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Going Live! ALS Environmental's Otterbourne Drop-off

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As part of their ongoing commitment to improve their logistical services to customers, ALS Environmental are pleased to announce that they are opening a new drop off location in Otterbourne from Thursday 5th May 2016. The site will soon be home to a new laboratory that will undertake analysis of samples for Microbiology for commercial customers.

ALS Environmental have a range of drop-off locations situated throughout the UK, including a service centre in Dublin, Ireland. Their drop-off locations can be found by using their Postcode finder service, which will enable clients to find their nearest drop-off.

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Duty of Care awareness campaign launched as research suggests 56% of UK businesses are not complying with the law

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Recent evidence of widespread non-compliance with Duty of Care legislation for waste, introduced by the government in 1990, has led to the launch of a campaign to raise awareness of the law and its requirements. The ‘right Waste, right Place’ campaign is primarily aimed at informing smaller businesses about the law and their obligations, as research suggests that 94% of non-compliant organisations are Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).

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AQMesh pods feature in Channel 4’s Dispatches

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On Monday 22nd February 2016, Channel 4’s Dispatches screened an episode entitled ‘Dirty Secrets: What's Really in Our Air?’ The programme employed the latest air quality monitoring technology, supplied by Air Monitors. “The AQMesh pods were absolutely vital to the journalistic integrity of the programme,” commented Producer Roger Corke. “We were amazed at the level of technology available in such small, lightweight units – without them; it would not have been possible to identify the pollution hotspots that were the main focus of the programme.”

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London calling for Newtonabbey based M&E Building Services company

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Harvey Group PLC follows up acquisition of Solmatix – a prominent Renewables Company - with confirmation of new presence in Great Britain as part of strategic expansion

County Antrim mechanical and electrical building services contractors, the Harvey Group has established a new office in Dunstable as part of a multi-million pounds’ strategic expansion programme.

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Environmental benefits leads DALROD move into UV

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DALROD (UK) Ltd is a specialist drainage services contractor that covers areas of the UK from North London to Newcastle. This family run company has over 30 years’ drainage maintenance experience that includes: 

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Green Roof Supplier Optigreen Ltd launch their new website

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From drawings, data sheets and technical literature to reference images of successful green roof installations – everything you want to find out about professional roof greening is just a click away when browsing Optigreen’s updated website. 

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It’s Official - Seddons Plant is Speedy’s Environmental Company of the Year

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Seddons Plant & Engineers Ltd has been declared winner of the Environmental Company Award for 2015 by Speedy, the UK’s leading tools, equipment and plant hire services company.

The prestigious accolade was presented at a glittering awards ceremony attended by over 1,000 people at the SpeedyExpo, the largest private construction services show in Europe. Hosted at the Telford International Centre, all of Speedy’s suppliers were invited to enter the SpeedyExpo Awards and Seddons Plant & Engineers Ltd came out on top in the Environmental Company category.

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ECA meets Energy Minister as solar deadline approaches

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The Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA) has urged Minister of State for Energy Andrea Leadsom MP to "rethink" proposed government cuts to solar PV subsidies, during a meeting on 21 October.

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Urban Food and the Sustainable City

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Cities cover just 2% of the planet’s surface but consume 75% of its resources. Any movement towards sustainability will need to focus on the resource-use challenges linked to production and manufacturing, a major part of which will be the role of food and agriculture. Until recently, the benefits of agriculture were considered to be part of the rural development realm. But research suggests that in the future they will be part of city life.

During the past three years, the Countryside and Community Research Institute at the University of Gloucestershire has been part of a pan-European partnership researching into good practice in food production and consumption in urban areas as part of a major EU funded food project, Supurbfood, an acronym for ‘Sustainable Urban and Periurban food provisioning’.

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