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News New Enviros web site explains ATEX & DSEAR (Atmospheric Explosion Regulations) requirements 21 June 2006 Enviros consultants have created a new web site to assist the waste management industry in coping with the necessary reviews and risk assessments necessary to comply with the ATEX Directive regulations which finally come into force at the end of this month. Many in the waste industry think that ATEX & DSEAR (UK) compliance means little more than ensuring that a leachate pump is ATEX Certified, when the actual requirements are much broader. Find out more below:- ATEX and DSEAR Compliance Information and Resources Web Site We recommend another very recent ATEX help web site for site managers here. 26 January 2006 Enviros Launches ATEX (DSEAR-UK) Guidance and Site Assessment Service for Explosion Hazards at Waste Management Facilities The ATEX Directive has been around for many years, but for the first time, as from this summer (30 June), all site workplaces (even those existing when the regulations were brought in during 2003), must comply. See our flyer here, offering an assessment service to all those responsible for complying with the regulations, including those responsible for both open and closed landfills, including leachate treatment facilities. See more information here... 23 January 2006 EA’s PPC Technical (BAT) Guidance for the Treatment of Landfill Leachate is out for consultation The PPC Technical Guidance for the Treatment of Landfill Leachate has been issued for consultation and responses are due by 31 March 2006. The Environment Agency (UK) want your views on the PPC Technical Guidance for the Treatment of Landfill Leachate. The document is a consultation draft and all are welcome to comment on any aspect. We recommend that all those with an interest in leachate treatment look in detail at the EA’s published guidance, as we will be doing over the next few weeks. Our initial thoughts have been that some benchmarking criteria appear remarkably stringent when compared with our experience around the world, and the lack of artificial wetland and irrigation/land treatment seems surprising. See the EA’s web site for more... and download the document. 12 January 2006 Scottish Landfill Operator Fined for Illegal Leachate Discharge Aberdeenshire Council has been fined £2,000 for allowing hazardous liquid waste to discharge from Crow's Nest Landfill site, posing a potential threat to wildlife and the environment. The authority, which operates the landfill site at Banchory, pled guilty to illegally disposing controlled waste - leachate - at Stonehaven Sheriff Court on 14 October. The offence was reported to the procurator fiscal by SEPA after a walker's dog fell into brownish liquid while on land next to the Raemoir Road landfill site. The source was traced to a pump at the site which had been set up to remove liquid from leachate storage ponds and had been left unattended. Source: SEPA View (www.sepa.org.uk) 6 January 2006 Research on the Effects of Landfill Leachate on Biomass Crops ADAS have undertaken a series of studies on the use of biomass crops on landfill sites for leachate treatment. Their results show crop growth similar to that in agricultural soils with the plants successfully utilising nutrients from the leachate, and not affected by the potentially harmful compounds the leachate. More here ... For more details and the final report contact ADAS (January 2006) News Archive: 2004-5

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