Consultancy Services

To complement our range of environmental monitoring services, we provide full consultancy support covering all aspects of environmental management.

This includes:

1. Environmental Audits & Risk Assessments
2. ISO 14001/Environmental Management Systems
3. Environmental Reviews
4. Waste Management Advice
5. Packaging Waste and Waste Electrical, Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Compliance
6. Annual Environmental Maintenance Contracts
7. Asbestos Surveys

Duty of Care Audits:

The Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991 (amended '96 & '02) places legal requirements on all persons and companies who deal with controlled waste. Duty of Care applies to anyone who produces, receives, holds, carries, treats, or disposes of controlled waste, or as a broker, has control of such waste. (View PDF)

Environmental Review:

Companies can no longer afford to ignore their responsibilities for managing their environmental impact. Increasing stringent legislation, customer pressure and the development of government policies favouring environmental protection make an overwhelming case for improving environmental performance. (View PDF)

Annual Environmental Maintenance Contracts:

• Quarterly legislation updates
• Updates by e-mail of topics relevant to your operation
• Free telephone consultation service at any time
• One day annual visit to include an environmental site inspection, training, discussions and updates of existing environmental management systems

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Packaging Waste and WEEE Compliance

EMS are able to advise and review current working practices to determine if companies are complying with the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 (Amended 2003) and the forthcoming WEEE Directive.

Our WEEE services include identifying producer obligations and finding effective solutions for companies for the following:

• Financing of Business WEEE (Producers and Business End Users)
• Compliance Reporting (Producers, Suppliers to business Users, Business Users)
• Information and Marking Obligations (Producers)
• Take-back Obligation (Retailers/Distributors)
• Collection and Storage of WEEE
• Eco-Design

Asbestos Surveys:

The control of Asbestos at Work Regulations (CAW) came into force in November 2002 (Amended 2004). These Regulations place certain legal responsibility upon both employers and landlords to manage asbestos in non-domestic premises. (View PDF)

For more information please contact us.