Clean Air Day website launched
- 20 May 2019
Clean Air Day Scotland website has now gone live and the toolkits can be downloaded from here. Clean Air Day is happening on Thursday 20 June 2019. The website brings together years of experience and expert advice to create lots of free resources which will contribute to the success of Clean Air Day.
REHIS welcomes Burnright to Annual Environmental Health Forum
- 15 May 2019
At the recent REHIS Annual Environmental Health forum at New Lanark delegates had the pleasure of welcoming Lawson Wight from the Burnright campaign. Burnright is the national consumer awareness campaign to promote efficient domestic burning. Many consumers are unaware that the way they use their fuels and fires can make a big difference to air […]
Smoke levels in Scottish jails fell by 80% following prison tobacco ban
- 14 May 2019
Levels of second-hand smoke in Scotland’s prisons fell by more than 80 percent in the week after smoking was banned, according to new University of Stirling research. The study confirms the positive impact of the smoke-free policy, introduced in November 2018, on the air quality within Scotland’s 15 prisons. The researchers compared smoke levels to measurements […]
Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme announced
- 8 May 2019
Scotland is the first country in the UK to announce its plans for a deposit return scheme for drinks containers. Scotland’s new Deposit Return Scheme will include aluminium and steel cans as well as drinks containers made of glass and Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic with a 20p deposit as part of plans to combat climate […]
Health claims on packaging for foods marketed to children are ‘confusing’, says study
- 21 April 2019
The health claims made on the product packaging for a large proportion of foods marketed to children in the UK are 'confusing', and could be contributing to increases rates of childhood obesity, suggests research published online in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood. University of Glasgow researchers examined products with child-focused imagery and health and […]
Renewable electricity at record levels in Scotland
- 21 April 2019
Renewable electricity generation in Scotland reached record levels in 2018. The latest figures from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) show, the equivalent of 74.6% of gross electricity consumption was from renewable sources. Generation in Scotland was 26,708 GWh, a 6.1% increase on the previous record in 2017. This output of electricity […]
London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone comes into force
- 21 April 2019
The world’s first Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) came into force in London on Monday 8 April. Shortly after it came into operation in London the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, revealed it has already reduced harmful pollution levels. The Mayor’s office reported that concentrations of roadside N02 have been reduced in the zone by 20% and […]
Fife beach closed by sewage spill twice in one week
- 20 April 2019
Anstruther beach in Fife was closed to the public at the start of the Easter weekend as Scottish Water worked to contain a sewage spill. This was the second time in the space of a week that access to the beach was restricted due to a spill. On 15 April, people were told to avoid […]
Clean Air Day 2019
- 20 April 2019
Thursday June 20, 2019, marks Clean Air Day (CAD) – a red letter day for air quality That’s when people and organisations will come together across Scotland for the annual event to raise awareness of the difference we can all make to the air we breathe. Environmental Protection Scotland (EPS), is once again coordinating Clean Air […]
Wild parakeet flock causes concern in Glasgow park
- 15 April 2019
Parakeets are causing concerns in a park in Glasgow– leading to a potential ‘cull’ as has been the case in London and also in Spain, About 20 or 30 of the birds have made their home in Victoria Park in the west of the city, leading to the Scottish Natural Heritage deeming them the most […]
Scottish bakery fined after boy almost dies from allergic reaction
- 15 April 2019
Nevis Bakery Limited, based in Inverness-shire has been fined £6,000 at Belfast Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to failing to provide information on an allergenic ingredient – namely eggs – on its Empire biscuits. The firm also admitted to putting the biscuits that were deemed unsafe and considered injurious to health to a specific category […]
Food Standards Scotland launch allergen alert tool
- 13 April 2019
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has launched a new food allergy alert service, offering consumers on-the-go updates on missing or incorrect allergen information on food labels. The free service, available through the FSS homepage, gives the option to receive specific alerts via text message or email on issues involving any of the 14 allergens that must be […]
