News: UK exports backed to tackle oil spills
News: UK pollution-control company secures government-backed guarantees for export equipment to clean-up oil spills in marine environments worldwide.
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Guest Blog: Are you an unwitting polluter?
GUEST BLOG: Eco-conscious consumers are cutting plastic, but confused about how they can help most… When it comes to recycling, do you have the best of intentions, but not always the information or knowledge to match? Are you an unwitting polluter? In this SustMeme Guest Post, Yanyan Ji, SVP Marketing at Gazelle, a known leader in electronic waste, talks us […]
Read moreExplainer: How Microplastics Threaten Our Environment
Microplastic pollution is being found everywhere, literally: it is in our rivers; on our gardens; in the food we eat; it is even now in human poop. Perhaps the worst aspect of microplastic pollution is that no effective and efficient way of removing the full range of debris has yet been found. The EU has, however, recently proposed a wide-ranging […]
Read moreGreen tide on the rise for electric shipping
New writing… My latest piece for Eniday looks at the (slow) journey towards greater sustainability in shipping. You’ve heard of electric cars, buses and lorries, well, what about e-ferries? Championed by market leaders and supported by international policymakers, the drive towards tackling the climate impacts and carbon footprint of the the industry as a whole is gathering momentum, albeit belatedly. With […]
Read moreFuture of Construction: Change is in the Air
New writing… Pleased to say I have another piece published in The Times newspaper today, as part of a special report on the Future of Construction, by Raconteur. It looks at how the construction sector stands accused as a polluter, but has an opportunity to clean up its act – not just on urban air quality, but environmental impacts and emissions […]
Read moreEnvironmental Crime: From Ecocide, via INTERPOL, to Litter
What connects guns to gum? Genocide and graffiti are worlds apart, as are the global trade in illegal timber and nuisance parking, gangland killings and the theft of rare bird eggs, right? Wrong. They are all simply and inextricably linked by a single issue, all part of the same one-planet problem: Environmental Crime. INTERPOL: Serious and organised crime A Detective […]
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