Did you know peatland in England provides 70 per cent of the country’s drinking water and stores more than 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide? Covering 11% of the country they also provide key bird […]
As a result of the government’s recent consultaion into Unlocking the UK’s High Tech Economy: Consultation on the Safe Use of Drones in the UK there are proposals to increase user accountability with all users […]
With the HSE website highlighting that there are still 2million people in occupations at risk of this serious and debillitating injury it seems timely that BDA (British Drilling Association) remind the drilling sector of the […]
Possible extinction in the UK is on the horizon with threats to our University courses. Whilst the EG50 conference at the beginning of July celebrated 50 years of the University of Portsmouth’s Engineering Geology (EG) […]
If so, you might need an environmental permit. The Environment Agency’s (EA) Regulatory Position Statement 8 (RPS 8) published on-line in June states that “Old pipes that are taken out of use (decommissioned) are classified […]
Landfill Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC) are not relevant to hazardous waste classification. A WAC test will not identify whether a waste is hazardous or non-hazardous. Yes the above appears in the number one spot for […]
…..by thinking such sites only occur in large towns. In fact gas works site are extremely common across the UK and sometimes identified in some suprising locations. If you are still referring to the old […]
In case you were not aware the most recent Land Forum Meeting included an update on Geoenvironmental Standands for Soil and Site Assessment which can be downloaded as a supporting document to the Land Forum […]
In 1997 CIRIA launched their Integrity testing in piling practice (R144), which formed the primary guide on this topic for the industry. For sometime now there has been concern that even if 100% of […]
You may have noticed that WRAP (Waste Resource Action Programme) now focuses on three priority areas – Food and Drink; Clothing and Textiles; and Electricals and Electronics. Between 2002 and 2014 WRAP in collaboration with […]