Landfill tax is set to rise significantly in April, with the standard rate rising to £126.15 per tonne and the lower rate rising to £4.05 per tonne (currently £103.70 and £3.30). This hike will make traditional "dig and dump" practices far more expensive for the construction industry.

In 2019, the Association of Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) published formal guidance on the classification of waste soils as either hazardous or non-hazardous. The aim of this was to provide simple and clear advice on best practice - at least when it comes to more straightforward sites - in an area that has often involved confusion.

GEA Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Susie Marley, has provided a ‘Getting to Know GEA’ article for the January 2021 Issue of the AGS Magazine.

Many of us will have spent time today reading the news stories on the IPCC report on climate change, which make for sobering reading. And many people will be doing what I am doing and wondering "what can I do?" - both personally and as someone that runs a business...