Two incidents on the M20 over the last 24-hours have caused chaos for motorists.
This morning, the main carriageway was closed on the London-bound stretch at junction 11 at Hythe because of an overturned vehicle spilling chemicals across the road.
SERPRO - The Professionals Choice
March 7, 2011
January 31, 2011
Fuel spill on the M77 near Glasgow
A car collided with the central reservation of the M77 motorway south of Glasgow.
The accident happened on the evening of Sunday 30th Jan at approx 5pm and initial reports have suggested more than one vehicle was involved.
The crash took place at Junction 1 of the M77 at Dumbreck Road, not far from where it links to the M8 and fuel was spilled on the carriageway. The M77 southbound carriageway was reduced down to one lane.
January 26, 2011
Acid Leak at M1 Services
Fire crews were called to the Woodall Services of the M1 at 9:30am this morning, due to reports of a lorry leaking a chemical.
Four fire engines from Aston, Maltby, Darnall and Mosborough stations along with two specialist units were quickly on the scene. On arrival firefighters identified the chemical as being Nitric Acid. A 50m cordon was put in place around the lorry which was in the lorry park of the service station. Surrounding vehicles were evacuated as a precaution.
Firefighters remained at the scene until a specialist clean up team arrived to dispose of the chemical and left the incident at around 1pm.
- Scottish airport and university slash emissionsA greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction scheme has seen Edinburgh Airport and Edinburgh Napier University become the first organisations to pass the standard. […]
- Consumers sitting on e-waste cash mountainBritish households are individually throwing away £800 worth of electrical appliances every year that could be reused or recycled according to new research. […]
- New Thames Tunnel consultation set to launchThames Water has unveiled plans to launch an additional four-week consultation round on amendments to its proposed Thames Tunnel project. […]
- O2 unveils carbon footprint of its servicesTelecoms giant O2 has joined forces with the Carbon Trust to measure the carbon footprint of its services - becoming, it has claimed, the first network operator to gain certification. […]
- Nestlé shows real bottle in lightweight packagingNestlé Waters claims to have developed the UK's lightest bottled water product with the opening of its new £35m production factory in Buxton last week. […]
- Scotland records accelerated fall in trade wasteCommercial waste arisings are falling at a faster rate than household waste across Scotland according to official figures released yesterday (May 17). […]
- Negative energy price spikes can be halved, says DaveyClimate change polices could slash volatility in global oil, gas and coal prices by 50% by 2050, energy secretary Ed Davey has claimed. […]
- CRC 'stealth tax' damaging attempts to cut carbonNew research being presented to Parliament today (May 17) indicates that attempts to encourage some of the UK's largest organisations to cut carbon have been hit by a change in government policy. […]
- Delay to Solar tariff cut is confirmedDECC confirmed today that the next round of cuts to the Feed-in Tariff for solar PV has been 'delayed'. […]
- Business engagement will drive economy, says OfwatManaging business customer expectations and creating a sustainable water supply legacy needs to be the challenge water companies address, according to Thames Water and Ofwat. […]