Japanese knotweed can regrow from a piece of root the size of a fingernail. That’s why the rules on getting rid of it are strict. It isn’t illegal to have knotweed on your land, and you don’t have to remove it. But you can be prosecuted if you let it spread into the wild, and […]
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What Welfare Facilities Are Legally Required on a Construction Site? Site welfare isn’t a nice-to-have — it’s the law. Under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015), every construction site in Great Britain must provide adequate welfare facilities for workers from day one, before work starts. Get it wrong and you’re not just
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How Contractors Assess Subcontractor Waste Compliance (and How to Win More Tenders Because of It) When a main contractor decides who to put on a project, price and capability matter — but they’re no longer the whole story. Increasingly, contractors are vetting the compliance credentials of the subcontractors they work with, and waste management is
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Simpler Recycling 2030 Update for Construction Companies The timetable for one part of England’s Simpler Recycling reforms is changing, with the mandatory collection of plastic films and flexible packaging now expected to be delayed until 1 April 2030. For construction companies, contractors and site managers, however, this does not mean the wider Simpler Recycling requirements
Waste Disposal for Garages & MOT Centres: Oil, Tyres, Batteries & Filters Vehicle workshops produce more regulated waste streams per square metre than almost any other small business. Between waste oil, tyres, lead-acid batteries, filters, brake fluid, coolant, aerosols and oily rags, a typical independent garage handles half a dozen hazardous streams every week —
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Warehouse & Logistics Waste: Pallets, Shrink Wrap and Strapping Warehouses, distribution centres and logistics yards produce a distinctive waste profile: high volumes of a small number of materials, arriving relentlessly. Wooden pallets stack up in corners, shrink wrap fills bin after bin, and strapping tangles around everything it touches. The good news is that almost
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What “Zero Waste to Landfill” Actually Means “Zero waste to landfill” is appearing on more tender documents, supplier questionnaires and company sustainability pages every year. It sounds like an impossible standard for a normal business — but it’s more achievable (and more loosely defined) than most owners realise. Here’s what the term really means, why
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What Is Duty of Care and a Waste Transfer Note? If you run a business and produce any waste at all — and almost every business does — you have legal responsibilities for what happens to it. Those responsibilities are known as your “duty of care”, and the paperwork that proves you’re meeting them is
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Where Is Fly-Tipping Worst in the UK? The Hotspots, Fines and the Cost of Getting Rid of Waste Illegally Fly-tipping has become such a familiar sight in some parts of the country that a dumped mattress or pile of black bags beside the road can almost blend into the background. The latest figures suggest that
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How to Manage Waste Across Multiple Sites With One Provider If your business operates from more than one location — multiple construction sites, a portfolio of properties, a chain of premises, or projects spread across the country — waste has a habit of becoming quietly complicated. Not because any single collection is difficult, but because
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