According to a report by Greenpeace, lost and abandoned fishing gear, which is deadly to marine life, makes up the majority of large plastic pollution in the oceans.
More than 640,000 tonne...
Three men have been convicted at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court for dumping waste illegally in Havant.
The trio received suspended prison sentences following an extensive investigation by th...
In October 2019 a Sunderland man was ordered to pay over £12,000 after a hearing at Sunderland Magistrates Court.
He was prosecuted by the Environme...
Back in 2013, a planning application was submitted for 134 homes in Cheshire. The inspector at the inquiry recommended the development for approval. However, Greg Clark, who was
Various Environment Agency (EA) staff have been making good use of waterproof action cameras, as they inspect the hard-to-reach culverts and flood gates throughout East Angl...
Alupro, the aluminium recycling body has hit out at plans made for an 'all in' Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) that is planned for Scotland in 2021 - in an unexpected turn of events, it may actually in...
Like the two sides of a coin, as public concern has grown surrounding the plastic packaging in supermarkets over the past year and more action is being taken, it's just as important that its remova...
Even if we are able to meet the climate commitments set out by our governments, generations that follow are still set to face rising oceans and coastal inundations well into the 2300s, recent resea...
The Environment Agency's report includes a review of many different topics, in full asking for businesses to do more to protect the environment.
The report inc...
Hundreds of John Lewis delivery trucks are to run on cow power from 2021 as the retailer announced that it is removing polluting diesel fuel from its fleet, and instead switches to carbon-neut...
The 'Provisional Northern Ireland Local Authority collected municipal waste management' statistics for the period of April to July 2019 have been published today by the Departme...
A Milton Keynes farmer who repeatedly polluted a stream in a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSI) has been ordered to pay £8,760.
The farmer allowed stinking farm waste to contam...
Drone users in the UK must now sit an online test and pay a £9 annual fee, or face a £1,000 fine, after the launch of a mandatory national registration scheme this week.
Owners...
The University of Edinburgh has been fined for its failings which led to animal research workers, who were already sensitised to laboratory animal allergens (LAA), being at risk of suffering from a...
A flagship Government policy to build 200,000 homes for first-time buyers has resulted in no homes being built, according to Whitehall's spending watchdog.
The Starter Homes programme, unve...
