About 2.2 million fewer single-use cups were used by public bodies in Wales in the last year, a drop of nearly 19%. Hospitals, emergency services, councils and government organisations have said th...
With the fact that one in three workplace deaths are caused by maintenance failures, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) and the 26 district counci...
The director of development firm Enzo's Homes, and the firm itself, has been found guilty at Swansea Magistrates' Court of contravening a tree preservation order. It was found that in preparing a s...
In a victorious attempt to stop leftover waste material from wetsuits from going to waste, a small company in Cornwall, Finisterre, has pioneered a formula for a 100% recyclable wetsuit.
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A construction company Clancy Docwra Limited, as well as one of its employees were sentenced for health and safety breaches following a death of an employee struck by an excavator.
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South Cambridgeshire's District Council officers staged a 'mock fly tip' as part of an effort to raise awareness of the impacts that stem from improper waste disposal.
Items dump...
Scientists warn that attempts to solve the climate crisis by cutting carbon emissions from only cars, factories and power plants are doomed to failure.
A leaked draft of a Report on climate...
Malfunctioning septic tanks systems are posing great risks to people's health, and the environment in Ireland.
Nearly half of septic tank systems failed inspection in both 2017 and 20...
Network Rail has submitted a planning application for a railway sleeper production facility in Bescot.
While preparing the submission, the organisation engaged with local people and politic...
Two companies have been fined this week after a contractor suffered permanent damage to his eyesight following a fall.
Dudley Magistrates' Court heard how in April 2016 a contractor, who wo...
Scientists have said that July equalled, and may have possibly beaten the hottest month seen on record.
All across the world, we saw the entire month surpassing the hottest month...
The common blue butterfly could be booming in the UK thanks to recent spells of hot weather, according to a conservation charity.
Experts are predicting that the July heatwave and Met...
A company that manufactures absorbent products has been fined after an agency worker suffered a life-changing injury to her hand when it was caught in a rotating fan blade.
Manchester Magis...
Last month the Environment Agency announced that they were starting work on a new £25 million flood risk management scheme that will better protect more than 1,600 hom...
In a letter to new energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng, onshore wind supporters have called on him to back the development of new onshore wind farms to help the UK achieve its net zero emission tar...
