Print, warehouse and mail company the Astron Group have been fined a total of £7,484 for failing their environmental duty under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations...
Scottish waste management legislation is undergoing a major shake-up, after it was revealed this month that illegal dumping in Scotland is costing up to £262,000 to clear up every month. The
Grosvenor Waste Management (GWM) Ltd have been fined £55,000 this month, for illegally exporting household rubbish to developing nations. The waste firm, who are based in Crayford, Kent, handles wa...
Local authorities can now register sites as official collection points for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) under the UK's new producer responsibility system...
A pill that will stop cows producing flatulence could be the answer to reducing methane emitted as the animals turn grass into milk, and which significantly contributes to climate change. Methane p...
An Enniskillen joinery firm has been fined this month for the illegal burning of waste. John Sheridan and Sons Ltd received the £3,500 fine at Enniskillen Magistrates Court, after pleading guilty t...
The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) has taken the first steps in a legal challenge against the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DoE NI), over its interpretatio...
The line-up of Northern Ireland's new devolved Government is beginning to take shape, with the parties announcing nominations for the ministerial portfolios. Following March's election and the hist...
Northern Ireland is lagging behind the rest of the UK when it comes to fighting the green battle. "The Green Barometer", a newly published survey of public opinion, has discovered that while most p...
New research has suggested that millions of UK workers are likely to be suffering from depression and panic attacks because they are becoming stressed by their jobs. The latest 24-7 survey (a resea...
The responsibility of contractors to protect people not in their employment from risks to their health and safety has been highlighted by a serious prosecution brought by the He...
Geoffrey Podger, chief executive of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned that the industry should prepare for bad news in next year's health and safety statistic...
A ban on smoking in enclosed public places has begun across Wales. Pubs, restaurants, offices and public transport are all covered by the ban, which came into force on 2 April 2007. Those found smo...
Three painters at a Belfast shipyard had a narrow escape this month, after they were almost hit by a falling crane. The giant 300 ft high Sampson crane, which can lift up to 800 tonnes, appeared to...
A father of six who was killed in a massive hydrogen blast at a water treatment plant in Londonderry was essentially working on top of a bomb, the inquest into his death has heard this month. The w...
