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27 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
The Environment Agency claims significant progress has been made in achieving the goals set out in its 2020 Action Plan.
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Europe, United Kingdom
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26 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Its whistleblowing service and disciplinary procedures for QPs have been in place since the turn of the year.
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26 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
The water hyacinth is effective at removing metal contamination from riverbeds, according to researchers at De Montfort University in Leicester.
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26 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Sheffield City Council’s Grey to Green Phase 1 has won the big prize at the inaugural susdrain SuDS Awards.
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26 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Finnish and Russian Ministers and international representatives have discussed cooperative cleanup measures at the waste disposal site, which contains toxic industrial waste from the St Petersburg and Leningrad areas.
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Russia and CIS
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26 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Thousands of tonnes of illegal waste are being dumped in commercial units and on derelict sites across the UK, according to the Environment Agency.
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20 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Leaders from Hull City Council are lobbying Northern Powerhouse minister Jake Berry for a multi-million pound City Deal to help clean-up and unlock derelict sites.
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13 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
In Development+Infrastructure’s recent Housing and the Environment (H&E) survey, industry representatives identified contaminated land as the chief threat. But who was the most environmentally sensitive developer?
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13 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Rhodar adds to its established asbestos removal business.
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13 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
The Environment Agency’s latest report also finds South West Water and Northumbrian Water are the worst performers for environmental compliance.
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Europe, United Kingdom
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12 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
There is no evidence to suggest that Japanese knotweed causes significant structural damage, claim ecologists from AECOM and the University of Leeds.
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6 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
The critically ill man and woman have been exposed to Novichok, which almost claimed the lives of Sergei and Yulia Skripal back in March.
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4 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
The British standards body has invited comments on best practice in the design of protective measures for methane and CO2 ground gases in new buildings.
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4 Jul 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Glebe Quarry Ltd has been fined £26,500 for the illegal dumping and handling of contaminated materials.
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29 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Don’t forget to submit entries to the BB Awards 2018.
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29 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Environment Analyst Development & Infrastructure has agreed a partnership with the Contamination Expo Series.
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28 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
First ever enforcement undertaking agreed after Cumbrian waste firm breaches odour permits.
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28 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Proposal to remove £200k a year trash screen highlights improvements made in controlling contaminated sediment in River Tame.
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27 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
The contaminated land specialist will provide consultancy services at a former transport depot site in Kent and LNAPL remediation work in the Midlands.
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27 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Murray Einarson, Haley & Aldrich’s principal in Hydrogeology, has suggested a new approach for dealing with the closure of sites with contaminated groundwater.
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North America
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20 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
It has issued a global call for global policymakers to manage the substance more sustainably and reduce the widespread environmental damage it causes.
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20 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
The waste removal businessman has received an 18-week sentence for dumping waste and setting fire to it on an elderly Devonshire couple’s farm.
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19 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Imperial College London has proposed a project to investigate if machine learning could help prevent the spread of invasive non-native species and pathogens.
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15 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
The entry deadline to the Brownfield Briefing Awards has been extended to the end of June.
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15 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
The US Department of Energy has extended the AECOM-led remediation project at the Savannah River site in South Carolina.
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Global, North America
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15 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Hounslow Council will seek compensation for remediating the proposed Grasshopper Rugby club site in west London.
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14 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Homes England has tasked the company to remediate the site of a former Rolls Royce aeronautical control systems plant in Hall Green.
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14 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Defra funding is available for organisations that develop digital solutions for tracking waste.
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Europe, United Kingdom
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14 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
ExxonMobil Chemical Ltd and Shell UK Limited will be investigated for unplanned flaring on the Mossmorran site in Fife.
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6 Jun 2018
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Brownfield Briefing:
Deep Soil Mixing’s slope stabilisation project in West Yorkshire has encapsulated asbestos fibres and made the hillside safer.
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