Congratulations to our client, Reddish Car Spares on being granted their new Environmental Permit for their new site at Durham street, Stockport. The new permit will enable the site to depollute up to 15,000 end of life vehicles and to strip parts for sale. AC Environmental wrote the site’s Environmental Management System & Fire Prevention…
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to Grist Environmental Ltd Recycling Centre, Monument Hill, Stert at 11:10pm yesterday (17 November), following reports of a waste fire at the site. Three fire crews were mobilised to the scene, two from Devizes and one from Calne along with the Command Support Unit from Swindon…
Two men have been convicted of waste crime after depositing, storing and dismantling end of life vehicles at their site without authorisation from the Environment Agency. Robert and Barry Rickman have been sentenced after they pleaded guilty at West Hampshire Magistrates Court. Robert Rickman – who operated a regulated facility illegally, namely a waste operation…
A Dereham garage proprietor has received a suspended prison sentence for storing waste illegally, despite repeated warnings from the Environment Agency. On 4 November 2021, Colin Barnes of Podmore Lane, Scarning, Dereham, appeared Norwich Magistrates’ Court. At this time he admitted storing end of life motor vehicles, car parts, gear boxes and suspension units illegally…
The UK’s leading supermarkets have cut the number of single-use carrier bags used by 48% compared to 2006 levels, the Waste & Resources Action Programme announced in July. The achievement falls just short of a voluntary agreement to cut the number of single-use carry bags handed out by 50% by spring 2009. But what kind…
The government should introduce a scrappage scheme for fridges and domestic appliances in a bid to encourage households to buy more energy-efficient products, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Should the government introduce a scrappage scheme for fridges to encourage households to buy energy efficient appliances? The trade body today (August 17) revealed that…
Defra Launches Strategy to Safeguard England’s Soil Quality Defra has today (September 24) published a new strategy aiming to improve the quality of soil in England. The report, ‘Safeguarding Our Soils’, highlights the importance of returning recycled materials such as compost and digestate to land, but it warned that the spreading of organic matter to…
Draft Regulations Published to Reform Waste Exemptions in England and Wales Draft regulations to revise the system of waste exemptions from environmental permitting in England and Wales have now been published. The regulations are set to come into force on 6 April 2010. The draft regulations set out how the new exemptions system is set…
Home Energy Efficiency Scheme Launched: Pay As You Save Pilot Begins Homeowners in Birmingham, Sunderland, London Borough of Sutton and Stroud will be testing out new ways to finance whole house energy makeovers under the Government’s £4m Pay As You Save scheme. Birmingham City Council, Gentoo Sunderland, British Gas, B&Q UK and Stroud District Council…
AC Environmental have recently completed a standby power project in Stoke on Trent. The site, a former factory, was undergoing a major refurbishment and change of use to become a large call centre. Despite a dedicated HV connection, the grid connection was of concern and a number of power outages during construction outlined the need…