: it is now time to think the unthinkable to make change happen.
WWEM 2018 open for registration and publishes speaker line-up
The organisers of WWEM 2018, the water, wastewater & environmental monitoring event, have published details of a comprehensive programme of conferences, seminars and workshops that will take place during the 2-day (21+22 Nov) event in Telford (UK). Covering testing issues such as microplastics, nutrients and pesticides, the event will cover all of the most topical subjects in water and wastewater analysis and monitoring. Many of these presentations are free to attend; as is the international exhibition that accompanies them.
Registration opens for Air Quality & Emissions Show
With political and media activity approaching fever pitch on the subject of air pollution, the role of monitoring is under more scrutiny than ever, so AQE 2018, the Air Quality & Emissions event (Telford, UK 21/22 Nov.), is set to be the busiest yet.
