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The Garden Waste Debate: Scotlandā€™s Council Permits in 2025

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Last year, we explored the varying cost of garden waste permit costs across Scotlandā€™s councils.Ā Ā  In 2024, 21 out of 32 councils charged residents for brown bin collectionsā€”a move aimed at recovering costs but fraught with inconsistency.Ā Ā  In 2025, that number has grown, and many councils have revised their pricing, frequencies or service periods.Ā Ā  This […]

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Albion Environmental Awarded Silver in the Fair Payment Code

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Albion Environmental is proud to announce that we have been awarded the Silver Award in the Fair Payment Code (FPC) by the Office of the Small Business Commissioner, in recognition of our excellent payment practices.  Following a rigorous application and review process, our business has been recognised for paying at least 95% of all invoices

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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 ā€“ 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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The Big Plastic Count: What Happened at the Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations and Whatā€™s Next?

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At Albion Environmental, we are committed to helping tackle the global plastic pollution crisis, and as part of this mission, we are following the latest developments surrounding the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations. Last week, world leaders gathered for the fifth round of talks in Busan, South Korea, and the outcome was a mix of challenges

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SEPA Protection of Soil and Groundwater

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In 2023, The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) undertook a review of the Pollution Prevention and Control Permit for waste facilities.   This review was required following the publication on 10 December 2018 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1147 establishing the Best Available Techniques (BAT) Conclusions (BATc) for Waste Treatment.  Following the review of the provided

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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 šŸ” 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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Important Industry Updates

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Scottish Government Updates Single Use Plastics ban now in force in Scotland! Officially in force from the 1st June 2022, Scotland has become the first part of the UK to implement the ban on problematic single-use plastics. Under this ban, it is now an offence for businesses in Scotland to manufacture or supply single use

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Soils, Stones and C&D Fines Webinar

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On Tuesday 27th April 2021, Albion Environmental and Davidson Chalmers Stewart hosted their joint webinar on \’Soils, Stones and C&D Fines\’. After more than a year of virtual events, we were delighted with the turnout and would like to say a huge thanks to those who attended and took the time to listen to our

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