Improving efficiency & raising standards
Definition of Waste Code of Practice (DoWCoP), National Quality Mark Scheme for Land Affected by Contamination (NQMS), Asbestos in Soil, SuRF...
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Water and Land Library ( WALL), Continuing Professional development through Training and workshops...
CL:AIRE works with its Members to raise awareness and pursue shared objectives in land, water and environmental management by collecting strategic industry information and developing industry initiatives that improve efficiency and save money.
CL:AIRE leads a national programme of technical and core-skills training initiatives that are guided by industry requirements, and produced in collaboration with key stakeholders and specialists.
The Definition of Waste Code of Practice (DoWCoP) provides a clear, consistent and efficient process which enables the reuse of excavated materials on-site or their movement between sites.
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The National Quality Mark Scheme for Land Contamination Management (NQMS) is developed by the National Brownfield Forum to provide visible identification of documents that have been checked for quality.
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- Defra consult on Biodiversity Net Gain for Developments
- Asbestos in Soil Training
- Defra publishes its 25 year Environment Plan
- CL:AIRE publishes Asbestos in Soil Guidance - CAR-SOIL
- JIWG launch two decision supports tools to help industry working with asbestos in soil and construction & demolition materials
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Historic England publish reports on the Manufactured Gas Industry
Historic England has published a set of five reports on the manufactured gas industry. These reports provide an illustrated summary of the history of the gas industry and will be...January 2021 -
Ofwat launch water innovation competitions
Ofwat (water regulator for England and Wales) has established a £200 million Innovation Fund to grow the water sector’s capacity to innovate, enabling it to better meet the evolving needs...January 2021 -
Gas Protection Verification Accreditation Scheme Launches
CL:AIRE launched the Gas Protection Verification Accreditation Scheme (GPVS) on the 7 January 2021. Working closely with industry, this scheme seeks to raise standards in gas membrane inspection, verification...January 2021 -
Draft Standard: Remediation techniques applied at contaminated sites - published for comment
A new draft British/International Standard ISO CD 24212 Remediation techniques applied at contaminated sites has been published for comment. All comments are to be received by BSI by 1 February 2021...January 2021 -
Draft Standard: Sampling for volatiles on site - published for comment
ISO CD 18400-301: Soil quality – Sampling for volatiles and on site semi-quantitative determination in field investigations, has been published for comment, with all comments to be received by BSI by 1...January 2021 -
SuRF international publishes latest November 2020 meeting notes
Sustainable Remediation Forum (SuRF) International which has representation from across the globe, met on 11 November 2020. They have recently published their meeting notes which can be download here . ...December 2020 -
AquaConSoil 2021 newsflash
AquaConSoil in 2021 – webinar series & focus week June 14–18, 2021 2021 will be a year full of AquaConSoil! Instead of a week-long conference, a series of webinars and other...December 2020 -
CL:AIRE TRG News
CL:AIRE is delighted to announce that its Technology and Research Group (TRG) has three new members - Ruth Chippendale from Shell, Liz Gray from Atkins and Karen Young from Jacobs UK...December 2020 -
Rushlight Awards 2020-21 - deadline for entries: 30 November
The Rushlight Awards are in their 14th year, recognizing the cleantech stars and sustainability champions of today. They are the only independent set of awards designed specifically to support and...November 2020 -
Waste Quality Protocols Review - Aggregates from inert waste Quality Protocol - Call for evidence
Quality Protocols (QPs) are end of waste frameworks that are used by Industry on a voluntary basis to identify the point at which waste, having been fully recovered, may be regarded...November 2020 -
Consultation on protecting Scotland’s groundwater from pollution
The Scottish Government is proposing changes to the legislation that regulates groundwater and has included them in a consultation, Protecting Scotland’s groundwater from pollution, published on the SEPA consultation...November 2020 -
DoW CoP QP Renewals 2021, Whistleblowing and Rejected Declarations
QP Renewals Qualified Persons for the CL:AIRE Definition of Waste: Development Industry Code of Practice (DoW CoP) are reminded that renewals will be due in January 2021 for that year. Two years...November 2020 -
University of Plymouth: open call for work-based learning opportunities for students
The first cohort of students onto Plymouth University's Environmental Geochemistry MSc programme started this year, building on the success of their existing post-graduate taught programmes in Environmental Consultancy and Sustainable Environmental Management.November 2020 -
Public Consultation on Good Practice Guide for Risk Assessment for Mine Gas Emissions
A public consultation has opened on the draft publication "Technical Note - Good Practice for Risk Assessment for Mine Gas Emissions". This technical guide has been prepared by Steve Wilson,...November 2020 -
EU Network IMPEL is seeking case studies on the use of ISCO & SVE
IMPEL the European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (www.impel.eu), is seeking to understand more on the phasing of remediation of contaminated sites. This year the...November 2020 -
AGS publishes an approach for classifying sites into green, yellow or red
AGS has recently published an approach for classifying sites into green, yellow or red in relation to potential contamination hazards related to site investigation need to be subjected to a...October 2020 -
AGS publishes updated guidance on dealing with contamination during a ground investigation
AGS has recently published updated guidance for intrusive investigations of contaminated sites. This version replaces the 2012 version of the same name. ...October 2020 -
RemSoc publishes UK remediation training survey
RemSoc is evaluating the current continuous professional development provisions within the UK that is relevant to remediation practitioners. Further information about the survey and to access here. ...October 2020 -
CL:AIRE - Definition of Waste Code of Practice (DoW CoP) Standards Officer
CL:AIRE is seeking to appoint a Definition of Waste Code of Practice (DoW CoP) Standards Officer to be based in Reading. The role will initially be for 1 year as...October 2020 -
SuRF-UK publishes open access paper to support SR1 & 2
October 2020SuRF-UK has recently had a paper published in Remediation Journal titled"Sustainability assessment framework and indicators developed by SuRF‐UK for land remediation option appraisal" . This paper supports the recently...
QJEGH calling for sustainability papers for new thematic collection
The Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (QJEGH) is calling for papers to be submitted to the ‘Sustainability in Engineering Geology & Hydrogeology’ thematic collection.October 2020