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SEPA Announces Temporary Regulatory Position for Smaller Waste Facilities in Scotland

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New Guidance Offers Relief on Sampling & Reporting for Specific Sites  Published: 1 April 2025  The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has issued a Temporary Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) providing short-term regulatory flexibility for certain waste handling sites across Scotland.  The RPS focuses on material facilities supplied by a single source and transfer stations or […]

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Environmental Permitting Changes in England – 2025

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The Environment Agency (EA) recently announced that they were making significant updates to Environmental Permitting regulations in England, effective from 18th December 2024, with the aim being to streamline permitting processes and align them with modern standards.   As part of these changes, eight new Standard Rules permit sets have replaced the 28 original ones, impacting

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Environmental Compliance Update: Monitoring Fugitive Emissions from Shredding Waste Upholstered Domestic Seating

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  Environmental Compliance Update: Monitoring Fugitive Emissions from Shredding Waste Upholstered Domestic Seating 🔍 Background: The Environment Agency has issued RPS 297, providing guidance for waste treatment sites handling shredded waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Whilst this position statement only applies to England, if you are handling POPs/WUDS in Scotland

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Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA)

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2023 Changes to the Law regarding DGSA’s Companies who have previously transported dangerous goods only as consignors (according to the description given in the ADR manual, “Consignor” means the enterprise which consigns dangerous goods either on its behalf or for a third party. If the transport operation is carried out under a contract for carriage, consignor means the

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Continuing Competence Refresher

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Is your Continued Competence Test looming? Do you feel fully prepared? Did you know Albion have a one-day Continuing Competency Refresher course? Our Continuing Competence Refresher course is designed to provide candidates who are looking to undertake their WAMITAB Continuing Competence test with a one day mentoring session to assist them prepare. The structure of

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Albion Environmental Portal – Online Training Courses

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Have you got time on your hands to further your Knowledge and update your CPD….? Are you on Furlough and want to prepare yourself for when you return to work…? Then Albion Environmental can help! We have online training courses available on our website; with variety of courses that can enhance your development to benefit

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Albion\’s ABC of Waste Management – P – Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP\’s)

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What are persistent organic pollutants (POP’s)? How do the recent changes to the hazardous waste regulations impact you? What are the implications of POP’s in waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)? What does this mean for the re-use and recycling industry? Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP’s) are potentially hazardous organic substances which can impact the environment

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