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Vinyl and CD recycling scheme announced by major music packaging broker Image credit: Julie Raccuglia, CC BY-SA 2.0 license.
Key Production Group, said to be Europe’s leading bespoke physical music and packaging manufacturing broker, has announced the full rollout of its Key Production Recycling scheme, which the group says provides a responsible ...

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CIBSE award for aircon innovation (Left to right) Marcus Brigstocke, Muhammad Ahmad, Luke Pulford, Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Arif Shahab, Muhammad Mehroz, and Simon Parker.
An energy-efficient cooling system developed by scientists at Northumbria University has picked up an important innovation award in the building services sector.
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Hydrogen safety to be researched by industry-academia project in Aberdeen The project, MHYSTIC (New Materials and Methods for Hydrogen Transportation and Storage: Repurposing the Economic Future of the North Sea) will redeploy existing energy assets and skills towards developing innovations that will support the UK’s hydrogen distribution network.
A research project ...

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How Product-as-a-Service (PaaS) models can improve access to green technology Neil Pein is CEO at BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions.
Businesses across Europe are facing mounting pressure to invest in more eco-friendly practices, but high upfront costs and operational challenges stand in the way. Neil Pein of BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, explains ...

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Study unveils a unique microbiome in glacier meltwater streams The Perito-Moreno glacier in Argentina.
A new study sheds light on the diversity of microbial life in glacier meltwater. The streams draining the glaciers on our planet’s mountaintops harbor a wealth of unique microorganisms, yet little was known about these complex ...

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Europe’s largest battery powers up in Blackhillock, in Moray An area outside the substation in 2006 (image credit: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0 license).
Zenobē, an owner and operator of grid-scale batteries on the GB transmission network, has announced that Europe’s largest battery site, located in Blackhillock, Scotland, has begun ...

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New infrastructure for zero emission HGVs unveiled at haulage industry summit Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood addressed the ZEHID progress summit in London on 6 March.
Plans for 54 new charging hubs to power zero emission lorries have been announced.
The Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrations (ZEHID) programme, delivered by Innovate UK in ...

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Radioactive coolant leak reported at Finnish nuclear power plant A visit to OL3 in 2020 (image credit: IAEA Imagebank, CC BY 2.0 license).
A leakage of reactor coolant has occurred at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant on the west coast of Finland, according to the operator of the plant, Teollisuuden ...

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Heat-from-wastewater initiative gets underway in Scotland Ross McLory (left) Head of Business Development for Industrial and Commercial at SSE Energy Solutions and Donald MacBrayne, Business Development Manager at Scottish Water Horizons, beside Kessock Bridge, Inverness (image credit: Iain Ferguson, The Write I).
A new strategic partnership between ...

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Stronger waste prevention measures needed to accelerate the Nordic transition to a circular economy Collecting clothing for recycling (image credit: Getty Images/Maskot).
More systematic waste prevention strategies are needed to achieve regional and national sustainability goals in Scandinavia, according to a new report. It outlines practical measures to strengthen the circular economy in the Nordics, ...