Products & Chemicals

The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency has launched a new ‘enforcement unit’ to tackle continued non-compliance at the worst performing industrial sites

The thousands of chemicals in the PFAS group are coming under increasing scientific, regulatory and legal scrutiny and are the subject of a new film starring Mark Ruffalo. Here’s what you need to know

An analysis of food packaging from major supermarkets, coffee shops and takeaway restaurants has found huge reliance on PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, many of which are linked to major environmental and human health concerns

Guidance on the trade in fluorinated greenhouses gases (F-gas) and ozone-depleting substances (ODS) during and after the Brexit transition period was published by DEFRA and the Environment Agency last week

The US lawyer who won a $671m settlement from DuPont for knowingly poisoning an entire town has pleaded for all forms of polyfluoroalkyl substances to be banned

There were 533 serious pollution incidents in England in 2018, up 27% on the previous year, with illegal waste activities, waste management activities and farming among the main culprits

£104bn is expected to be invested annually in smart city technologies by 2021, according to the International Data Corporation. But some fear the potential environmental gains are not being given enough weight in digital strategies

With the UK set to formally leave the EU at the end of this month, fundamental changes to environmental policy and legislation are on the cards. ENDS checks the policy radar to identify what you need to prepare for in the coming year

Decarbonising heavy industry presents a major challenge to reaching net-zero emissions. But new solutions are on the horizon. ENDS looks at six emerging technologies

Corporate adaptation to climate change, toxics in the supply chain, particulate air pollution and decarbonising cement and steel are among ENDS’ list of industry’s biggest green challenges