Alerts
Landfill Tax Update
3rd April 2008
Landfill Tax was introduced in 1996 by the Finance Act to increase the cost of sending waste to landfill and, therefore, encourage more sustainable ways of dealing with waste. This was intended to help the Government in reducing the quantity of waste going to landfill.
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Monitored Natural Attenuation
18th May 2007
Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) is defined as 'monitoring of groundwater to confirm whether NA processes are acting at a sufficent rate to ensure that the wider environment is unaffected and that remedial objectives will be achieved within a reasonable timescale; this will typically be less than one generation or 30 years.'
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Oil Storage Regulations
18th May 2007
As of 1st September 2005 all industrial, commercial and institutional sites storing more than 200 litres of oil and private dwellings storing more than 3,500 litres have to comply with the Control of Pollution (Oil Storage) Regulations.
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Environmental Accounting
19th April 2006
Nearly all aspects of business are affected by environmental pressures, including accounting. Environmental risks cannot be ignored, they are now as much a part of running a successful business as product design, marketing and sound financial management.
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Oily Waste and Wastes Containing Oils
16th March 2006
In May 2005 the Environment Agency released guidance entitled “Hazardous Waste Threshold for Oily Waste and Wastes Containing Oil”. The purpose of the briefing note was to clarify the use of an appropriate threshold for oily waste and wastes contaminated with oil, in response to concerns raised by the waste industry. It should be noted that...
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Soil Guideline Values (SGVs) & Part IIA
1st March 2006
Soil Guideline Values (SGVs), published by DEFRA and the EA, are sometimes misused in relation to the potential determination of land as “contaminated Land” under the terms of Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (“Part IIA”). These generic SGVs have been derived to be protective of human health and are inherently conservative. It is considered that concentrations of contaminants in soil exceeding the relevant SGVs may not meet the legal requirements of the definition of Contaminated Land under Part IIA, which equates to an unacceptable risk.
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