Plastic packaging made from the fermented wastewater of processed juice could save industry millions in production costs and tap into growing consumer demand for environmentally friendly products.

MPs on the House of Commons Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee are highlighting the need for a proper understanding of whether flood defence funding is being allocated in the most effective way.

The Government has announced the latest in a series of new measures to help communities hit by flooding, including £5000 grants for individual households and businesses and a £10 million fund for farmers.

The Environment Agency says flooding is set to continue into the weekend along the Thames valley and in Somerset while Windsor, Maidenhead and communities in Surrey are being warned to expect severe disruption as the Thames to could reach its highest levels in some places since 1947.

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is set to start work on a major £4.5 million investment scheme which will deliver major improvements to the wastewater network in the Rhyl and Kinmel Bay areas.

A Stirling abattoir operator has been fined a total of £26,250 for allowing effluent to pollute a local burn.

Aquarius Marine Group (AMG), a specialist in water quality solutions and consultancy for fisheries and water utilities has announced a new version of its water aeration and mixing solution.

Costain has signed up to the Government’s Infrastructure Carbon Review which aims to reduce carbon in infrastructure and help the UK economy save as much as 24 million tonnes of carbon and £1.46 billion a year by 2050.

The Environment Agency is stepping up its pumping operations on the Somerset Levels with additional pumping on both the Sowy and the King’s Sedgemoor Drain.