The Environment Agency is releasing new guidance encouraging the sports industry to kick plastics out of sport. Olympic gold medallist Hannah Mills today joined the Environment Agency in calling on sport organisations across the country to ramp up efforts to tackle plastic waste.
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Preservation of the Ozone Layer
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. The ozone layer, a fragile shield of gas, protects the Earth from the harmful portion of the rays of the sun, thus helping preserve life on the planet.
An annual gas safety check can keep us all safe
If we can take one positive from the incredibly challenging past 18 months or so, it must be the acts of kindness and neighbourliness that we have all witnessed, especially during the difficult months of lockdown. From those who worked to keep essential services running to getting the weekly shop for our vulnerable neighbours orContinue reading “An annual gas safety check can keep us all safe”
New timetable for introducing border controls
Government sets out pragmatic new timetable for introducing border controls. The government has set out a pragmatic new timetable for introducing full import controls for goods being imported from the EU to the UK.
What is the biggest threat to human health?
What is the biggest threat to human health. It’s not the pandemic. It’s tempting to think that if the pandemic is ever over, we’ll be safe once more. That, however, would be to ignore the biggest threat to both human health and the planet itself: Climate change.
Carbon-sucking machine is switched on in Iceland
The world’s biggest carbon-sucking machine is switching on in Iceland. We have to start removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to have any chance of averting the worst impacts of global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said last month.
Supply chain disrupts water treatment
Government says polluters can dump risky sewage into rivers as Brexit disrupts water treatment. The government has given polluters the green light to dump risky sewage that has not been properly cleaned into rivers and the sea as Brexit and Covid disrupt normal water treatment.
Health and Safety update on driving and riding for work
Expansion of the ‘grey fleet’, gig economy and new technology prompts Health and Safety update on driving and riding for work. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), working in partnership with the Department for Transport (DfT), has published updated guidance on work-related road risk (WRRR) for employers and workers today (7 September 2021). The gig economy and theContinue reading “Health and Safety update on driving and riding for work”
UK’s green revolution
Next generation of heat networks to power UK’s green revolution. Homes and businesses will be made greener as low-carbon energy is placed at the heart of the latest round of funding for heat network projects in England.
Air pollution is slashing years off the lives of billions
Air pollution is slashing years off the lives of billions, report finds. Dirty air is a far greater killer than smoking, car crashes or HIV/Aids, with coal burning the leading cause.