A recent litter audit has revealed that an average of seven bottles and cans can be found on every 100metres of Scotland’s roads, creating a hazard to road users and wildlife, and costs millions to remove. A call to clean up and clamp down on litter on Scotland’s roads has been issued for Scotland’s first […]
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This document has been written as internal guidance to Environment Agency staff. It is made available to external organisations to provide additional guidance in support of the Assessment Framework for assessing the suitability of wastes for composting and anaerobic digestion, prior to making a permit application. This applies both to new permit applications and variation
Following the success of a recent roll out of Frontline Services training to a Local Authority in the Glasgow area, Albion Environmental Ltd are pleased to announce they have again been appointed by WRAP & Zero Waste Scotland to deliver Communications training to Local authority frontline recycling staff in Scotland. In order to help local
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
WRAP publication “A Classification Scheme to Define the Quality of Waste Derived Fuels” Read More »
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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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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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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According to an article this week on LETS RECYCLE, The waste and recycling industry needs to “step up to the plate” if it is to see an improvement in health and safety, according to Wayne Williams, inspector for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The call for action comes after a ‘bad year’ so far
14 deaths in waste sector in 2012/13 so far… Read More »
