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Deadline: 18 June 2025 at 23:59 The UK Parliament’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has issued a Call for Evidence on issues related to the Global Plastics Treaty. The final round of negotiations on a new Global Plastics Treaty (Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee or INC-5) was planned for completion …
EBNet does science rather than politics, but we do respond to national and other surveys where our expertise is relevant to policy formation. And at present it is impossible to be unaware of the troubled state of the UK water industry. Today’s headline item ‘Thames Water fined £122.7m in biggest …
Another month with sad or bad news for our many members in the UK water industry – but in at least one area, EBNet is helping to develop solutions. On 25 April the National Audit Office (NAO) published its report on ‘Regulating for investment and outcomes in the water sector‘. …
This micrograph shows a sample taken on 2 April 2025 from salt pans near the Mar Menor (Murcia, Spain), a haven of extremophile diversity. On the left is the alga Dunaliella salina that has lost its two characteristic flagella and is in the process of encysting. Blooms of these …
The BBC’s Rare Earth programme has a new episode out on PFAS, the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances that are now a major emerging pollutant: listen or download on Rare Earth – Forever Chemicals – BBC Sounds. Dr Tao Lyu from Cranfield University, who leads EBNet’s PFAS Working Group, says: “New …
Don’t miss the two new animations in our series on Microbiology/Engineering Interactions, which came out during #EnvBiotechAware week. Prof Tom Curtis has already shown his Microbes in Wastewater Treatment as part of a presentation to the Royal Academy of Engineering, while Aerobic Granules captures some key themes of the AG …
IEA Task 37 Energy from Biogas has published a report on Potential for Manure-based Anaerobic Digestion – Motivations, Barriers and Approaches in Six Countries. The new report builds on a previous Task 37 study Potential and utilization of manure to generate biogas in seven countries, updating this and adding data …
Our Green Stories: Microbes to the Rescue anthology is now available as a free audiobook, as well as a free eBook on the Resources page. Each month we are highlighting 2-3 stories, equivalent to about 30 mins listening in total. Let us know what you think about them! This month’s …
UKWIR has published a report on removal of algae during water treatment. While many of the methods described are physico-chemical, e.g. covering or filtration, it includes operating strategies and also floating wetland systems, where macrophytes are assisted by root biofilm formation Title: Efficient Algae Removal during the water treatment process …
For information on our activities, see our #EnvBiotechAware week which ran from 3-7 March 2025 Celebrating our Network members and their work, with lunchtime webinars, reports, animations, case studies, outreach and more. Friday contains some real treats. An Escape Room game to save our water supply, an audiobook, an upcoming podcast with the …
If you are in southern Spain, make sure you visit the exhibition of micrographs by Prof Franciso Torrella, which has now been extended to 27 April 2025. Prof Torrella is one of EBNet’s international advisers who kindly provided the activated sludge images for our #EnvBiotechAware week. The exhibition, entitled La …
Wednesday 9 April 2025, 19-21:00 UK time – Online This event features a panel discussion on the Stories from the Microbial World anthology with the editor and two contributing authors. Stories from the Microbial World contains 23 stories in which microbes and microbiology play a prominent role. It was …
The Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC) is holding its first ECR conference on 8-9 July 2025 in Edinburgh. The event is open to everyone, and is free to EBIC partners with a registration fee of £250 for non-partners. Abstract submissions are invited on a range of topics, including Environmental biotechnology, …
Don’t miss the new Soil Matters podcast from the British Society of Soil Science. Episode 1 features Prof Frederic Coulon and Prof Tony Gutierrez talking about new bioremediation techniques that are completely changing our approaches to reclaiming contaminated land. The podcast is available free on the BSSS Soil Matters webpage, …
Join us from Monday to Wednesday for three lunchtime webinars covering various aspects of EB. MONDAY WEBINAR: Current and future directions in Aerobic Granular Sludge systems, Monday, 3 March 2025 1-2 pm (UK) The webinar will include two presentations, the first covering technical developments for Nereda, experience of meeting current industry …
