Albion would like to take this opportunity to thank all suppliers, customers and associates for all your support throughout 2019, and we look forward to working with you again in 2020. Our office closes for Christmas from 1600 on Monday 23rd December 2019 and will re-open on Monday 6th January 2020. Should you need to speak […]
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Are you aware of your obligations under the Waste (Recyclate Quality) (Scotland) Regulations 2015? Albion’s Waste Compositional Analysis team have been providing bespoke training support and ad-hoc expert advice on the requirements for waste sampling and data provision. A Material Recovery Facility (MRF) is a facility where collected commercial and or household recyclable waste is
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The other week, our KTP Associate – Jennifer Kowalski – was invited to attend Science at The Parliament in Edinburgh. This is what she had to say about the event: The theme for this year’s Science and the Parliament event was sustainability, which is a really interesting, and also a topical subject. There was also
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Under the ban which was set by the Waste (Scotland) Regulations legislation in 2012; no biodegradable municipal waste would be allowed to be sent to landfill sites from January the 1st 2021. This ban applies to a wide range of waste types including the following European Waste Codes (EWC): 20 02 01 – Biodegradable waste
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Are You Helping or Hindering Scotland’s Recycling? How can this be improved? Currently the contamination rate in the Household waste recycling streams ranges from 0.91% to 43.04%* The average contamination rate for Scotland’s recycling is 17% *These figures, provided by SEPA, do not include waste that was so badly contaminated it does not make it
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As part of our KTP project on bioaerosol monitoring, we are currently conducting a survey on bioaerosol assessments and the existing guidance that is available to assist with them (such as the M9 Guidance Note on Bioaerosol Monitoring). The aim of this research is to assess the value of current guidance documents on bioaerosol monitoring,
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Do you understand the implications of Non-Compliance with Duty of Care Regulation? Did you know we offer training in Soil waste classification? Often Phase 2 Site investigation reports can leave those dealing with waste soils (e.g. developers and groundworks contractors) exposed to unknown costs for waste soil disposal and non-compliance with Duty of Care Regulations.
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Alasdair Meldrum, Director Albion Environmental Ltd was delighted to visit Barr Environmental Killoch Depot to formally present Gordon McGuigan and Phil McFadyen their respective WAMITAB Certificate of Technical Competence in Managing Hazardous Open Landfill and Managing Transfer station non hazardous qualifications. Barr Environmental Ltd have a strong focus on staff development and are keen to
Alasdair Meldrum – Director Albion Environmental Ltd was delighted to attend Barr Environmental site to formal present the SHEA cards (CSCS equivalent qualification) to a number of staff. Alasdair Meldrum and Gordon Whiteford – Operations Director Barr Environmental Ltd are both ambassadors for SWITCH (Scottish Waste Industry Training, Competency, Health & Safety). SWITCH is a
Before something becomes a waste, it is a resource, with some degree of value. That resource can then turn into what is considered to be waste, for a variety of reasons: If a product is only designed for temporary use (for example, single-use plastics) If the inputs into a manufacturing/sales process are not used effectively,
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