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/), […]
The introduction of the Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 gave the Environment Agency the power to impose civil sanctions (a non -criminal penalty) for pollution offenses. In 2011 and 2015 the scope of offenses that […]
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 […]
On 23 November Environment Agency published on-line their Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) 178 for the treatment and disposal of invasive non-native plants. If your proposed treatment works can comply with the conditions of RPS 178 […]
In July this year guidance was published online for those with Environmental Permits to set out what must be included in fire prevention plans and the fire prevention measures that must be put in place […]
#AntibioticGuardian was a UK government campaign to increase our awareness of the risk posed to modern medicine by the increasing occurrence of bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics. With the recent BBC1 showing of […]
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 […]
…..And when does a waste cease to be a waste? Such simple questions to ask but often challenging to answer. There is an inherent conflict in waste managment legislation where on one hand there is […]
If so, CL:AIRE is seeking views on their Register of Materials as they are considering improving and updating it and would value your input. To this end they have created a very quick and simple […]