Frontline Services Training Delivered to nearly 100 Local Authority operatives over 8 days. Albion Environmental Ltd were pleased to be appointed by WRAP & Zero Waste Scotland to deliver Frontline Services training to East Dunbartonshire Council employees. The purpose of the contract was to deliver ZWS communication training to East Dunbartonshire Council’s collection crews and […]
Recovering energy from waste (EfW) is playing an increasing role in generating ‘low carbon’ energy and will play a vital contribution towards the UK’s target of having 15% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. One current issue with waste derived fuel (WDF) is variability of the quality of the product. This can present
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Albion Environmental is pleased to announce the completion of a Compositional Waste Analysis for Scottish Borders Council. The data provided by a Compositional Waste Analysis can be a key tool for local authorities and waste management companies to: • To monitor and improve existing recycling schemes, • To implement and develop new recycling schemes, • To assess the
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Albion Environmental is pleased to announce another successful BSI audit for Levenseat’s ISO 14001 Environmental Management System. Albion Environmental has assisted in the development and maintenance of the Environmental Management System since 2008 by providing internal audits and continued support. Levenseat is a rapidly expanding Waste Management company offering a variety of recycling and disposal
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Another Albion Environmental Employee gains CIWM Membership. In March, Jonathan Love, QUENSH advisor and Monitoring Manager successfully completed his CIWM interview to become a member of the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management. Congratulations Jonathan. Jonathan joins members of experienced Albion Environmental Team including Alasdair Meldrum, Sam Grant & Gerry McCabe as a fully fledged member
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WAMITAB made their 6 monthly External Verification visit to Albion Environmental Ltd. This was another positive visit for Albion. The visit was review and ensure that all the necessary documentation was in place. The WAMITAB verifier was impressed with the centre setup noted in her report “This Centre is well run and to
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With a government led push for a zero waste society and a wide gap in available landfill alternatives coupled with an increase in overseas demand for alternative fuels, SRF/RDF exports to Europe and further afield are on the increase. The RDF export market in the UK is, in the main, an emerging industry, with the
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Many in the industry will be aware of the increasing incidents of major fires in the waste management industry. This will only get worse as companies strive to avoid landfill tax and retain more and more waste on site. In the past few months there have been a number of fires occurring in the UK’s
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Albion Environmental is currently completing the Annual Environmental Monitoring Reports for seven waste management sites in Scotland and Cumbria. The report for a MBT plant in Cumbria has already been submitted to the EA as per permit requirements. The reports for the other sites have been drafted, awaiting approval, as they do not have to
Our industry continues to grasp the mantle of challenges to improve our Health, Safety and Environmental performance against a backdrop where the HSE report that the injury rate is considerably higher than other industries including construction and the EA conducted 335 successful prosecutions in 2011 with the highest fine being £170,000 and the longest custodial
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