December 30th, 2011 by admin
Visit A Landfill in 2012 and Appreciate Your Environment! Hi! Happy New Year Landfill CQA-ers! What about this to contribute to your list of New Year’s Resolutions? I was under the impression that you may be interested in my passing on the contents of the e-mail below which came from a customer. I suspect that there should [...]
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October 17th, 2011 by admin
Geomembranes, or liners, are a brilliant way to stop liquid loss or contamination. Picking the right sort of geomembrane for an application could be a confusing process. When scanning the market you’ll come across a good spread of geomembrane liners. That is because of the unique wishes of numerous industries they’re used in. The sort [...]
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October 2nd, 2011 by admin
A secure or sanitary landfill is a carefully built and lined depression in the ground, or a landfill built on top of the ground, into which wastes are put. Whichever it is, the aim is to avoid any hydraulic connection between the wastes and the encircling environment, particularly groundwater. Essentially, a landfill is a bathtub [...]
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July 16th, 2011 by admin
When a Contractor has excess topsoil, may it be sold and used off-site without it being classed as a waste and therefore needing to be classified as a waste material? Based on existing European Court caselaw, there is absolutely no reason why uncontaminated soils excavated from one site cannot be reused on a different site [...]
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November 24th, 2010 by admin
A RANGE of events are being held across Edinburgh to mark this year’s Europe-wide Waste Reduction Week.Planned local actions include a waste reduction initiative by the Royal Bank of Scotland, where staff at its Gogarburn headquarters are being encouraged to make a pledge to reduce waste at work. > > Betsy Reed, campaigns manager for [...]
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