H HEIRARCHY – The Waste Hierarchy The Waste Hierarchy is a sustainable waste management model that promotes consideration into how and why waste is created rather than just thinking about the disposal and management of waste. It categorises the various options for dealing with waste into an order of preference into a simple five-step hierarchy. […]
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Currently working in Waste Management and would like to progress to a supervisory position. Did you know SQA and WAMITAB offer a nationally recognised Waste Supervisory Management Level 3 Award? This award is suitable to anyone wishing to gain a formal qualification to aid career progression within the waste management , including modern apprentices. If you are an employee or an
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G GASIFICATION Gasification is a thermal process that transforms carbon-based material such as Municipal Solid Waste or biomass into energy. Gasification does not burn the material, but rather converts the waste materials into gas through a chemical reaction. Small amounts of air and oxygen are reacted in a gasifier with the carbon-based material, or “feedstock”, which
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Do you or your staff work within a Household Recycling/Civic Amenity Site and are unsure what training may be available? Albion Environmental offer a course which is jointly certificated by the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS). The course is aimed at individuals from Local Authorities and Industry and enables understanding of the issues arising from accepting, handling, storing and
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Congratulations to Margaret Vize from Inverclyde Council who is the first Waste Management candidate to complete the SQA award ‘Undertake Mentoring in the Workplace – H6JF04’ which was part of a programme supported by Zero Waste Scotland last year. The Workforce Development Group brings together individuals, local authorities and businesses who meet to discuss their
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F – Fly-tipping Fly-tipping is the illegal dumping of waste, commonly left next to roads, in fields and in rivers. The nature and amount of waste can vary differently from as little as a single bag of house hold rubbish to waste of much larger quantities up to thousands of tonnes, like construction or demolition
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Are you compliant with current Waste Management Legislation or working towards gaining a WAMITAB COTC award? If the answer is \’yes\’ then our 2 Day Working with Waste Management Legislation course is not to be missed. Next Course 21 & 22 February 2017 Book Here Background This two-day course is designed to provide an understanding of
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E – European Waste Catalogue (EWC) The European Waste Catalogue is a hierarchical list of waste description produced by the EU, originating from Decision 2000/532/EC. Anyone responsible for waste is required to refer to this list when completing the relevant documentation under waste legislation. It is divided into 20 chapters with around 650 codes
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Did you know SQA and WAMITAB offer a nationally recognised Waste Site Operative Level 2 Award? This award is suitable for people wishing to join the waste management industry, apprentices and people who already work as a Waste Site Operative and would like to gain a formal qualification. If you are an employee or an employer and would like to find
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Congratulations to the Albion staff, Jonathan Love, Andrew Howlett, Jayne Carson and Grant Wilson who have recently completed transition training in preparation of the change from ISO 9001:2008 moving to ISO 9001:2015. This will enable our own system to be audited against the new standards which were published in September 2015 and have a three year transition period which will be implemented
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