Author RSSAre you afraid of regulatory burden imposed by environmental regulations?
If the answer is yes, then you are not alone. This fear is shared by many businesses. The good news is that your concern has been recognized by the government, who has introduced the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act, 2008 to reduce the regulatory ...
How to treat Hazardous waste
Waste is classified as hazardous when it possesses properties that might make it harmful to human health or to the environment, which in law means it is on the list of Waste (England) Regulations 2005 or is exceptionally classified as hazardous by the Sec...
The new Environmental Permitting System
The unification of the previous Waste Management Licence and the Pollution Prevention and Control System from the 6th of April 2008 into a single environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting Programme is aimed at making it simpler and less cost...
Determining Responsibility for Contaminated land?
Have you ever wondered who is responsible for contaminated land when the original polluter no longer occupies or owns the land? The current position of the law is that the polluter who caused or knowingly permits the contamination of the land should pay f...
Implementation of the WEEE regulations
The WEEE regulations abide by the polluter pays principle, which places the burden of disposing of waste electrical and electronic equipments on the manufacture, either by providing a free collection service for customers themselves or by signing up to a ...
What are the principles underlying Environmental legislation?
Sustainable development is the fundamental theme underlying Environmental legislation, which means that the needs of present must be met without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs. The sustainability theme is suppor...
Why should you comply with Environmental Law?
Apart from avoiding criminal sanctions there are economic justifications for compliance with environmental law. In short, the market has been shown to reward firms that protect the environment. Indeed, current research shows that consumers will not look f...
Do you know how environmental law is enforced?
The main bodies for enforcing environmental law are Local Authorities and the Environment Agency. Since the aim of environmental enforcement is to prevent harm to the environment and human health it focuses on both punishments for breaching environmental ...
Did you know - How Producer Responsibility Obligations might affect your business?
Did you know that if your company handles more than 50 tonnes of packaging a year and has a turnover of more than £2 million then you have to recover and recycle a specified tonnage of packaging waste annually? Where a group of companies is involved, the...
Are you aware that if you commit an environmental crime its likely you will be strictly liable?
Remaining up to date with environmental legislation can be a very difficult task. The law can also be very unforgiving with regards pollution and often moves to prosecute in a great many cases.
Did you know that an environmental crime is defined in law...
Why Plastic Products Fail
The development of plastics and their associated processing techniques has been a phenomenal episode in the history of materials science. With large scale development taking place only within the last 60 years, the use of plastics in product design and ma...
Plumbing: Removal and replacement of radiators
From time to time removing a radiator is a necessary task that many people would only trust to a plumber. For simple maintenance or to aid decorating, the removal of a radiator doesn't need to be a specialist job and can be easily carried out by the house...
Cycle Racing: An overview to riding against the clock
Often dubbed the race of truth, the time trail is one of the purest disciplines in the world of cycling. Each rider against the clock, the time trail is a true test of fitness, technique and attitude. Depending upon the distance of the race, time trailing...
Summer Cycling: Good clothing - the key to training through summer
Cycling through the summer months offers us a chance to ditch those heavy jerseys and expose a little more skin to the elements. Longer daylight hours and an end to icy roads means that more and more fair weather cyclists will dust off the bike perhaps in...
Temporarily Repairing Pipes
Leaking pipes within a home often occur for a number of reasons. Some will be through fatigue or external forces such as heat or cold, while others will be through poor workmanship, mistakenly puncturing a pipe while carrying out DIY work or maybe through...