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  • Big declines in Atlantic Salmon leads to questions about what happens out at sea Nature
    Big declines in Atlantic Salmon leads to questions about what happens out at sea

    Concerns about the big decline of the iconic Atlantic Salmon in Britain's river systems are leading scientists to investigate what happens to this iconic fish while it's out to sea, with, on average, only 3% of fish leaving the river returning to spawn and this figure has regularly dropped below 1%. If the decline continues, wild Atlantic salmon will disappear from UK rivers in the next 30 years.

  • Environment Times magazine is out - download or flickread a copy Book/report launches
    Environment Times magazine is out - download or flickread a copy

    ENVIRONMENT TIMES... PRINTED SINCE 1993 AND NOW ALSO DIGITAL - READ LATEST ISSUE BELOW 

    CLICK HERE TO FLICK THROUGH THE MAGAZINE or click on the magazine cover image


    environment times front cover vol 20 issue 1 520pxCONTENTS

    DUNCAN’S DOODLES
    Hoping to get 500 species logged on to iNaturalist in the Adlington Pollinator and Waterlife Project created from arable ecological desert.

    REGIONAL ROUNDUPS
    A bumper 14 pages of UK & Irish news.

    EXPERT COMMENT & OPINIONS
    Experts from Celtic Renewables, Allen & York, Logistics UK and Sustain offer their views.

    LITERATURE LAUNCHES
    Privatising Humanity, Nature’s Echo, The World’s Cheapest Cleaner.

    PROSECUTIONS
    Recent UK/Irish prosecutions and Enforcement actions.

    REPORTING
    Latest CSR reports and news.

    COVER STORY - ‘FOREVER CHEMICALS’
    Bumper 12 pages! The issue and news of PFAS chemicals in the UK and those finding solutions.

    WASTE MANAGEMENT
    Noose tightening on waste criminals after attention on shocking cases.

    FLOODS & WEATHER
    Solutions to flood and weather issues.

    MARKETPLACE
    New product & services.

    MOVERS, SHAKERS - AWARDS
    Six pages of the King’s Award and profiles of some of the winners.

  • Kitchen retailer Wren to install UK's largest solar array on factory roof Renewables
    Kitchen retailer Wren to install UK's largest solar array on factory roof

    Installation of the UK's largest single-roof solar array – 6.6MW - is set to begin later this month at the Barton-upon-Humber manufacturing plant of one of the UK's leading kitchen and bedroom retailers, Wren.

  • Microplastics in Dipper birds indicate wider impact on freshwater wildlife Pollution
    Microplastics in Dipper birds indicate wider impact on freshwater wildlife

    Researchers have found more evidence that microplastics are impacting freshwater wildlife in different countries around the world.

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Waste Management

Everflow, a leading multi-utilities company serving businesses across the UK, has launched a new Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) disposal service designed specifically to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) manage electrical waste safely and compliantly.

Polytag, Saica Flex, and Paragon have announced a strategic partnership to deliver innovative UV-tagged packaging labels, designed to provide brands with real-time, actionable environmental data.

Bunting's new manual-clean FF Drawer Filter Magnet features an insert easily retrofitted into existing FF Drawer Filters. The new insert enables quick, easy and safe removal of ferrous metal captured on the high-strength tube magnets. The Drawer Filter Magnet captures tramp ferrous metal in plants producing and recycling plastics, processing foodstuffs, powders, and many other dry materials.

The revolutionary waste oil solution company set to shake up the industry

CirculOil – the revolutionary oil management system that brings circularity and efficiency to engine lubrication – has raised a quarter million pounds through a crowdfunding campaign.

Yorkshire-Based Plastic Firm Ploughs £750K into New Recycling Facility

Plastic reprocessing firm, Bright Green Plastics, which recycles over 40,000 tonnes of household and commercial waste into reusable material each year, has invested £750,000 into the development of its new plastics sorting plant.

UN Approval for Dolav Ace is Brexit Proof

For UK waste and recycling, Brexit either way, does not change the Dolav Ace's 'UN Approved' status. The Dolav Ace is UN Approved packaging for the transport of dangerous goods. Brexit is not planned to affect UN approval in the UK.

New Recycling Test Facility

Following an increase in the demand for material testing, Bunting Magnetics Europe has constructed a new recycling test facility at their Master Magnets manufacturing operation in Redditch. Initially, the facility will house two models of Stainless-Steel Magnetic Separator and an Eddy Current Separator.

IRISH DRAINAGE SPECIALIST CUTS LANDFILL VOLUME COSTS

Irish drainage specialist JC Enviro, looking to significantly reduce its landfill burden, has invested in a mobile dewatering unit will allow the extraction of rag and grit from a variety of waste water systems, including digester cleanouts, storm tank cleaning and gully waste. The new equipment comes from waste solutions company, CDEnviro.

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