Bill Longley-Cook, Author at Simplifi Solutions

21st July 2016

EC consultation on heavy-duty vehicle performance

The European Commission is consulting on the preparation of legislation on monitoring and reporting of heavy-duty vehicle fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Consultation closes 28th October http://ec.europa.eu/clima/consultations/articles/0031_en.htm

21st July 2016

EC consultation on CO2 emission performance of light vehicles

The European Commission is consulting on revision of the of Regulation (EU) No 443/2009 and Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 setting CO2 emission performance standards for light duty (cars and vans) vehicles. Consultation closes 28th http://ec.europa.eu/clima/consultations/articles/0030_en.htm

21st July 2016

Leeds businessman jailed for environmental fraud

A Leeds waste operator has been jailed for seven years and six months for defrauding the electrical waste recycling industry out of £2.2million.

The defendant falsified paperwork to claim that his firm had collected and recycled more than 19,500 tonnes of household electrical waste during 2011. The company never handled the amounts of waste described and was not entitled to the substantial recycling fees paid. Seized documents showed that the company was claiming money for waste collections from streets and properties that did not exist. Vehicles used to transfer waste were recorded as being in Northern Ireland, England, and Scotland on the same day and some vehicles did not exist at all. Documents also showed weights of waste being collected by vehicles which could never have carried such loads.

The defendant has previous convictions for fraud and illegally exporting hazardous waste to Nigeria.

19th July 2016

Planning approval secured for extra vaults at Low Level Waste Repository

Planners in Cumbria have given the go-ahead for two new vaults at the UK’s Low Level Waste Repository (LLWR), along with an extension to a third vault.

The LLWR was opened in 1957 as the only UK location for the disposal of solid waste containing low levels of radioactivity. It provides an essential service for NDA sites as well as other industries that produce low level waste(LLW). More than £100 million has been invested in the site’s infrastructure over the past decade to maintain it as an important national asset.