The three government bodies that set the environment and energy agenda have given a few clues as to what is set out in the new 2016-2020 Environmental Policy. The plans are designed to set out key policy objectives for the period 2015-2020 and give an insight into how departmental budget cuts, announced in the 2015 […]
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Back in November 2013, R was driving a fork lift truck at a scrap yard. A labourer was assisting him in loading scrap cars into a shipping container in readiness to be exported. He was standing on the forks of the truck and in the process, the labourer’s left arm became stuck in the mast
In March 2016, the government changed the levels of the plugin car grants. To encourage drivers away from diesel and petrol vehicles and into a plugin or hybrid, the government are offering subsidies. Under the previous scheme a flat rate of £5,000 was on offer. Fortunately, the government has not ditched the deal completely but
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On 1 April 2016, the government announced changes to hazardous waste registration and consignment notes came into effect. Under the previous requirements, a business that produced more than 500kg of hazardous waste had to be registered with the Environment Agency (EA). From 1 April this has been dropped. If you have a current registration, then
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There is a new health and safety system strategy for Great Britain; Help Great Britain work well Strategic Themes http://www.hse.gov.uk/strategy/index.htm Acting Together– Promoting a broader ownership Tackling ill health– Highlighting and Tackling the costs Managing risk well– Simplifying risk management Supporting small employers– Giving SMEs simple advice Keeping pace with change– Anticipating and tackling new challenges Sharing our success–
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Back in October 2015, the introduction of sentencing guidelines for environmental penalties meant that it was only a matter of time before companies were found guilty of breaching the law and that these companies would be hit hard. A water utilities company was fined £1 million following a guilty plea to two pollution offences. The
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Many businesses have started producing annual reports detailing their progress on a range of environmental parameters eg. carbon emissions, recycling, waste generation, energy, water and using renewable energy. However, in a number of instances more effort has been put into the presentation than the fact finding. One study of 4000 reports found them littered with inaccurate
The National Access and Scaffolding Confederation has reissued its guidance on preventing falls (Preventing Falls in Scaffolding Operations). It has been revised several times and has influential results of its standards, in that scaffolders now use fall protection harnesses and lanyards when erecting and dismantling scaffolding. The National Access and Scaffolding Confederation say that as
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When working with stone, one of the health risks is a fine dust known as respirable crystalline silica (RCS). RCS is drawn deep into the lungs where it can cause lung diseases including silicosis (inflammation and scarring of the lungs), cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Silica is one of the HSE’s top priorities as
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