contaminated land remediation

How much does contaminated soil disposal cost?

January 18, 2012

As we keep getting asked this question we thought an update would be in order. At present the UK landfill tax is £56 per tonne rising to £64/t in April 2012. Hazardous soil disposal rates vary across the country from around £30/t – £60/t depending on the type of contamination and volume.  Essentially the greater [...]

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The 12 remediation days of Christmas

December 19, 2011

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… A grossly contaminated site. On the Second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… A planning condition for my grossly contaminated site. On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… A comprehensive Phase 1 report, for the [...]

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Marrying remedial solutions to contamination problems

October 4, 2011

Getting the right remedial solution to match your contamination needs can be akin to finding your perfect partner in life.   Sometimes it all works out great and other times the results just don’t quite meet your expectations. Jumping in both feet first can often lead to problems and greater expenditure down the line.  But delaying could cost [...]

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Is a fixed cost remediation scheme good value?

September 9, 2011

We are constantly being asked to provide a fixed cost for remediation schemes but is this good value for the client…? It is very normal for us mere remediation contractors to have had no involvement with the site investigation stage of a sites redevelopment.  For some reason our experience is not called upon until the client needs [...]

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Is this really the cost of soil remediation?

August 19, 2011

Following on from Sam’s recent blog on how much does soil remediation cost I thought you might be interested to see how a reporter on mortgage issues, clearly with limited knowledge, is managing to scare potential home owners from buying properties developed on brownfield sites.  It is stated that…”Some 3% of all properties in the [...]

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New NICOLE Report on Environment Liability Transfer in Europe

June 3, 2011

The Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Europe (NICOLE), Brownfields Working Group has just released a report titled “Environmental Liability Transfer in Europe: Divestment of Contaminated Land for Brownfield Regeneration”. I’ve just had a read of the downloadable document click here>> and cannot see how it lives up to it’s claims…! 1. To provide a Road Map which illustrates the issues for [...]

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What is Land Remediation Tax Relief?

May 6, 2011

Finally a follow on from my post on landfill tax, a popular blog according to the stats. As a reward for remediating contaminted land HMRC offer 150% tax relief on qualifying expenditure.  If  you’ve aquired the land in a contaminated state, or for example, japanese knotweed is fly tipped on your premises, then you may well qualify [...]

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