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Waste (England and Wales) Requirements Revised

The long-awaited revised EU Waste Framework Directive has finally been implemented into UK legislation by the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, which came into force on 29 March 2011.

The revised directive should have been implemented into UK Legislation by 12 December 2010, but the deadline was not met. Click here to read more...

Understanding Compliance as part of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001

A question that we often get asked during our training sessions is what legal regulatory compliance should you be audting for under ISO 14001 and OH&S 18001.

Clause 4.5.2 of ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 is often a weakness within an organisations system and in most cases the process is not fully understood. Click here to read more...

No knee-jerk reaction on nuclear, say engineers

Institution of Mechanical Engineers appeals for calm amidst Japan nuclear fears. The explosions at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plants must not derail the UK’s nuclear energy plans, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has said. Click here to read more...

Minimal Environmental Impact? – ISO 14001 is still for you

Over 99% of organisations do not individually have significant environmental impact. However, their cumulative effect on the environment is probably greater than the small number of potentially significant environmental polluters. The international environmental management system (EMS) standard ISO 14001 was not developed solely for organisations with significant environmental impact. It was developed for all organisations regardless of the impact each organisation has on the environment. Click here to read more...

Food Standards Agency: cereal packaging ‘safe’

The Food Standards Agency’s Terry Donohoe says research shows recycled cardboard packaging does not cause cancer.

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Food companies changing packaging due to high risk recylced materials

The BBC reports that recycled cardboard contains high levels of mineral oils posing cancer risk. Major food brands now switching from recycled material.

A BBC News report by Nick Higham titled, ‘Food sold in recycled cardboard packaging ‘poses risk’ (March 8, 2011) is set to cause anxiety and concern among both food packaging manufacturers and the general public as the latest research identifies high levels of carcinogenic toxins in recycled paper and card.  Click here to read more...

ISO standards now available in e-book formats

A selection of ISO’s best-selling standards, such as ISO 9001 (quality management), ISO 31000 (risk management) and ISO/IEC 27001 (information security management), are now available in formats compatible with the most popular e-book readers. Click here to read more...

Carbon footprinting standard to be updated

PAS 2050, the world’s first standard to help businesses measure the carbon footprint of their goods and services, is to be updated and revised two years after it was first published.

More than 30,000 organisations and business all over the world have downloaded the free standard since its creation and BSI is now encouraging businesses of all sizes and sectors to help with suggestions on how it can be improved. Click here to read more...

New Waste regulations to effect all businesses

The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 due to come into force next year will impact on a broad range of organizations including those that produce, carry, store, treat or dispose of waste as the latest round of updates from the revised EU Waste Framework Directive 2008/98. Click here to read more...

New Netregs Environmental tools

The government funded environmental guide, Netregs, has recently released a new updated tool to help you assess the environmental legislation that applies to you business. Click here to read more...


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