G GASIFICATION Gasification is a thermal process that transforms carbon-based material such as Municipal Solid Waste or biomass into energy. Gasification does not burn the material, but rather converts the waste materials into gas through a chemical reaction. Small amounts of air and oxygen are reacted in a gasifier with the carbon-based material, or “feedstock”, which […]
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Are you compliant with current Waste Management Legislation or working towards gaining a WAMITAB COTC award? If the answer is \’yes\’ then our 2 Day Working with Waste Management Legislation course is not to be missed. Next Course 21 & 22 February 2017 Book Here Background This two-day course is designed to provide an understanding of
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E – European Waste Catalogue (EWC) The European Waste Catalogue is a hierarchical list of waste description produced by the EU, originating from Decision 2000/532/EC. Anyone responsible for waste is required to refer to this list when completing the relevant documentation under waste legislation. It is divided into 20 chapters with around 650 codes
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D – Duty of Care The Duty of Care, imposed under section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, applies to anyone who produces, imports, stores, transports, treats or disposes of waste. It requires them to take all reasonable steps to ensure the waste is managed properly. A breach of this duty of care could result
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Albion Environmental Ltd has recently assisted JM Murdoch with their application for a Part B PPC permit for a mobile plant for the crushing and screening of brick, tiles and concrete. Three weeks after the submission of the PPC application, SEPA communicated their plans to grant the permit to JM Murdoch. This is another successfully addressed
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Albion Environmental Limited is delighted to announce that in association with CIWM and Zero Waste Scotland, Sam Grant Dip, HNC, MCIWM has been approved to deliver Waste Smart training at both foundation and advanced levels. The Waste Smart course was developed by CIWM to provide industry standard training that could be adopted by all business
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The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) and authorities in the Republic of Ireland are working on returning approximately 2,000 tonnes of waste from a site near to Killadeas in County Fermanagh to a fully authorised landfill site in the Republic of Ireland. This is the third site in Northern Ireland in the current financial year
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In June last year the EA modified their CCS as it was being applied inconsistently to industry which was causing problems for operators. This note is just a reminder on how the scheme works and the importance this has in respect to your Operational performance Risk Appraisal (OPRA) scoring. The Compliance Classification Scheme (CCS) provides
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The most hazardous plastics and certain plastic bags should be banned by 2020, as part of an EU strategy to reduce plastic waste in the environment, says the European Parliament in a resolution voted on Tuesday. The EU should also introduce binding plastic waste recycling targets, Members of the European Parliament add. They also propose
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SEPA have written an open letter to clarify their expectations on the implementation of the Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012 with regard to commercial waste services. The 2012 Regulations took effect on 1 January 2014, imposing new recycling obligations on your customers and minimum levels of service on your company/organisation. The purpose of this letter is
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