A sewage company is claiming to be the first in the UK to use dried poo granules to generate electricity.

Thames Water has installed a £1.5 million sewage sludge dryer at its treatment plant in Slough and estimates that the resulting renewable fuel will be worth £300,000 and reduce its carbon emissions by over 500 tonnes a year.

 

Dan Labbad has today been appointed as the co-Chair of the new Green Construction Board by Business Minister Mark Prisk.

Mr Labbad, an experienced property and construction executive, who is currently Chief Executive Officer - Europe, Middle East & Africa for Lend Lease, will take up his position immediately and will sit alongside Mr Prisk, who is also co-Chair.

The shortlisted finalists for the 2011 Scottish Waste & Resources Awards have been announced today by the Scottish Waste & Resources Steering Group.

Launched in 2001, the awards have been designed to recognise outstanding achievements in the waste and resource industry in Scotland and provide a unique opportunity for the public, private and community sectors to gain national recognition for environmental performance, innovation and best practice.

 Iron technology leader Saint-Gobain PAM UK, part of leading international materials company, Saint-Gobain, has been awarded a £500,000 contract by Sutton and East Surrey Water to supply pipes and fittings for a new pipeline which connects the existing trunk main network at Mogador Road, Lower Kingswood, to storage reservoirs 5km away at Burgh Heath.