What are spill containment solutions?

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Everything you need to know about Spill Containment Solutions in seven minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. What are Spill Containment Solutions? (Transcript) Hi, my name’s David Cole and I am technical director of Sandfield Penstock Solutions and I’m going to talk to you about spill containment solutions? What are Spill […]

What is Water Pollution Prevention?

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Everything you need to know about Water Pollution Prevention  in around ten and a half minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. What is water pollution prevention? (Transcription) Hello. My name’s David Cole and I’m Technical Director for Sandfield Penstock Solutions. Today I’m going to talk to you about water pollution prevention.  […]

Tools for Effective Water Pollution Prevention Webinar

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Everything you need to know about the latest regulations and tech in Water Pollution prevention in twenty eight minutes. If you prefer to read the transcript is below. Tools for Effective Water Pollution Prevention Webinar Speaker: Good afternoon, everybody. And thanks for signing up to our Tools for Effective Water Pollution webinar. I hope it’s […]

Water Pollution Prevention Presentation

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This may be everything you need to know about spill containment and water pollution prevention in 20 minutes. If you who prefer to read the transcript is below. SPS Presentation Transcription My name is David Cole. This is a Sandfield Penstock Solutions Presentation on tools for effective water pollution prevention. I’m hoping today sparks bit […]

No Deal Brexit waste advice, Jersey Water fail, Severn & Trent fined again

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No Deal Brexit waste advice, Jersey Water fail, Severn & Trent fined again. Here is the water pollution prevention news. Will industrial pollution be affected by a no-deal Brexit? The government thinks so, and they’re busy recommending the waste industry reviews its contingency plans. Jersey says its water is fine, but local people beg to […]

Post-Brexit environmental threats, illegal waste, and Scottish dry cleaning success

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Did you know 80% of the UK’s environmental laws come from the EU? Did you realise stakeholders haven’t been properly engaged in transferring EU environmental laws into UK statute? One man gets fined for running three filthy, illegal waste sites. And, in Scotland, the dry cleaning industry has finally been brought under better environmental control. […]

Industrial fires, firewater containment and plastic bead pollution.

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Industrial fires don’t just send smoke and fumes into the air and burn whatever they come across. Tackling a fire often means using huge amounts of water, and that water has to go somewhere. It often ends up causing just as much damage as the fire itself, if not more. Now the UK’s Environment Agency […]

Sandfield Penstock Solutions featured in Foundry Trade Journal

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Sandfield Penstock Solutions were very happy to be featured in this months Foundry Trade Journal. They did a really good job of telling our story which is why I am posting it here. this is clearly foundry focused but the issues discussed are pretty common across most businesses. Reproduced with thanks to Foundry Trade Journal. […]

Trump on Water Pollution, Thames Water’s Walk of Shame, Fast Fashion Must Pay

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You might be surprised by the sheer number of water pollution incidents we see every single week in the UK. Sometimes it’s down to industrial accidents, sometimes leaks, industrial spills and floods. You might also be surprised how tough the punishments issued by The Environment Agency are, including fines, business closures, the removal of environmental […]

Farm Spill Containment Failure, Airport PFOS Pollution, Construction Site Woes.

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The past couple of weeks have seen the usual run of news stories about water pollution, commercial fire contamination and environmental pollution. In a world where the polluter pays, where those business that cause water pollution face clean up costs and  fines as well as the huge reputation costs, it’s absolutely critical that you are […]