27 Mar 2019
Severn Trent Water fined £500K for sewage contamination of a park & SSSI
Environment Agency ‘Severn Trent Water Limited was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on 22 March 2019, for the incident which occurred in November 2013. In addition to the fine, the company was ordered to pay prosecution costs of £50,693 and a victim surcharge of £120. The incident occurred due to a blockage in the company’s […]
24 Feb 2019
Plastic pollution – What can you do? – 12 things – City to Sea
Late in 2018 CMS & MCS collaborated on a questionnaire to assess what you – the readers of CMS News – are doing to tackle plastic pollution. The preliminary survey results from 590 of you showed that you were very aware and taking a wide range of actions to try and reduce plastics pollution. City […]
20 Feb 2019
Government sets out plans to overhaul waste system – a series of consultations
The government launches a series of consultations to overhaul the waste system. Published 18 February 2019 From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, HM Treasury, The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, and The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP Press release and details of consultations Government launches consultations to overhaul the waste system, cut plastic pollution, and move […]
20 Feb 2019
Billions of toxic plastic biobeads used by South West Water have entered the food chain
Scientific paper published by University of Plymouth reveals impact ‘bio-bead’ spillage in Fal Estuary has had on ecosystem Billions of highly toxic plastic pellets that spilled into an estuary in Cornwall ten years ago have entered the food chain, scientists have discovered. Bio-beads – small wrinkled or ridged plastic pellets – are used as a base […]
19 Jan 2019
Single Use Plastics Ban – EU Member agree in outline
A plan to ban single-use plastic products such as disposable plates and straws has been agreed. EU member states and the EU parliament still have to give the provisional agreement the go-ahead. European lawmakers have reached an agreement on a ban of single-use plastic products, the Austrian presidency said in Brussels on Wednesday. The move is […]
10 Jan 2019
Thames Water fined £2m for “foreseeable and avoidable” pollution
EA & Defra ‘2015 pollution killed dozens of fish – Defra ‘Thames Water has been fined £2million after raw sewage polluted two Oxfordshire streams, killing almost 150 fish. The sewage also flooded a nearby garden. Judge Peter Ross, at Oxford Crown Court on 21 December, ruled the incident in 2015 as a high-end, category three […]
12 Dec 2018
Nitrogen Pollution, Air and Water Quality & its Regulation – New EAC Report
EAC Comprehensive report into Nitrate Pollution in its many forms EAC Introduction: We decided to look at the issue of nitrate pollution for several reasons. One was the continuing problem of water quality. For instance, in October 2015, it was reported that the majority of water bodies in England were failing to achieve good status […]
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