Health fears raised at residents' meeting on proposed pyrolysis plant

Hazardous substances such as cadmium and mercury are present in computers, cell phones, fluorescent lamps and other consumer electronics and may cause harm to the health of users of this equipment and the environment if not handled or disposed of properly.After a series of meetings held this year, the last one promoted on Monday (25/9) i...

This notice outlines the arrangements that would come into force to regulate Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) if the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 with no deal.POPs are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. They persist in the environment for long periods, are ...

Lead, sulphuric acid, nickel, cobalt and rare earth metals are highly toxic and have adverse impacts on the environment and the societies in which they are mined. As the EU is looking to become a world leader in battery production, a report considers new battery technologies – such as sodium-ion – which would ha...

A new ASTM International standard provides an effective way to determine the presence of boron in coal. The organization’s committee on coal and coke (D05) developed the new standard, which is soon to be published as D8213. As noted in the new standard, “the possible emission of boron that may be found in coal from coal combustion...

The EU’s rules on end-of-life vehicles aim to: i) make dismantling, recycling and reusing these vehicles more environmentally friendly and ii) the manufacturers to make new vehicles without hazardous substances, so their parts can later be reused.This evaluation assesses how well the EU’s rules are working and whether they are deliverin...