‘Sewage Spill’ United Utilities were recently fined £750,000 for a sewage spill which polluted a Cumbrian estuary, of course this figure is just the tip of the fatberg and will not include investigation and clean-up costs. A bill a fraction of that magnitude would devastate most small and medium sized businesses and yet there is still a blinkered ignorance amongst many companies regarding what constitutes adequate containment and insurance…
‘Water Pollution’ Researching stories for Containment News makes one realise that there is a two tier reporting system when it comes to environmental pollution. The vast majority of spill incidents are only covered by the local press, unless it’s on the scale of BP’s Deepwater Horizon or Buncefield they seldom make it to the national media. On the rare occasion that stories like the 60,000 fish killed in the Grand Union Canal make…
‘Beaches will be Closed!’ The clues are all there, and it isn’t going to take Hercule Poirot to piece together the evidence that 2015 is going to be a watershed year for the UK water industry. The much stricter new Bathing Water Directive comes into full-force this year, meaning that we face the very real possibility that some of the UK’s most famous beaches…
The Environment Agency (EA) working in partnership with the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) have produced two reports aimed at helping SME’s reduce the frequency and the impact of spills on the environment. – The first report “Best Practice in Spill Prevention in the Waste Management Industry” looks at the risks posed by environmentally harmful substances and fires on waste sites and takes advice and opinions from representatives within the industry…
It doesn’t matter how unblemished your previous incident record has been, or how well trained your staff are in site safety, it’s impossible to prevent the actions of deliberate mindless vandals. The severity of environmental damage isn’t defined by the cause but by the actual pollutant released. Whether that is triggered by negligent worker, freak accident or deliberate sabotage is of no consequence to…
Does necessity have to be the mother of pollution? When waiting for a flight to whisk us away there is nothing more frustrating than a departure board splattered with delays and cancellations. During the recent snap of winter weather the deployment of de-icing trucks and cranes will have been a very welcome sight for passengers. However, long after those aircraft…
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