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Edie Environmental Legislation Summary, June 06

Recent changes to legislation which will impact on the environmental sector in the UK, Europe and internationally come under the spotlight in this Semple Fraser and Edie News monthly round-up of new law and policy. Among the developments this month we see the EC consulting on waste incineration and amending its position on the import and export of hazardous chemicals. In the UK contaminated land law gets an overhaul and a raft of new regulations covering pollution from shipping are introduced. Regulations to protect watercourses from agricultural pollution are amended and local authorities in Scotland are given greater powers to ensure water supplies are up to standard.

Edie Environmental Legislation Summary (April 06)

Recent changes to legislation which will impact on the environmental sector in the UK, Europe and internationally come under the spotlight in this Semple Fraser and Edie News monthly round-up of new law and policy. Among the developments this month we see revisions to EU clean water rules with a new version of the Bathing Water Directive, while in the UK new ETS allocation rules provide for pre-2004 installations.

Deep Impact

Dr Richard Coulton highlights the likely impact that new legislation will have on contractors undertaking dewatering operations

Edie environmental legislation summary (July 2005)

In this month's Semple Fraser and Edie News round-up of new policies and recent changes to legislation that will impact the environmental sector in the UK, Europe and internationally: EU bans phthalates in toys, 13 alien invaders added to list of plants banned from Scottish wilds, Northern Ireland gets new powers to designate and protect environmentally sensitive areas, UK public sector document to become more public and much more.

Edie environmental legislation summary (May 2005)

In this month's Semple Fraser round-up of new policies and recent changes to legislation that will impact the environmental sector in the UK, Europe and internationally: POPs, EU membership, greenhouse gas emissions trading, clean neighbourhoods, hazardous waste regulations, and much more.

Edie environmental legislation summary (April 2005)

In this month's Semple Fraser round-up of new policies and recent changes to legislation that will impact the environmental sector in the UK, Europe and internationally: new aviation emission levels; GM ruling; changes to EU Energy Act; Landfill Tax amendments and the Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme; pesticide controls; water resources regulations and more.

Aggregates levy funding to reduce impact of quarrying

Defra is providing £29.3 million from the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) to address the impacts that quarrying has on the environment and nearby communities.

Firms contest UK stance on waste oil burning

Planned new controls on burning of waste lubricating oils by the asphalt industry in England and Wales will create more environmental problems than they solve, the sector has alleged. Britain's quarry products association (QPA) called on the government to review its "seriously flawed policy".

Coal and quarry waste turned into peat-free compost

Waste products from coal mining and quarrying can be recycled to produce a peat-free compost, a 12 month study has shown.

Washing up

Mike Wilyman, remediation director, Carl Bro Engineering Consultants and Guy Pomphrey, manager, DEC Environmental Contractors, outline the benefits of soil washing

Developers and planners: Delivering waste mamagement facilities through the planning system

With increasing demands on the planning system from Waste Strategy 2000, planning authorities are being asked to make finely balanced judgements on complex decisions against a backdrop of ever increasing public scrutiny. Alan Potter, Technical Director of the Waste and Resources Management Group at Golder Associates, outlines how waste management companies can make the planning procedure easier for both themselves and planning officers.

Paving the road to waste recovery

Stockpiles of crushed glass are increasingly being used in the construction and repair of our roads, thanks to a material known as ‘Glasphalt’.

Sand, gravel and rock, with some exceptions…

A tax on the commercial exploitation of aggregate will come into effect 1 April 2002, requiring companies to register and pay for the environmental impacts of virgin aggregate extraction. Beverly La Ferla reports.

Quarries threaten English landscape

Environmentalists warn that some of England’s “finest landscapes” are threatened by operators with the legal right to quarry enough aggregates to build more than 112 million houses, or 85,000 miles of motorway.

Scottish Office Reporter recommends planning approval for Harris superquarry

The Scottish Office Reporter in charge of the proposed superquarry at Lingerbay on the Isle of Harris recommended that planning approval should be granted, at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on 11 September.

EC takes first step toward coherent policy for a sustainable extractive industry

A Communication on the development of a sustainable development strategy for the non-energy extractive industry has been published by the Enterprise Directorate General of the European Commission.

UK’s worst polluter faces further shame as villagers are evacuated

A long-term investigation by ICI into the effects of its historical use of quarries near Runcorn, Cheshire for chemical dumping has confirmed that some nearby homes do test positive for hexachlorobutadience (HCBD).

Quarrying industry asked for measures to reduce the environmental damage

The quarrying industry has been asked by the British Government to submit an enhanced package of voluntary measures to reduce the environmental impact of quarrying.

Aluminium waste could be used to make concrete

Researchers at Michigan Technological University are developing ways to use aluminium industry wastes in the manufacture of concrete.
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