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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 22 February 2021 and...
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...
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 . ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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,...