Tanks for Keeping the Noise Down!

Wiltshire Environmental Protection teams seized the opportunity to launch Noise Action Week with a CRUNCH!!!!! The Environmental Protection Team and A Squadron of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment joined forces in front of the local press of Wiltshire. The regiment kindly provided a Challenger II tank, weighing approximately 72 tonnes to crush seized noise equipment collected over the last two years. Richard Francis (EHO), said [...]

International Noise Awareness Day meets Noise Action Week!

Today is International Noise Awareness Day, an annual event held in over 40 countries to promote awareness of the dangers of long term exposure to noise on the environment and human health. Here are some simple steps to preserve the peace and quiet in your life: ALL DAY: Pay attention to the noises you make [...]

Summer Sound Clash: Tensions Running High Over Garden Noise

Loud music, lawnmowers and unruly kids threaten to drive neighbourly relations to the limit this summer, with one in ten Brits admitting to heated words over the fence as a result of noise from next door’s garden. According to research commissioned by Worx Lawn & Garden tools as part of Noise Action Week, over half [...]

Which? report reveals expert tips for living a quiet life

According to a report released by Which? for Noise Action Week, as many as three million adults in Britain suffer from noisy neighbours but over 30% fail to do anything about it. The report surveyed 2,131  adults aged 16 and over  in April and discovered that loud voices and neighbours arguing was the most disturbing [...]

Win a Worx Lawnmower

Environmental Protection UK is holding a competition for Noise Action Week this year, with the hope of cutting down on some neighbourhood noise.  To win a Worx 40cm cordless lawnmower with unique MuteTM technology (worth £299.98), all you have to do is fill out the form on our website and match the sounds to their [...]

Massive Attack speak out on the use of Sonic Torture

In May 2003 the BBC reported that the US Army had used Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” and Barney the Purple Dinosaur’s “I Love You” in the interrogation of  Iraqi detainees, playing the songs repeatedly at high volume inside of shipping containers. In reaction to this, in 2008 an intiative of musicians called zero dB formed as protest [...]

Torfaen CBC for NAW

For Noise Action Week this year, Torfaen City Borough Council will be focusing on several issues relating to noise, such as  neighbour noise, dog barking and hearing and MP3 players. They are planning to hold a NAW promotion stand in Cwmbran Town centre on Friday 30th April 2010 from 10am to 4pm where they will be giving [...]

Cubex Noise Action Week update

Cubex Hearing Centre are organizing a Noise Action initiative – Love your Music? Save your Hearing! during Noise Action Week, 26th – 30th April, in Central London (Bond street, Oxford Street, Marylebone High Street, Baker Street, Holborn) to increase awareness about the danger of listening to music too loud for too long. Their aim is [...]

British Tinnitus Association supports NAW 2010

A common theme for Noise Action Week this year is  raising awareness of the risks of exposure to loud music, the British Tinnitus Association is in full support of this. Almost five million people in the country, an astounding 10% of the adult population, live with tinnitus, and the BTA are teaming up with Environmental Protection UK [...]

London Authorities – update!

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea have finalised their plans  for Noise Action Week 2010, Location: The Plaza, Worlds End Estate, Kings Road, SW10. Date: Monday 26th April 2010. Time: 10am to 12.30pm or 2pm to 4.30pm. The event, being run in conjunction with the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), Deafness Research UK [...]