UK Asbestos Training Association updates rules of membership to address threat to industry standards
UKATA says it has overhauled its rules of membership to counter a threat from sub-standard service providers.
Recycling more precious metals from nuclear and electronic waste using the Picasso pigment
A big problem with the disposal of nuclear and electronic wastes is that the process wastes precious metals such as gold and platinum-group metals,...
SEPA opens healthcare waste consultation
All those who collect, transport, store treat and dispose of healthcare waste are being encouraged to respond to a consultation on its storage and...
Separation method frees rare earths from coal ash
The unexpected bounty of nature seems apparent from the discovery that a harmless food-grade solvent can be used to extract highly sought rare-earth metals...
Plasma technology is more than hot air
Industrial pollution and odour control specialist Simdean Group is offering a new plasma-based hazardous waste destruction system that has been developed for the pharmaceutical,...
Crime doesn’t pay for owner who rented waste sites
A landowner was ordered to hand over £207,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act for rent payments he received from illegally operated waste sites.
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Group calls for better protection from hazardous chemicals worldwide
International advocacy group WECF (Women in Europe for a Common Future) has released a publication called Women and Chemicals which calls for more...
New online platform helps understand hazardous materials in electronic waste
In an attempt to respond to recyclers’ quest for information about the presence of hazardous substances in electronic waste, producers and producer responsibility organisations...
£22 million construction contract awarded for intermediate-level nuclear waste facility at Dounreay
Civil engineering firm Graham Engineering has picked up a £22 million contract to build a nuclear waste storage facility at the legacy Dounreay nuclear...
Teeside firm delivers safety solutions for storage silos at Sellafield nuclear decommissioning site
Teesside product manufacturer and global supplier of fire, blast and heat protection systems - Mech-Tool Engineering Ltd (MTE) – has recently completed a contract...
Quarry firm in Cornwall fined for supplying asbestos-contaminated waste
A Cornish waste disposal company has been ordered to pay £26,500 in fines and costs for illegally handling and disposing of hazardous waste, according...
Recycling firm fined £20k following illegal export of household waste from Scotland
A leading UK and European recycling company was fined £20,000 at Airdrie Sheriff Court on 16 November after Scotland’s environmental regulator, SEPA, uncovered what...
Waste sites warned “there’s no smoke without fire water”
WASTE handling and recycling sites, currently under obligation to re-assess their fire accident plans, could be failing to plan for the impact of millions...
Firm partners with National Chemical Emergency Centre to bolster chemical response capability
Environmental risk reduction specialist Adler and Allan has partnered with the National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC) to provide training for its employees to deal...
Licensed to treat: West Midlands soil facility announces asbestos capability
A soil treatment facility at Edwin Richards Quarry in the West Midlands is now fully licensed and permitted to accept asbestos fragments in soils....
Sponsored content: Take control of emissions from land reclamation
After decades of neglect, the result of land pollution has reached a level of significance which is now impossible to ignore. Many sites around the world now pose a major hazard for new construction operations and have created a huge clean-up conundrum.
NHS Scotland awards 10-year waste contract
Following a furore over clinical waste storage in late 2018, which led to an EA investigation and the closure of NHS-appointed waste operator HES,...
Pressing matter
Early June saw an important funding announcement for plans to establish one of the world's first underground storage facilities for high-level nuclear waste, in Finland. Meanwhile, US plans to reclassify high-level waste in a safer category are proving contentious. Envirotec offers an update on nuclear waste storage .
Defra u-turn on hazardous waste will harm plasma disposal technology, says firm behind it
In a late U-turn Defra has chosen to turn its back on European environmental legislation and to continue to permit hazardous materials that are...
Toxins in old toys an obstacle for circular economy
Old toys and dress-up items may contain toxic chemicals that can cause cancer, damage DNA or disrupt the future reproductive capacities of children, according...
