Scotland Debut – Zero Waste Plan In June, Scotland become one of the first countries in the world to set out plans to become a "zero waste society", announcing a series of new initiatives and targets designed to ultimately reclassify waste as a valuable resource. (www.businessgreen.com) The plan includes a range of new targets, including […]
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Albion are pleased to announce that a new programme has been designed to help support the Government’s target of halving waste to landfill by 2012 by providing capital support for investment in processing capacity to enable the construction industry to recycle their waste arisings rather than dispose of them to landfill. The aim of the
Information on Scotland's waste infrastructure is now more accessible than ever thanks to new interactive online maps published (Tuesday 30 March) by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). The maps, at both national and local authority level, show the location of existing waste management facilities in Scotland, and contain underlying information on the amount and
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Albion are pleased to advise that WRAP Supported by the Scottish Government, have launched a new programme for construction & demolition waste diverted from landfill in Scotland. The overall aim of the programme is to stimulate investment in Scotland in additional collection infrastructure and associated processing equipment specifically to deal with the non-inert fractions of
Recycling is still the most environmentally beneficial waste management option for materials such as paper, card and plastics, according to a report published March 16 2010 by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). (www.letsrecycle.com ) Food and garden waste On the topic of food and garden waste, anaerobic digestion emerged as
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The joint WRAP and Environment Agency Protocols Programme has (on January 20) published a Quality Protocol outlining when gypsum from waste plasterboard is no longer classed as waste in a move which the Defra-funded body claim could boost sales of the recycled material by £10 million. http://www.wrap.org.uk/wrap_corporate/news/new_gypsum_qp.html
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Albion Environmental Ltd Director, Alasdair Meldrum appeared live on BBC1 TV last Wednesday on their Homes Live programme. Concern over alternate weekly collections and charging for waste collections had prompted the producers to present an item on waste management. As always with waste management the switch board was busy at the end of the programme
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Albion are in the process of conducting several CA courses for local authorities. Some of these councils include North Lanarkshire, West Dunbartonshire and East Lothian. We are very flexible with these courses and bring them to a venue of the client’s choice. For most of the local authorities we are running them over 3 separate
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Albion Environmental Ltd is pleased to provide support Waste Recycling Group to cover office and sampling work for their monitoring team. Our experienced team who have extensive knowledge of environmental monitoring and PPC permit requirements, are working alongside the existing team to ensure work commitments are met. If you require assistance or require support for
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