The Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE) has just published an updated review of the incidence of childhood leukaemia and other cancers around the Sellafield and Dounreay nuclear installations. COMARE were […]
A question posed by the Andy Gibson ( Director of the Centre for Applied Geoscience Research, University of Porstmouth) at their first industry workshop exploring their current research looking at the ” Rapid Characterisation of […]
Then you might want to sign -up for Brownfield Briefings FREE webinar onTuesday 20th September just go to https://brownfieldbriefing.com/events_webinars#event49190 In case you are wondering what the NQMS is all about it is an intitiative developed […]
The International Ban Asbestos Secretariat(IBAS) published on 15 August 2016 a “UK Asbestos Alert: An Update,” highlighting the possibility that imports of asbestos containing building materials from China could be present in the UK. Concerns […]
……for those standard rule permits associated with: Landspreading and digestate storage; deposit for recovery; soil transfer, treatment and recovery. These changes are in response to Environment Agency Consultation No14 which ran from 20 December 2014 […]
HMRC continue to try to provide clarity on materials which qualify for the lower rate of landfill tax with further revisions to their LFT1 Guidance. This latest update, which replaces the previous version dated 16 […]
Those on JISCmail will no doubt already seen Theresa Cory’s message drawing attention to the now sparsely populated UK Government’s webpage on Land contamination:technical guidance. This page annouces that “Some documents from the 1990s which […]
A question that continues to be asked and probably needs to asked given the fact that different environmental conditions may result in unexpected outcomes with the respect to the fate of potential contaminants. The University […]
Discussions on standards and quality are still much of a debate for the contaminated land industry. Whilst the days of using ICRCL Trigger Values without reading the footnotes may be long gone, as an industry, […]
This month saw the UK Climate Change Commitee (UKCCC) publish the above report; a culmination of three years work by hundreds of leading scientists. The background to the work can be found in the video […]