CL:AIRE is a UK charity committed to providing a valuable service for all those involved in sustainable land reuse.
We develop training resources, disseminate information and act as a credible resource for all stakeholders, ensuring we remain at the cutting-edge of best practice and innovation.
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
Find out about the benefits of becoming a CL:AIRE Principal or Supporter Member:- Member discounts, Networking, Working Groups, ...
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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DEFRA Hosted UK PFAS Workshop April 2021 - Presentations now available
Defra hosted a two day PFAS workshop in April 2021. The workshop covered a range of PFAS topics from risk assessment to key PFAS policy questions and shared the work...June 2021 -
Law Commission Consult on Regulating Coal Tip Safety in Wales
The Law Commission’s consultation paper on Regulating Coal Tip Safety in Wales (LC 255) has recently been published. The consultation paper considers current legislation relating to coal tip safety and...June 2021 -
UKAS Accreditation for the inspection of land for the presence of asbestos - update
During the early part of 2019 UKAS was made aware of several organisations with an interest in progressing accreditation for the inspection of land for the presence of asbestos based...June 2021 -
Registrations now open for the Contamination & Geotech Expo 2021
Event organisers ROAR B2B are pleased to announce that the registrations are now open for the long awaited 2021 edition of the Contamination & Geotech Expo,...May 2021 -
SustRem 2022 - 14-17 March 2022, call for abstracts open
SustRem 2022 is being hosted by SuRF in the USA on 14-17 March 2022 in San Diego, California and is the 7th SustRem conference in the series. SustRem 2022...May 2021 -
Sellafield Ltd launch two new Gamechanger competitions on leak identification and prevention
Sellafield Ltd are launching two new Gamechanger competitions to assist in leak identification and prevention. Leaking crack identification, location and condition monitoring and leak prevention or minimalisation. Closing date for both competitions...May 2021 -
SuRF UK Supplementary Report 2 publication amended
Following the publication of Supplementary Report 2 (SR2) of the SuRF-UK Framework: Selection of indicators/Criteria for Use in Sustainability Assessment for Achieving Sustainable Remediation and supporting Appendix 1 in July 2020,...May 2021 -
AGS publish guidance document on the assessment and control of asbestos in soil risks
AGS has recently published an important guidance document focusing on the assessment and control of asbestos in soil risks. It is published in two parts: Part 1: Protection of Personnel working...May 2021 -
HSE publishes revised Asbestos - The analyst's guide (HSG 248)
HSE has recently published a revised Asbestos: The Analyst's Guide (HSG 248). This guidance is for analysts involved in asbestos work. It is the authoritative source of asbestos analytical procedures within...May 2021 -
National Brownfield Forum March 2021 Meeting Notes Published
The National Brownfield Forum March 2021 meeting notes have now been published and available to download here.May 2021 -
Publication of first Phase 2 C4SL reports
May 2021CL:AIRE is delighted to publish the first of the phase 2 C4SL reports, of Vinyl Chloride, Tetrachloroethene (PCE) and Trichloroethene (TCE). These can be downloaded directly from the dedicated web...
WHO - The health impact and the remediation of sites contaminated by industrial activities
The WHO/Europe has published a report providing the results of an expert consultation on redeveloping contaminated sites for new urban functions, aiming to review the health and environmental impacts of conversion...May 2021
Richard Froggatt - 10 YEARS at CL:AIRE
Over the last couple of years CL:AIRE has celebrated several milestones, including celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2019, and May this year marks 10 years since Richard Froggatt joined CL:AIRE...April 2021
AquaConSoil 2021 - Registration is open!
Registration is now open for AquaConSoil 2021 - Sustainable use and management of soil, sediment and water resources. The virtual conference registration includes admission to all virtual activities and presentations during...April 2021
New 50% eLearning discount for Government departments, agencies and public bodies
To coincide with the release of three recently updated eLearning modules, CL:AIRE has introduced a 50% discount for all those with a gov.uk email address. It gives an opportunity for Government...April 2021 CL:AIRE releases two updated eLearning courses
CL:AIRE is excited to release fully updated editions of two of its popular eLearning courses: Sustainable Remediation Appraisal Introduction to Brownfield Site Investigation Both courses have been updated to take the new Environment...April 2021
CL:AIRE TRG Member News
CL:AIRE is delighted to announce that its Technology and Research Group (TRG) has three new members: Sarah Poulton, Natural Resources Wales joins the main TRG and Emily Reynolds, Mott MacDonald and...April 2021
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
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