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RWM 2023 - leading event for waste, recycling and resource professionals
Trade Shows & Conferences
The Resource & Waste Management Expo (RWM) is a UK premier event for professionals working in the recycling, resource, waste, and broader environmental services industry. Formerly known as RWM & Letsrecycle Live, RWM offers a platform to connect with like-minded professionals, learn about the latest industry trends, and drive positive environmental change through sustainable resource management.
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EVO Spill Kits from First Mats
Spill Control & Clean Up
EVO Spill Kits Now Available From First Mats, Enhancing Workplace Safety and Environmental Responsibility
First Mats, a renowned Birmingham-based company specialising in industrial and commercial floor matting, has added an innovative range of Oil Spill Kits to its product line. By doing so, First Mats expands its commitment to floor-level safety and environmental responsibility. At the forefront of the range, the Eco-Friendly EVO Spill Kits provide the perfect balance between sustainability and high performance.
Water
A study of 1,101 UK adults has highlight the nation's bad flushing habits, and the worst cities for them. Birmingham came out on top, with 87% flushing items deemed unsuitable for drainage systems, including 42% swilling sewer clogging fats, oils and greases down the plughole, while Edinburgh flushed the most dental floss. Although Glasgow has the best British record when it comes to looking after their plumbing, 22% of its citizens flush cigarette butts down the toilet.
An unconventional flood defence technology that holds back river water in the hills above low-lying towns and cities could help prevent future misery as climate change makes severe and intense events more likely, say engineering technology experts.
Environmental campaign group WWF UK are urging UK businesses to face up to their responsibility in the global water crisis, because nearly half of UK imports are from countries with a high risk of water scarcity.
Eco-innovation funding is up for grabs for business and organisations looking to upgrade their laundry equipment and drastically reduce its water, energy and detergent use, by using a proven pioneering technology.
A plumber from Essex who invented a water saving toilet block device has agreed deals with Home Bargains and Aqualogic to secure nationwide distribution for the environmentally friendly product.
The Coal Authority has made two new multi-million pound awards to protect the nation's environment from polluted water from disused coal and metal mines.
A Government revised system for regulating Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) on new developments is in danger of becoming a 'fudge' and 'free-for-all' - and it could jeopardise effective flood control and environmental water quality, a drainage expert warns.