Inside recycling
The Recycling and Waste Management show, co-located with the Energy Event and the new Renewables event at the NEC looks interesting for plant engineers, says Brian Tinham
Sow’s ear to silk purse
Making a silk purse from a sow's ear has never been a promising prospect. But, says Dr Tom Shelley, plants and processes are getting better at extracting cash from trash
Cut the energy hype
Although oil prices have come down, the recession is forcing organisations of all kinds to keep on cutting energy costs. One consequence is increasing numbers of companies seeing energy saving as a business opportunity - and hence the growing number of ferings available. But while most ideas are good and very workable, others, inevitably, are either naïve or downright fraudulent.