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 🔍 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
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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How do you measure dust and why is it important? Particulate Matter (PM) is one of the main forms of urban air pollution, and it mainly includes smokes, soot, and dust. PM is a key indicator of air pollution due to its potential to harm human health. It is often split into PM10 and PM2.5,
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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At Albion Environmental we aim to ensure that our clients are always kept up to date with any updates that could impact their continuing development. Which is why we want to make our clients aware of the recent update from JAUPT in relation to their Driver CPC Renewal. JAUPT advises that the EU commission have
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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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WAMITAB have provided us with an update for those individuals whose 2-year deadline occurred after March 2020 and have been unable to undertake the test due to tests centre being closed as a result of Covid-19 lockdown. WAMITAB have now extended the deadline for individuals to renew their Continuing Competence to 30th September 2020. As
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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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Albion Environmental provide training and advice to ensure your business is compliant and reduce your waste disposal costs. Do you produce, manage or handle waste soils? Are you aware of your legal obligations? Find out more and sign up for one of our courses now. Scotland produces approximately 11.6 million tonnes of controlled waste per
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