On 6 April 2008, the Environmental Permitting Regulations came into force, aiming to make it quicker and easier for businesses to apply for or change a permit.
These Regulations replaced the system of waste management licensing in Part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 (as amended), and the […]

On 7 April a twelve week consultation started to make organic waste easier for industry to reprocess into other products so as to divert it from landfill. Encouraging technology that reduces the amount of organic waste sent to landfill is the driving force behind this consultation by the Waste Protocols Project, a joint Waste & […]

This Order, which extends to Scotland only, makes provision for exemption from the prohibition, under section 20 of the Clean Air Act 1993, of the emission of smoke in smoke control areas.
The Order exempts those fireplaces described in the Schedule which comply with the conditions specified in respect of those fireplaces from the prohibition under […]

 
These Regulations, which come into force on 9th May 2008 and extend to Scotland only, consolidate the four sets of regulations which have previously declared fuels to be authorised fuels for the purposes of Part III of the Clean Air Act 1993. The authorised fuels are described in Schedule 1.
Eight additional fuels are also now […]

In line with the UK biodiversity process, a series of proposals for a Northern Ireland Biodiversity Strategy were published by the Northern Ireland Biodiversity Group (NIBG) in June 1999. Following lengthy consultation, the Group formally presented their final Recommendations to Government in October 2000.
The Government welcomed and accepted the recommendations of the NIBG in August […]

Article 6(4) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (“the 1997 Order”) allows the Department to impose on a waste management licence conditions which require the licence holder to carry out works or do other things notwithstanding that he is not entitled to do so. Articles 10(1) and (2)(a), 12(8) and 16(7) […]

The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
These Regulations implement in Northern Ireland Articles 7 (energy performance certificate), 9 (inspection of air-conditioning systems) and 10 (independent experts) of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, which lays down requirements for the production of energy performance certificates when buildings are constructed, sold or […]

Essential knowledge for all who might come into contact with asbestos.  This course is particularly relevant to maintenance personnel and supervisors
Course Content
·    Asbestos Law
·    Sources of Asbestos and Types
·    Properties of Asbestos
·    Use of Asbestos in Buildings
·    Why it is Dangerous
·    Respiratory System Defence
·    Asbestos Related Diseases
·    Duties and Responsibilities
·    Types of Survey
·    Management Plan
·    Accidental Disturbance of Asbestos
·    Work not requiring a License
·    Validation Questionnaire 
 
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A two day workshop for your company on how to plan and introduce solutions to reduce the amount of car usage by employees and customers.
What you will learn
• Why this is important and where it fits in your Corporate Responsibility and Carbon Footprint
• The positive benefits on the environment, company, community, internal relations and PR
• Gathering demographical information […]

A one day programme showing how to anticipate and avoid environmental incidents and how to investigate those that have happened
What you will learn
• Pro-actively avoiding Environmental Incidents and demonstrating this to external agencies.
• Emergency action if things do go wrong to ensure environmental best practice
• Dealing with the media - avoiding negative PR
• Methods of incident categorisation and who […]