Features

Sue Hodgett, chief executive of the Institute of Healthcare Management, on the challenges ahead for the sector.

The Welsh Assembly Government is developing a new regulatory framework for housing associations in Wales with the emphasis on stronger, more consistent regulation.

The Department for Children’s, Schools and families (DCSF) wants BSF to deliver much more than new buildings.

By Tim Byles, chief executive, Partnerships for Schools.

Alan Aldridge, Executive Director of the Energy Services and Technology Association, explains the CRC Energy Efficiency scheme.

Employees are ready to help save energy and money in the workplace.

When LGE last heard from the Energy Saving Trust (EST) it was forging ahead with plans to open a network of regional advice centres across the UK. Chris Newbould caught up with Andy Deacon, head of local authority services, to find out how it’s going.

BEAMA’s Colin Timmins highlights the opportunities existing technologies present in achieving carbon savings…

The Carbon Trust is helping local authorities reduce their emissions across the UK, says its head of public sector Richard Rugg.

Martin Rose, Business Development Manager of not-for-profit lamp recycling specialist Recolight, explains how Local Authorities can help communities recycle their old light bulbs.

Simon Bimpson and Marcel Goemans of environmental engineers MWH, discuss the steps to delivering effective and efficient waste infrastructure.

The next three to five years in sustainable resources and wastes management will test the best, says Steve Lee, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Waste Management.

The UK is throwing away over £650 million every year by dumping and incinerating waste which, if recycled, could save 19 million tonnes of greenhouse gases annually – equivalent to taking around six million cars off the roads – a new report by Friends of the Earth shows today [7 October 2009].

LGE speaks to REPIC chief executive Dr Philip Morton about the latest changes to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) rules.

2009 has been a tough year for PFI, with limited credit availability and nervous banks setting the pace. Nonetheless, says United Utilities’ Peter Luke, the model could still have a bright future in the waste treatment arena.