With the world's oil reserves running out, the pressure is on to produce '"home-grown" biodiesel to keep our vehicles running. In light of this, Northern Ireland farmers are carrying out their own...
The Belfast site of plane maker Bombardier is joining a research project to improve the environmental performance of aircraft engines. The five-year £95 million Environmentally Friendly Engine (EFE...
The standard, BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational health and safety management systems - Requirements, has now been published and will eventually replace OHSAS 18001:1999 in due course. There have be...
Economy Minister Nigel Dodds has said this month that he is doing everything in his power to reduce the level of deaths and injuries in the workplace. Mr Dodds was speaking at the release of the la...
An inquest at Enniskillen has heard details of how a refuse collector riding on the back of a bin lorry died when it was involved in a collision with an articulated lorry. The coroner at the inques...
Drumragh Integrated College has closed for the summer holidays three days earlier than planned as a precautionary measure following the discovery of asbestos in pipes in a basement. In a letter to...
Farmers bogged down in soggy weather have been warned to guard against the possibility of fatalities as they harvest in the worst conditions for years. Rural insurer NFU Mutual has called on farmer...
The Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSE NI) has established its first premises based outside of Belfast with the opening of a new office in Omagh's Gortrus...
Fuel will once again be running through the Buncefield oil depot in Hertfordshire after works begin to restore pipe work on the site in August 2007. The site was virtually destroyed by an explosion...
A London waste company has this month been fined a total of £43,000 after attempting to illegally export maggot-infested household waste to India. Community Waste Ltd of Earls Court pleaded guilty...
Two company directors from a rubber recycling company have been fined for illegally storing tyres without a waste management license. The men from Southern Rubber Products were fined a total of £4...
A company blamed for an oil spill in the Firth of Forth has promised to do everything they can to prevent it from happening again. Petrochemical firm Ineos in Grangemouth was served with an enforce...
Salvors are continuing efforts to break up the stricken container ship MSC Napoli off Branscombe in east Devon. The ship which was carrying 2,300 containers was originally grounded in January 2007...
The Environment Agency has said it welcomes a Court of Appeal ruling this month, because it has cleared up confusion over the definition of waste oil. The Agency will now ha...
The remainder of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations SI 2006/3289 came fully into force this month, with the distributor take-back obligations applying...
