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Views on battery disposal sought by Defra

Tuesday, 23 December 2008 20:59 By Chris Innis

Defra and the Devolved Administrations for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are seeking views on draft regulations for UK implementation of provisions relating to waste batteries in Directive 2006/66/EC on Batteries and Accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators.

The Government is seeking the views of producers, distributors, collectors and recyclers of batteries and accumulators and items containing batteries and accumulators, and any other interested parties, on the proposed approach for implementing provisions in the Directive relating to the collection, treatment, recycling and disposal of waste portable, automotive and industrial batteries and accumulators.

Councils investing to sell on waste disposal services

Thursday, 11 December 2008 15:07 By Mark Williams

Councils are exploiting economies of scale to dilute exposure to Government landfill 'fines.' Collecting municipal waste cost councils £1.15 billion in 2006/07 and disposal cost a further £1.46 billion. In addition, councils could face fines of up to £7 million (£30 per household) if they fail to meet the targets of the EU Landfill Directive by 2013.

£1m investment fund closes for gene-tech company

Thursday, 11 December 2008 14:45 By Mark Williams

EnviroGene, a molecular diagnostics company enabling informed capital expenditure for the management of essential natural resources, announced that it has raised £1 million in a second round of investment funding.
Investors for this round include RAB Capital plc, Finance Wales plc and management. VSA Capital, the Company’s retained broker, assisted EnviroGene in raising this capital. The Company employs molecular diagnostics and nanoparticle tracing technology in the fields of water quality, groundwater bioremediation monitoring, and upstream oil and gas activities.

Greener by miles, says CBI

Wednesday, 10 December 2008 17:11 By Mark Williams

A waste recycling company that provides daily collection of mixed waste has won a CBI award. First Mile - which focuses on recycling and waste services in city centres - was honoured at the CBI Growing Business Awards in London, winning the Green Award. Judges praised the company for rolling out its low-cost business model on a national scale just four years after its inception.
The judges said that First Mile was a master practitioner in the growing, inventive and energetic green service sector.

D-Link Tests Energy Saving Device For Ethernet Products

Wednesday, 26 November 2008 00:31 By Chris Innis, www.dlink.co.uk

D-Link has announced the results of a power consumption test which it believes validates its claims that its Green Ethernet switches deliver real energy savings. The tests were conducted by Broadband-Testing Labs. It believes that its Green Ethernet is the first to be validated independently.

D-Link was first to market with Green Ethernet products last year to capitalise on the increasing number of commercial and public sector organisations that are taking proactive measures to reduce their energy consumption.

The research results provide current and potential D-Link customers with the reassurance that with its Green Ethernet switches, it is not paying lip-service to the current environmental zeitgeist, but actually creating products that deliver measureable energy savings.

Nigel Moulton, VP Enterprise and SME, D-Link Europe, said, "We are delighted that these tests confirm the unique energy-saving capability of D-Link’s business-class switches; an achievement that has not come at the expense of the switches’ performance or price point."

Under test was D-Link’s DGS-1224T 24-port Green Ethernet Gigabit Smart Switch, which is D-Link’s entry point into energy saving networking for the SMB market. Equipped with D-Link Green Ethernet technology, the switch reacts when a device attached to it is turned off, by placing the corresponding port in a standby mode that requires less power. The switches also detect cable lengths and adjust power output accordingly.

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