The case of a boy who lost his right hand in a butcher's mincing machine is being used to highlight the dangers of jobs for teenagers. The 15 year old was working part-time at the shop in Shaw, Old...
Neighbours of a fireworks factory destroyed by a massive blaze which killed two firefighters are opposing plans from the firm to start selling fireworks again. Twelve other people were injured fol...
A well known oil and coal company has been fined for a pollution incident at Belfast Harbour. Hayes Fuels, which has its headquarters in Tyrone, was taken to court following a ...
A Belfast shipyard will recycle and dispose of the bow of the MSC Napoli, which was deliberately beached in Sidmouth, Devon in January this year. Following an explosive splitting of the ship, the b...
Businesses in Northern Ireland with energy bills of less than £50,000 a year are being offered free help to reduce their costs even further. The deal is part of a new initiative called the Northern...
Plans for a massive £140 million incinerator to deal with waste from all over Edinburgh, the Lothians and the Borders has led to calls for more recycling and less burning of rubbish. The incinerato...
A £10 million autoclave plant which will be one of the first in Europe to treat commercial "black bag" waste is set to open at the beginning of 2008. The facility, operated by London-based waste ma...
Research carried out by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has suggested that flexible paper batteries could meet the energy demands of the next generation of gadgets. A sam...
Northern Ireland's recycling rate is rising according to a new report, and further improvements are expected as the region's councils drive forward major mechanical biological treatment (MBT) propo...
It has affected ice-cream makers, swamped home-owners and soured the cider market, now Northern Ireland's washout summer has landed right on its beaches. The "summer of sludge" has left the shiftin...
A Redditch shop fittings company has pleaded guilty this month to charges of failing to meet its obligations under legislation relating to the recovery and recycling of packaging. AMS Group Ltd, wh...
It would appear that the UK is likely to put forward legislation within three months to cut carbon emissions in the fight against global warming. Environmentalists have suggested that the much anti...
A fact sheet to help the contaminated land sector understand the changes to landfill legislation which is coming into force later this year has been published by the Environment...
A farm worker was electrocuted this month after the combine harvester he was driving clipped power lines. The Nottingham University graduate who was working at Crystal Palace Farm in Wiltshire, lat...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a warning to demolition companies on the importance of finding out as much information as possible about the buildings or st...
