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...
Supporting our Members
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Sharing Knowledge & Developing People
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.
The GPVS seeks to raise standards in membrane inspection, verification and reporting and provide confidence that risks associated with ground gases have been adequately managed.
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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Environment Agency Land Contamination Risk Management (LCRM) updates
The Environment Agency is producing updates to Land Contamination Risk Management (LCRM). These are planned to be published on the 12 April 2021. ...March 2021 -
ReCon Soil Opportunities
The following opportunities are available as part of the ReCon Soil Project.April 2021
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Gas Protection Verification Accreditation Scheme - Update
The first Gas Protection Verification Accreditation Scheme (GPVS) applicants have now been processed and we are looking forward to receiving new applicants for both Specialist and Technician grade.March 2021 -
CL:AIRE and ISRA support the Sustainable Remediation Conference Series (SustRem)
March 2021CL:AIRE and International Sustainable Remediation Alliance (ISRA) are delighted to be supporting the latest Sustainable Remediation (SustRem 2021) conference. This year it will be virtual on 28 & 29 October 2021...
CEN proposal - Characterisation of Waste
A new CEN (European Committee of Standardization) work item proposal - WI 444044 Characterization of waste: Determination of the content of elements and substances in waste is now available for...March 2021
EBNet proof of concept funding call now open
Environmental Biotechnology Network (EBNet) 2nd proof of concept funding call has recently opened. In this open call, it is looking for cross- and multi-disciplinary projects at Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 1...March 2021
SuRF-UK publishes its updated Tier 1 Sustainability Assessment Tool
March 2021SuRF-UK has published an updated Tier 1 qualitative sustainability assessment tool. The SuRF-UK Steering Group has worked collaboratively with AECOM on updating the spreadsheet taking into account the updated SuRF-UK guidance...
EU Commission Consults on EU Soil Strategy
The European Commission has launched an online public consultation on the development of the new EU Soil Strategy. This is the last of a set of public consultations on different...March 2021
CL:AIRE involved with new EU and China funded research project EiCLaR
CL:AIRE is delighted to announce that they are a partner in the project EiCLaR. This 6.7 million Euro project funded by the EU and China is composed of 13 EU...March 2021
CL:AIRE a partner in EU funded research project ReCon Soil
CL:AIRE is delighted to announce that they are a partner in the ReCon Soil project, led by the University of Plymouth. The €2.5million ReCon Soil project, supported by €1.8million from...March 2021
DoW:CoP Volume Analysis published
We have undertaken an analysis of the DoWCoP Declarations and produced a report that shows a breakdown by year and by type of the number and volume of DoWCoP Declarations from 2012 to...February 2021
Update to "Comparing Soil Contamination Data with a Critical Concentration"
An update to the document Professional Guidance: Comparing Soil Contamination Data with a Critical Concentration has been published to provide some minor points of clarification and these are described in...February 2021
National Planning Policy Framework and National Model Design Code: consultation proposals
There is a consultation from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government on draft revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework and a new draft National Model Design Code.February 2021
AquaConSoil abstract deadline approaches (28 February 2021)
The AquaConSoil Programme Committee cordially invites those who wish to contribute to the conference (June 14-18, 2021) to submit an abstract for an online presentation or an online session The...February 2021
SustRem 2021 conference is going virtual and calls for abstracts
NICOLA (Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Africa) will be hosting the latest Sustainable Remediation (SustRem) conference on 28 & 29 October 2021. This will be the 6th International SustRem...March 2021
AGS seeking industry views on the UKAS proposal to establish an accreditation scheme for Surveying Contaminated Land for Asbestos
Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) is seeking industry's view on the proposal by UKAS to develop an accreditation scheme for surveying of contaminated land for the presence of...January 2021
Contam Digital Series sessions are available on demand for free
Earlier this month the Contam Digital Series was launched which delivered a series of free online informative sessions on the theme of "Contaminated Land Remediation" Spotlight. These are now available...January 2021
Details released for the Rushlight Show - virtual, 10-11 March 2021
The 12th Rushlight Show, headline sponsored by Innovate UK, is taking place on Wednesday and Thursday 10-11 March 2021 as a virtual event with all the interactions of a physical event. Other...January 2021
New AGS Publication - Contaminated Land Standards Relating to Investigation, Assessment, Remediation and Development of Potentially Contaminated and Contaminated Sites
The AGS has published a new guidance document that provides key information required for an understanding and use of Standard Guidance documents and Standard Specifications such as, conventions in the...January 2021
New CL:AIRE Online Training Course - Statistics for Land Contamination Professionals
The new statistical guidance from CL:AIRE Comparing Soil Contamination Data with a Critical Concentration was published in September 2020 and introduces land contamination professionals to a different way of drawing...January 2021
National Brownfield Forum November 2020 notes published
The latest notes from the National Brownfield Forum meeting held in November 2020 have now been published and are available here.January 2021