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READ ARTICLE >Business Plans to anticipate Client Requirements
Happy New Year to all our clients, research partners and network of contacts. We look forward to working with you on the range of projects which we have planned for ECOS this year. 2014 will be an exiting year for us with major plans to develop the business in anticipation of the future needs of...
READ ARTICLE >ECOS – Our Standards and Core Values
ECOS has a set of values which governs our approach to business and relationships with our colleagues and clients. Inclusive: Our projects are designed with our clients to address their needs. We work with people, rather than just for clients. We encourage engagement and buy-in of stakeholders. We engage with our extensive contact network, including regulators, research partners,...
READ ARTICLE >Plastics Packaging – Maximize Return and Minimize Impact
Have you ever thought about the “life cycle” of plastics packaging? Current best practice thinking is that packaging should be designed to Satisfy technical, consumer and customer needs Minimises environmental impact. ie. – Use the minimum amount of resources to serve its core purpose and maximise the opportunity for recycling. A key UK and European...
READ ARTICLE >Environmental Risk Observations: Read to the bottom and pick a winner
Many great thoughts have been communicated over the real and significant environmental risks which have been presented. Here are a few of our favourites. Read to the bottom and pick a winner. Today we’re dumping 70 million tons of global-warming pollution into the environment, and tomorrow we will dump more, and there...
READ ARTICLE >It may not be poetry, but………..
………… its Friday and here are a few words of wisdom from people who have made lasting achievements Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. – Henry Ford Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something. – Thomas A. Edison Don’t...
READ ARTICLE >Poetry or Science – A great quote for a Friday afternoon
“What we need is not the will to believe, but the wish to find out.”-William Wordsworth ECOS Environmental Consultants Limited #ecos
READ ARTICLE >Regulations to limit key raw materials
How important would it be to your business if certain key raw materials were no longer available to you? Would your business be viable or what would you do if your product range decreased dramatically from 26 products supplied to many clients down to a 2 product range supplied to one key customer, due to...
READ ARTICLE >Process Control requires correct interpretation of Control Parameters
It is a well established fact that information relating to key control parameters is essential to optimize wastewater treatment plant performance. In our experience it is all too common for problems to arise where information is either not generated or, more times than not, not reviewed or interpreted correctly. #ecos saves businesses a lot of...
READ ARTICLE >New guidance on helping to reduce waste in building projects
BSI has launched a new standard that can help reduce waste in the early stages of building or refurbishment projects. BS 8895-1 Designing for material efficiency in building projects – Part 1: Code of Practice, is part 1 of 3 documents that will enable designers, architectural teams, contractors and clients to make their building projects more...
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