Soil waste classification and management expert and Principal Consultant Andrew Howlett, recently delivered a bespoke one-hour presentation on ‘Soil Management and the Interpretation of Site Investigation Reports’ to a major Scottish Construction Contractor. The presentation covered the following: What is Waste? Duty of Care SEPA Disposal Options Interpreting a Site Investigation Report The aim of […]
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Soil waste classification and management is a subject that is often not covered within traditional Phase 2 Site Investigation reports. This can leave those dealing with waste soils (e.g. developers and groundworks contractors) exposed to unknown costs for waste soil disposal and non-compliance with Duty of Care Regulations. Following discussions with our clients operating within
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Do your employees require a rounding of the essentials in health in safety? Regardless of sector there is a legal requirement that requires all workers who may be exposed to Asbestos during their work (and those that supervise them) to receive suitable training. We have developed a bespoke course to give workers whose role involves
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Are you up to date with current Waste Management Legislation? Albion Environmental Ltd are running our jointly awarded REHIS Waste Management Legislation course at our training Centre in Ayr (or we can deliver the training in house at your company location). Final few places remaining on our REHIS Working with Waste Legislation Course on 26th
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Are you compliant with current Waste Management Legislation or working towards gaining a WAMITAB Certificate of Technical Competence (CoTC) award? If the answer is ‘yes’ then our 2 Day Working with Waste Management Legislation course is not to be missed. Next Course 23rd / 24th Oct 2018 Book Here Jointly awarded with the Royal Environmental
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Nearly two years ago a law was introduced in France in which supermarkets were prohibited from destroying any unsold, edible food products. The law obliges the retailers to sign contracts with charities agreeing terms for regular donation of the unsold produce. Penalties of up to 75,000 Euros and even facing up to two years in
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P Plastics Plastics are organic and can be made from natural products such as cellulose, coal and of course, crude oil. It is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials used across the world. With a broad range of properties including corrosion resistance, electrical resistance, low density and easy
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N Non-Hazardous Waste Scotland produces in the circa 12.5 million tonnes of controlled waste per annum some 95% of this or more than 11,800,000 tonnes is considered Non Hazardous. Construction and Demolition waste is the single largest contribution with the rest being generated from other industrial, and household sources. In line with Duty of Care
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M Materials Recovery Facility A Materials Recovery Facility, or an MRF as it is more commonly referred to, is a specialised facility in which household waste is collected and sorted or separated into different types. These may include: Plastic Glass Metal Textiles Paper This segregation process can be done with both manual and mechanical
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L Landfill Monitoring Disposing of waste to landfill has been the traditional means of disposal in the UK for many years. This method of disposal generates products from the decomposition process, Landfill Gas (mainly a mix of carbon dioxide and methane) and Leachate. Both of these products require to be managed in order to prevent odour, litter,
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