Envirotec

(Left to right) Marketing Director Bob Dalrymple; Chief Executive Officer Ken Munro; Chief Financial Officer Theresa McLean.

A new Scottish business has been launched in a bid to transform collagen-derived by-products from leather manufacturing into high-performance industrial materials.

The firm, encircol, which is backed by 200-year-old fami...

Baked earth and dry crops in Kent as temperatures reached 32°C in May. The UK subsequently recorded 38.0°C at Lingwood, Norfolk, on 26 June, followed by the year’s high so far of 38.1°C at Kew Gardens, west London, on 13 August.

Waste incinerator at Danderhall, Lothian. The latest assessment reports on EfW capacity and resilience across Scotland. (image credit:

New EU rules intended to reduce packaging waste, increase recyclability and stimulate the use of recycled materials begin to apply today (12 August), bringing wide-ranging new requirements for businesses placing packaging on the European market.

The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) replaces the EU’s previous Packaging and Packagi...

Naked Energy’s VirtuHOT solar thermal collectors at the University of Westminster. The evacuated-tube system generates renewable heat from solar energy.

Renewable heat technology firm Naked Energy plans to establ...