A new state-of-the-art food waste plant has opened in County Durham, serving the North East's need to recycle food waste and create renewable energy.
Emerald Biogas has announced the comple...
The Environment Agency has confirmed it will make almost 15% of its staff redundant over the next 12 months, after its funding was cut by £33.5 million.
In his 2013...
The world-famous Swedish Ice Hotel which melts every spring only to be rebuilt the following winter, was almost prevented from being constructed this year due to lack of a fire alarm system.
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A wood recycling company has been fined £200,000 with costs of £34,000 for major safety failings after a worker was killed when he was struck by a loading vehicle in December 2008.
Raymond...
Party Pieces, the party planning company run by Michael and Carole Middleton, parents of the Duchess of Cambridge, has donated £12,650 to the Woodland Trust as part of a civil s...
D Henderson Chimney Specialists and Roofers Ltd. has been fined £20,000 after pleading guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. The prosecution follo...
A 6ft bonfire was dismantled by a council after officials found that the organisers had failed to apply for a temporary events licence.
The bonfire has taken place on the recreation ground...
It's been a busy year, with some major changes in both environment and safety legislation. Did you manage to keep track of everything? Do you know what's on the horizon for the next 12 months?
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Fife Council has admitted to health and safety breaches after one of its workers lost a toe while cutting down a tree.
Janitor Craig Davies had been sent to Canmore Primary School in Dunfer...
J Murray & Son Ltd have been fined £100,000, plus £10,450 costs, at Belfast's Laganside Crown Court for health and safety failings that led to the death of 47-year-old Norman Porter.
The in...
Neath Port Talbot recycling has been fined £90,000 and £50,000 in costs after an employee lost an arm in an accident back in 2011.
Swansea Crown Court heard how 57-year-old Stephen John was...
The former UK Coal Mining company has been fined £50,000 for safety failings that led to an underground pit explosion and the evacuation of more than 200 miners from Kellingley Colliery, in North Y...
David Cameron has revealed plans to halve the green levies in energy bills while clearing the way for a windfall tax on suppliers before the next election.
The announcement comes just days...
Coleraine Borough Council has been fined £75,000 over the death of a waste and recycling site attendant back in July 2011.
Alan Devenney was crushed under an 11-tonne skip full of compacted...
A North East glass firm has been fined £20,000 with costs of £12,638, after potentially exposing around 200 workers and visitors to dangerous asbestos fibres.
Consett-based Romag Ltd also i...
