04 Jan 2022

MCS ‘On Tuesday the 14th December the Scottish Government Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater MSP announced a new start date of the 16th of August 2023 for the Deposit Return Scheme that was promised by the First Minister back in 2017. The scheme was meant to have started in 2021 but got delayed to 2022 and […]

09 Dec 2021

Catchment Sensitive Farming: reduce water and air pollution Training, advice and grant support for farmers and land managers to reduce water and air pollution from agriculture.   Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) is a partnership between the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, the Environment Agency and Natural England. It works with farmers and a range […]

26 Oct 2021

From Pollution to Solution: A global assessment of marine litter and plastic pollution reveals the impact of marine litter and plastic pollution in the environment and their effects on the health of ecosystems, wildlife and humans. Plastics are the largest, most harmful and most persistent fraction of marine litter, accounting for at least 85 per cent of total […]

12 Oct 2021

Listen at BBC Sounds Campaigners say the state of Britain’s rivers is worsening. Over half of them polluted by sewage. There’s also a problem with agricultural run-off and chemicals. What can we do? According to campaigners, Britain has some of the dirtiest rivers in Europe. Sewage, slurry from farms and chemicals are all a problem, […]

12 Oct 2021

City Doubles Size of Largest Green Infrastructure Program in Nation, Making NYC More Resilient to Global Warming Specially designed curbside rain gardens will absorb millions of gallons of stormwater each time it rains, beautifying neighborhoods, improving the health of our waterways and making the city more resilient in the face of global warming NEW YORK—Mayor […]

05 Oct 2021

From Water UK Water industry calls for a wave of bathing rivers as part of a new national plan to improve the health of English rivers Water companies want government, agriculture, and other sectors to come together and help create a series of bathing rivers across the country Research shows the many sources of pollution […]