Good Practice Guidelines for Landfill Weighing and Weighbridges
For any well run landfill site the accurate recording of waste inputs is essential for effective management of the site, and is be required by most national waste management regulations, to enable verifiable returns to be made to the waste regulatory body. Good Practice for Landfill Weighbridge Layouts On site weighbridges are the best way […]
Waste Decomposition – Sanitary Landfills a 1,000 Year Liability
Government Sponsored Research Shows Slow Waste Decomposition Means Landfills Present 1000 Year Liability (This article is based upon one which we first wrote for this website in 2004. The issues raised remain largely un-addressed and we think that they are as pertinent today as they were at the time.) Research published in September 2004, which was […]
Tyre Recycling: Tyres Can No longer be Sent to landfill
This well researched article should clarify a great deal about frugal tyre use and tyre recycling. By Ken McEvoy (written in 2005) Under European Law it is no longer possible to dump car tyres into landfill sites which means we have to find a solution to the problem of what to do with old tyres […]
Advantages of BSI PAS 108 Tyre Bales: A New Sustainable Use for a Problem Waste
Every now and again, an idea comes along that seems so obvious that you wonder why nobody thought of it before, and the BSI PAS 108: Specification for production of tyre bales for use in construction is one of those. This simple act should revolutionise the use of tyre bales in civil engineering and landscape applications, […]
Top 20 UK Waste Consultants 2014
The following is a list of the top 20 UK Waste Consultants 2014 from a 2013 survey, taken from the 2014 NCE Consultants File, which was produced from a questionnaire completed by all UK consultants who wished to submit their details. The list is in descending order with the highest turnover companies at the top. 1 […]
Inert Waste and How to Find an Inert Waste Landfill Near You
Inert waste means “waste that does not undergo any significant physical, chemical or biological transformations”. Inert waste will not dissolve, burn or otherwise physically or chemically react, biodegrade or adversely affect other matter with which it comes into contact in a way likely to give rise to environmental pollution or harm to human health. The total […]
Construction Waste Containers
Residents who carry out small house improvement projects should use construction waste containers to collect and store the construction waste and general garbage generated by decorating their houses. These are better than small waste skips for small amounts of waste, as you can buy them and avoid the hire charges. Pile them to the designated […]
Inert Waste Disposal – Is My Waste Inert?
Inert waste disposal should be simple and cheap, because there is no need to send it to a licensed landfill. But, do make sure it really is “inert” before you offer it to a farmer for improving farm access tracks, for example. Inert materials are by definition un-reactive, both biologically and chemically. This means that […]