On 14 September 2007, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) published the Health and Safety at Work Order (Application to Environmentally Hazardous Subst...
An innovative way of dealing with the lorry loads of sludge waste produced at sewage treatment plants is this month being demonstrated to the Environment and Heritage Service
A new recycling facility capable of processing thousands of tonnes of waste has been officially opened in Newry, County Down. Environment Minister Arlene Foster was on hand to open Urban Forest Lt...
Fermanagh District Council has this month begun manning some of its civic amenity sites around the county, in an effort to tackle the problem of unapproved waste being dumped at the skip sites. Ou...
For many years wind power has taken the Quinn Group ahead in the renewable energy stakes, with wind farms already operational on the Fermanagh/Cavan border. However this month their latest more am...
Hugh Corey of Dundrod, County Antrim, who received a record fine in July 2007 for breaches of waste legislation, has seen his original sentence reduced. Corey's fine of £160,000 has been cut to £8...
The Environment Agency has this month called for more powers to tackle "waste cheats" after the sector racked up more large fines than any other regulated industry in 2006....
The Environment Agency has warned there will be no more "Mr Nice Guy" for those involved in the trade of electrical or electronic goods who are failing to meet their obligat...
It has been rumoured this month that Scotland could miss a crucial deadline for dealing with waste, according to the country's public sector watchdog. The Accounts Commission for Scotland has calle...
Fish importer and distributor Polarfrost Seafoods Ltd has been fined a total of £23,644 at Grimsby Magistrates' Court for failing its environmental duty for at least two years. The court was told t...
A farmer in Essex is refusing to remove a ton of asbestos dumped on his land by fly-tippers because it would cost him thousands of pounds. The potentially deadly asbestos was left on David Gibbon'...
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) published a new public consultation paper on 6 September 2006, which proposes revisions to the Restricti...
Almost one in three construction refurbishment sites inspected put the lives of workers at risk, Stephen Williams, Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Head of Construction has...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning dutyholders to make sure they take proper precautions when working in buildings where asbestos may be present. This follows...
A catalogue of serious safety breaches in a major supermarket chain's stores across East Sussex put shoppers' lives at risk, fire crews have said. The Co-op Group was fined £250,000 plus costs of...
