Archive for August, 2010
Extended consultation on draft decision to grant an environmental permit for the Viridor Energy from Waste plant at Trident Park, Cardiff
We want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to comment so in response to concerns about people being unavailable to comment during the school summer...
Read MoreConsultation on draft decision for a waste wood incinerator in Worksop
The Environment Agency is consulting on its draft decision to issue an environmental permit to NRL Heat and Power Ltd in Worksop. ...
Read MoreEnvironment Agency begins search for environmental pioneers
The Environment Agency today called for entries for its inaugural Environmental Pioneer Awards.
Read MoreUK Chemicals Stakeholder Forum appointments announced
A re-appointment and a number of new appointments have been made to the UK Chemicals Stakeholder Forum. Read more...
Read MoreEnvironment Agency minded to issue environmental permit for Cornwall incinerator
The Environment Agency is minded to issue an environmental permit to SITA UK for the proposed Cornwall Energy Recovery Centre at Rostowrack Farm, St Dennis near...
Read MoreDemolition company fined for pollution
An oil spill at a former pie factory which was being demolished in Chester Road, Wellingborough was the responsibility of Deltatrax Ltd trading as BDS Specialists...
Read MoreLinked companies failed to recycle
Two Suffolk subsidiaries of the same holding company have been fined for failing to join a recycling scheme. ...
Read MoreKent man fined for waste handling offences
A Kent man who did not obtain the necessary waste carriers license was today (Monday 23 August) fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £800 costs. ...
Read MoreFined for not having proper waste carrier licences
A Kent man who did not have the correct waste carriers license was today (Monday 23 August) fined £200 and ordered to pay £150 costs. ...
Read MoreCompany fined after waste is buried in grounds of Hampshire motel
A Hampshire motel company has been ordered to pay £3,700 in fines and costs for failing to remove waste from a site near the New Forest ...
Read MoreInteractive health and safety waste management open day – Christchurch 28 September 2010
Work-related deaths in the waste management industry are ten times the national average. Accident rates in the industry are four times in the national average. AfOR ( Association for Organics Recycling) and along with...
Read MoreWaste offences cost Leicester skip company over 1000GBP
On 17 August 2010, at Leicester Magistrates Court, Kathleen Miles, the operator of Diamond Skip Hire, Faircharm Industrial Estate, Leicester pleaded guilty to one charge of...
Read MoreWaste Sickness absence survey
HSE has commissioned the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) to carry out a further but more extensive nationwide survey of sickness absence across the Waste Management industry in 2010-12. The Waste Industry Safety and...
Read MoreSouth West Farmers Benefit from over £11 million Capital Grant Funding to help them reduce water pollution
South West Farmers Benefit from over £11 million Capital Grant Funding to help them reduce water pollution ...
Read MoreFirm banned from carrying waste and told to clean up site
Easy Skips (NE) Limited has been told it is not allowed to transport any more rubbish, after its waste carriers licence was revoked by the Environment...
Read MoreResponsibility deals the way forward for business waste
The Government wants to work with businesses to help them reduce their waste and increase recycling through voluntary responsibility deals, Environment Minister Lord Henley said today. Read More
Continued Competence Scheme
Lynda Owen, prinicpal assessor at ADL Environmental Ltd has today received her Continuing Competence certificate from CIWM/WAMITAB for Landfill, Transfer and Treatment. The Continuing Competence Scheme provides evidence that a person has maintained their...
Read MoreMore protection for the environment in Leicestershire
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service has joined forces with the Environment Agency to provide additional protection during incidents. ...
Read MoreAgricultural Advisory Services Analysis Report
The results of a new report, published today, will ultimately help the English farming industry reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as part of its commitment outlined in the industry’s GHG Action Plan. Read More
Views sought on permit application for waste facility in Derby
The Environment Agency is seeking the views of local communities around Derby after receiving an application for an environmental permit to operate an energy from waste...
Read MoreEnvironment Agency Wales appeals for information after dead fish found in River Alyn
Environment Agency Wales officers are investigating after approximately 100 dead fish were found in the River Alyn near Caergwrle in north Wales. ...
Read MoreEnvironment Agency urges farmers to conserve water following dry weather
Farmers in parts of England are being asked to conserve water, following several months of below average rainfall and a higher demand for spray irrigation. ...
Read MoreBiodiesel plant had potential to pollute Washwood Heath Brook
Arshad Mehmood of Hazelmere Road, Hall Green, Birmingham was fined £2,500 after pleading guilty last week to one charge relating to treating, keeping or disposing of...
Read MoreTunbridge Wells business hit with a meaty fine for slurry pollution
The Environment Agency has prosecuted a Kent meat supplier for causing animal slurry from its premises to pollute a stream that leads to the River Medway. ...
Read MoreOpinions on improving farm regulation wanted
The new Task Force on Farming Regulation are calling for opinions and ideas on ways to improve approaches to regulation as part of a wide ranging consultation launched today. Read More
2010 update to the Greenhouse Gas Conversion Factors for Company Reporting
Defra, in partnership with Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), has published the 2010 update to the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Conversion Factors for Company Reporting. Read More
Municipal Waste Management Statistics Quarter 3 of 2009/10
Defra today published provisional estimates from the Department's survey of municipal waste in England. Read more...
Read MoreUK businesses must plan for climate change says Environment Secretary
UK businesses need to be ready to face the risks and benefit from the opportunities that climate change could bring, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said today. Read More
Thames Water Ltd found guilty of two pollution incidents in same river
Thames Water Utilities Ltd was ordered to pay £12,323 by Bracknell Magistrates Court today (Wednesday 4 August 2010) for causing the pollution of a tributary of...
Read MoreDumping waste costs Derbyshire scaffolding firm nearly 95,000GBP
On 29 July, ADIS Scaffolding Ltd, M1 Commerce Park, Long Duckmanton, Derbyshire was found guilty at Nottingham Crown Court of two charges related to the illegal...
Read MoreDust and litter from recycling site scattered in Gainsborough
Plastics recycling firm AWS Eco Plastics Ltd has today (Wed 28 July) been fined £23,000 and ordered to pay £5,600 costs for allowing dust and litter...
Read MoreHazardous waste dumped close to school
Construction company Minster Paving and Construction Limited was fined £22,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,800 at Grantham Magistrates Court on Thursday (29 Jul) for...
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