No Deal Brexit waste advice, Jersey Water fail, Severn & Trent fined again
No Deal Brexit waste advice, Jersey Water fail, Severn & Trent fined again. Here is the water pollution prevention news. Will industrial pollution be affected by a no-deal Brexit? The government thinks so, and they’re busy recommending the waste industry reviews its contingency plans. Jersey says its water is fine, but local people beg to […]
Post-Brexit environmental threats, illegal waste, and Scottish dry cleaning success
Did you know 80% of the UK’s environmental laws come from the EU? Did you realise stakeholders haven’t been properly engaged in transferring EU environmental laws into UK statute? One man gets fined for running three filthy, illegal waste sites. And, in Scotland, the dry cleaning industry has finally been brought under better environmental control. […]
Farm Spill Containment Failure, Airport PFOS Pollution, Construction Site Woes.
The past couple of weeks have seen the usual run of news stories about water pollution, commercial fire contamination and environmental pollution. In a world where the polluter pays, where those business that cause water pollution face clean up costs and fines as well as the huge reputation costs, it’s absolutely critical that you are […]
A Blue Canal, Better Hospital Waste Management, Thames Water Shamed.
It’s rare to see a week go by without some form of water pollution scandal or other being reported in the news. It just goes to show how very vulnerable businesses are to it. The stories we’ve covered this time around illustrate how tricky it can be to find out what happened, identify the culprit, […]
