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Wiggins to pay hefty fine

A Berkshire man and his company have been prosecuted this month for running an illegal waste dump that was so large it required a global positioning satellite to calculate its size. Cecil Wiggins a...

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WEEE are pleased to announce the first compliance scheme

The Environment Agency have this month begun to formally approve the first batch of producer compliance schemes under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulatio...

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Emissions target proves not to be hot air

Figures published this month have shown that the UK is on track to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to almost double its target set at Kyoto. The figures, which are the final figures for 2005,...

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Water Service pollution figures leak

Figures from the Freedom of Information Act 2000 released recently have revealed that the Water Service in Northern Ireland has caused more than 1,500 pollution incidents between 2000 and 2005. Thi...

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Water services modernisation

In other water news this month, Northern Ireland's water and sewerage framework is set to be modernised, following the publication of the Water and Sewerage Service (Northern Ireland) Order

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South by southwest for illegal waste

A major environmental clean-up is currently under way in South Armagh, where the contents of an illegal landfill site are being sent back across the border to the Republic where it originated. A fl...

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Fagan reveals twist in Northern Ireland governance

A leading environmental pressure group has given a mixed reaction to leaked plans for a major shake-up in the way Northern Ireland is governed. Details were revealed by Friends of the Earth (FoE) t...

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No "kerbing" of recycling scheme

A further 25,000 Belfast households are to be included in a kerbside recycling scheme. The city council service, which is being delivered by the charity Bryson House, aims to make recycling more co...

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CDM guidance delayed

It has been announced this month that guidance relating to the new Contruction (Design and Management) Regulations, which was planned to be available now, will not be released until mid February. T...

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Chemical leak not so fantastic for plastic factory

A toxic leak at a chemical factory in Teesside on 4 January 2007, left 37 people injured. All the casualties suffered burns, skin irritation and breathing difficulties at the BASF site in Seal Sand...

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Workplace transport heading down a dangerous road

Two companies have been fined this month, following serious breaches of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulation...

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No comfort for bold man

An industrial dry cleaners in Sheffield pleaded guilty this month to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, following an incident in October 2004 where an enginee...

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England fired up for smoking ban

It has been announced that the smokefree elements of the Health Act 2006 will come into force on 6am in 1 July 2007. This will mean that virtually all enclosed public places...

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New Asbestos Regulations published

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) has announced the publication of the Control of Asbestos Regulations (Northern Ireland) SR 2007...

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Children ain't gonna work on Ulster farms no more

The horrific child death toll on Ulster farms, which has seen 16 fatalities in the last decade, has resulted in proposals for new tough health and safety laws. Figures released by the Health and sa...

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