New Rules on Agricultural Wastes
The Environment Agency has issued two new publications dealing with Agricultural wastes as an aid to farmers.
The first deals with how to raise consignments notes for hazardous wastes, e.g. pesticide wastes, and can be found at this web address.
The second on 'Biobeds and waste licensing exemption 52' is a two sided summary providing technical guidance on the construction and operation of a lined biobed and is intended to help farmers understand whether a biobed will be useful to them. It supports more detailed guidance provided by the Environment Agency and sets out some of the key issues.
The second document can be found here.
Bonnybridge waste transfer station gets dust emissions fine
A waste treatment and transfer facility in Bonnybridge was fined £2000 last week, for a breach of its waste management licence which led to dust pollution.
Central Demolition Ltd pleaded guilty at Falkirk Sheriff Court to allowing dust or other materials to escape beyond the boundaries of the site which handles construction and demolition waste.
The dust offence came to light after members of the public and local businesses complained about dust emissions.
SEPA officers found clouds of dust moving offsite and effecting neighbouring properties. By not having a dust suppression system in place, the site was operating in breach of its waste management licence.
SEPA’s Owen Foster said:
“There is a waste management licensing system in place to ensure that public health and the environment are protected. In this case, the breach of the licence resulted in dust emissions and inconvenience to locals. The operator has since complied with the requirements of the licence.”
Kintore animal rendering plant consultation
Oran Utilities Ltd. has applied to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) for a Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) permit, for the operation of an animal rendering plant at their Cottown site near Kintore.
The application will be subject to a consultation process, to enable members of the public to make comment. A further consultation phase will allow the public to make comment on SEPA’s draft decision on the application.
SEPA says that the main environmental concern from the processing of animal by-products will be odour. Oran Utilities Ltd has addressed this in the application and details on Oran’s proposal to prevent/minimise odour on SEPA’s website.