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Is the quantification of Asbestos in Soils still a lottery?

October 30, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

It would seem so according to the latest Asbestos in Soils Scheme (AISS) published report for Round 13 June 2017.  Whilst the UK laboratories taking part in the scheme, run by the HSL, all passed […]

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The cost of operating illegal waste sites in England is expected to rise from 1st of April 2018

October 8, 2017October 8, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

You may think from the above statement is only of passing interest but actually operating illegally could be as simple as not being compliant with the conditions which apply to a waste exemption or not […]

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Government seeks applications for £10m fund to restore peatland

July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 Claire Dickinson Sustainable Soils

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 […]

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Waste Misclassification – Don’t get caught out!

June 21, 2017June 21, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

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  […]

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Updated_Guidance: sewage sludge on farmland:code of practice

April 7, 2017 Claire Dickinson Sustainable Soils

DEFRA on 30 March 2017 updated their online guidance on their code for producing, supplying and using sewage sludge on farmland.  From a land quality perspective the key changes was to  add “The increased permissible […]

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Different Mobile Plant Standard Rules for Landspreading apply in England and Wales now!

February 23, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

Earlier this month the Environment Agency drew attention to the fact that with the new standard rules permits launched in January 2017 (applicable to existing permits from April – see previous GEMs posting at https://geoenvmatters.com/updated_standard-rule-permits-no-4-5-and-17-apply-to-existing-permits-from-6-april-2017/), […]

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Waste Enforcement and Prosecutions Continue across England and Wales

December 8, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

Whilst it is necessary to comply with the waste hierarchy and it makes good business sense inevitably there are sites were waste soils are generated that require disposal. If you are a waste producer do […]

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Consultation_EN ISO17892 – Geotechnical Investigation and Testing – Laboratory Testing of Soil

October 21, 2016 Claire Dickinson Geotechnics

If you are interested in the geotechnical testing of soil, then you might want to spare the time to review some key standards that have been published, as drafts for consultation.  Three parts of the […]

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On-line Guidance on Quality Protocols (QPs):rules for all QPs Updated

September 4, 2016 Claire Dickinson Sustainable Soils

Quality protocols (QPs) explain when a waste derived material can be regarded as a non-waste product and no longer subject to waste controls. On 1 September 2016 the following paragraph was added to the Guidance […]

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Standard Rule Changes Expected before end of Year….

August 16, 2016 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

……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 […]

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10 May

What a fabulous way to finish this year's University of Portsmouth MSc module in #contaminatedland and #remediation with Steve Jackson's talk on Remediation ( when the fun starts!) . Thank you Steve for setting up such a great workshop that gave our st…https://lnkd.in/ecSTRXue

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24 Mar

Would you have guessed all eight top sources of land based #microplastics input into the OSPAR catchment?
I didn't! Why not checkout the latest OSPAR publication 'Assessment document of land-based inputs of microplastics in the marine environment' at https://www.ospar.org/documents?v=38018&msclkid=7acc4208ab5111ecb30d522a10e7cef0

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22 Mar

Well, I think the conversation has well and truly started about #climatechange, #landcontamination and #landcondition at the SiLC (Specialist in Land Condition Register Ltd) Forum today. Some great presentations by my fellow speakers Joe Jackson and Helen…https://lnkd.in/d3Dt8GCZ

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