Recent floods show once again that it’s high time to formally recognise the rights of the River Avon
Rivers are rights-bearing beings that deserve to have a voice in our decision-making structures – and to be treated as life-sustaining ecosystems, not vessels to carry away human waste.
The Avonmouth explosion was horrific. But it wasn’t unprecedented.
The business of recycling sewage into fertiliser, and the wider wastewater treatment industry, have been chequered by explosions and industrial accidents