Albion Environmental Ltd were recently granted planning application to extend the existing waste recycling facility run by D.W.Parker Skip Hire in Ardrossan. This permission involved doubling the size of the existing facility allowing D.W Parker to extend the range of waste materials they divert from landfill. Albion Environmental Ltd were also able to get the new upgraded […]
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Albion Environmental Ltd, acting for and on behalf of J &M Murdoch & Son Ltd, were recently successful in being awarded a capital grant from Zero Waste Scotland. This capital funding will be used to increase the quantity and quality of non-inert construction and demolition waste arisings diverted from landfill. The monies will be used to extend J &M Murdoch's existing waste recycling
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Fines totalling £113,500 have been handed out to seven companies following investigations by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) into a site in South Lanarkshire. The site at Bardykes Bing, located between Cambuslang and Blantyre, is operated by Doonin Plant Limited. They pled guilty last year to disposing of controlled waste in a manner likely
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HSE alerts inspectors to a planned inspection campaign within the waste and recycling industry during 20010/11. Inspections should be targeted at skip-hire operations and associated recycling activities, particularly those where hand sorting of recyclables ('totting') takes place, and has specific emphasis on management of workplace transport risks. Full details HERE If you need any help/advice
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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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On Monday 7th June, Alasdair Meldrum of Albion Environmental Ltd received his award of Certificate on Continuing Competence. The continuing competence scheme was developed jointly by WAMITAB & CIWM and approved by Defra & the Welsh Assembly Government. The award provides evidence maintaining competence over time and meets the specific requirements of the Environmental Permitting
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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
Trigger Level Reviews Albion Environmental Ltd were requested by Shanks Argyll and Bute Ltd (Shanks) to review the groundwater trigger levels and develop control levels for their sites located at Lochgilphead; Lingerton Landfill Site and Dunoon; Dalinlongart Landfill Site. The trigger levels had been defined in the PPC Permits. Albion reviewed all available groundwater monitoring
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Albion Environmental Ltd currently provides SPRI (Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory) reporting for their clients. This report has to be submitted every twelve months for SEPA regulated industrial sites. The SPRI is a database of annual mass releases of specified pollutant to air, water and land. It also provides information on off-site transfers of waste
