waste management
Landfill Site Environmental Resource Centres
Children (and Adults!) benefit from visits to landfill site environmental resource centres, where facilities are provided free of charge for school groups and members of the public to learn about the environment of landfills, and what happens to their waste. Landfills traditionally have a reputation as unpleasant places, but many modern landfills are throwing off […]
Is Home Waste Collection Frequency a Serious Problem? The Waste Concern Solution
Are you suffering from infrequent Council household (or home) waste collections of two weeks wait or longer? Do you want to forget about the hassle of separating out recyclable materials? If so, and you are in the UK you can arrange for your own waste collection service, and have a collection weekly or even more […]
How to Increase Effectiveness of a Construction Waste Management System
The company “Construction Waste Management System”, was once neglected. It was even seen as a waste of time. But, it is now a central part of doing business for construction firms. In this article we look at raising the effectiveness, and the benefits from, a well-focused construction company waste management system. Gradually, people are developing […]
Why Every Landfill Liner Leaks But Not All Leakage Matters
Landfill liner leaks are endemic. A small amount escapes from composite landfill lining systems which include both 1 metre thick a clay layer, and a clay liner loses water/ leachate according to its permeability and the head of pressure of leachate over it. That is despite applying stringent design and operational requirements for landfills, landfills continue […]
When Does a Landfill Stop Being a Landfill – Final Storage Quality
When Does an Old Landfill Cease to be a Landfill? In other words, when can an old landfill be left as it is, not monitored and used for any purpose it’s owner wants to use it for, because it no longer contains anything which harm the environment? [box size=”large” style=”rounded” border=”full”]There is an easy and […]
Zero Waste and UK Recycling Progress
Landfills vary immensely, but even the most recently developed are not considered to provide a sustainable way of getting rid of rubbish. They can cause pollution, and certainly hold the potential to do so. Very few of us want to live near to them, and the methane gas produced by them is a major contributor […]
Landfill Sites and the DSEA Regulations (DSEAR – UK)
Here is an explanation of the requirements of the DSEA Regulations and what they mean for landfill site owners and operators. All landfill owners (and by delegation their operators) fall under this regulation, and must act in order to comply with Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations (DSEAR) which have been in force since July 2006. DSEAR – […]
UK Requirements for Farm Waste Licensing
EU Waste Framework Directive: The new UK requirements for farm waste licensing Farm (agricultural) waste disposal will as from this year (July 2006) regulated by the Environment Agency under the same regulations as municipal, commercial and industrial waste. Until the extended implementation date this summer (2006) agricultural businesses have been exempted from the Waste Management […]
Construction and Demolition Waste and Recycling
In tonnage terms construction and demolition waste is the UK’s largest waste stream accounting for 90 Million tonnes of material per year in England and Wales alone. To drive the recovery of demolition material and the use of recycled materials in new structures, ICE, working with London Remade and Envirocentre has developed the Demolition Protocol […]
The UK Government Waste Diversion Targets Set on the Landfilling of Waste (in 2005)
Local authorities across England have been set limits on the amount of biodegradable municipal waste they can dispose of in landfill sites. The aim of these waste diversion targets is to achieve the diversion of waste away from landfill sites. Environment Minister Elliot Morley confirmed (3 February 2005) the final allocation of landfill allowances for […]
Waste and Climate Change
Main Issues Waste and climate change is an important issue, given the ever rising quantities of waste bring produced. Reduction and reuse of waste is the preferred option, and most important aim in any waste strategy. The EU Landfill Directive requires all landfill sites taking biodegradable waste to where possible capture and use the methane […]
Top 20 UK Solid Waste Management Companies and Landfill Operators
Waste Management Companies which Operate Landfills, Listed by Turnover (2005-6). We have retained company names that due to recent mergers, will longer be trading List of Top 20 Waste Management Companies in 2005-6 by UK Turnover 1. Biffa Waste Management 2. Waste Recycling Group (bought by FCC) 3. Shanks Waste Services 4. Veolia Environmental Services […]
What is Waste WAMITAB Hazardous Waste and WEEE?
Q: What is waste? A: Waste is defined for the propose of the UK Waste Management Regulations as: Any substance or object that you discard, intend to discard, or are required to discard is waste and as such is subject to a number of regulatory requirements. Even if material is sent for recycling or undergoes […]
Aerobic Landfill and Why The Subject Will Not Be Forgotten
A key topic raised in many countries, not least Japan, is why most other industrialized nations have gone so strongly for sanitary landfill design, which locks up waste and only slowly allows it to decompose with air (anaerobically) and not aerobic landfills which rot away quickly. The awful longevity of sanitary landfilling, becomes clear when […]
Sanitary Landfill
A sanitary land fill is a waste disposal location where layers of compressed garbage is covered with layers of earth. When the facility reaches the end of its life and is full, a cap is used to close the top of site. Sanitary land fills are among the most popular methods for disposing of waste, although they […]
