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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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/), […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
……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 […]