I Incineration Incineration is the thermal treatment process in which waste is burned in order to recover energy. The process usually involves the combustion of unprepared Municipal Solid Waste. Incineration plant temperatures are typically in excess of 850 degrees Celsius, and require enough oxygen to sufficiently oxidise the waste. The main products of this process […]
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H HEIRARCHY – The Waste Hierarchy The Waste Hierarchy is a sustainable waste management model that promotes consideration into how and why waste is created rather than just thinking about the disposal and management of waste. It categorises the various options for dealing with waste into an order of preference into a simple five-step hierarchy.
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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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