MB Envirotech - Soil and Groundwater Remediation

December 2008 – The End of Landfill Tax Exemptions!

Monday 1st December marks the end of Landfill Tax Exemption for contaminated soils going to landfill and the start of a ‘new dawn’ for the UK soil remediation industry following the Budget announcement of Chancellor Alistair Darling in March 2008. In addition, the Chancellor confirmed that the Landfill Tax will rise by £8 per tonne each year from the current £32 per tonne, to £40/tonne in April 2009 and £48/ tonne in April 2010, for both Hazardous and Non Hazardous soils

The Landfill Tax was introduced over 10 years ago to encourage waste producers to minimise the volume of waste they were sending to landfill. However, the Landfill Tax Exemption scheme allowed developers or waste producers to avoid paying the tax if contaminated soils were being landfilled solely because of their contaminated nature. The exemption scheme stifled the growth of the market in which MB Envirotech Ltd provided site developers with technological treatment solutions rather than disposing of contaminated soil at landfill.

This anomaly in the contaminated land market has at last been rectified and MB Envirotech are proud to be at the forefront in offering clients a wide range of environmentally friendly soil treatment solutions at very competitive prices.

October 2008 – MB Envirotech has followed parent company DSV Environmental into the UK waste industry by launching its new service –.

MBE Waste offers the same high standard that our clients have come to expect from MB Envirotech over the last eight years by providing bespoke remediation solutions to the environmental sector.

To learn more about the range of services on offer from please visit our website at www.mbewaste.co.uk.

September 2008 – MB Envirotech have just signed another contract to remediate an operation metals recycling facility. The busy site will keep running during the remediation. Disruption during the installation will be kept to a minimum by building the entire infrastructure underground.

The remediation of the impacted soil and groundwater (lubricating oil, petrol, diesel and greases) will be completed within the scheduled six month programme. The local Environment Agency officer commented “it is good to see such a well prepared remediation contractor coming to solve the historical environmental legacy of many years’ scrap metal operation at this site”. The environmental consultant has been supporting this client’s upgrade plans at the site for the last 18 months and is pleased to be reaching the final remediation stage to complete the environmental improvements at the site.

August 2008 – MB Envirotech has further expanded its experience of Chemical Oxidation treatments as a result of working with sister companies in Scandinavia on a number of projects.

Under certain conditions Chemical Oxidation is an effective alternative to, or an enhancement for, bioremediation where speed is of the essence. Chemical oxidation involves the injection of reactive chemical oxidants directly into soil or groundwater for the rapid destruction of contaminants. Chemical oxidation is often deployed as part of a remediation scheme for rapid completion’ of other remedial schemes e.g. bioremediation or pump and treat. The chemical reaction destroys the organic compounds producing harmless end products of water and carbon dioxide.

There are many factors that may limit the applicability or effectiveness of oxidation solutions and so consultation with our technical specialists is always required prior to implementation.

May 2008 – As part of MB Envirotech's continued expansion plans, the company is actively seeking a suitable site from which to operate a soil treatment centre. These plans are in line with the Group’s core business activities where DSV lead the market in Scandinavia.

April 2008 – As part of MB Envirotech’s commitment to bring new technologies to the UK remediation market, Paul Garrett, Managing Director of MBE Ltd, visited one of our European partners to see the latest developments of their in-situ thermal desorption units in operation.

As the use of landfill for the disposal of organic waste becomes less and less sustainable, introducing thermal desorption technology to the UK offers a rapid, guaranteed and effective solution to the remediation of many of our polluted sites both large and small without the need for expensive excavation and replacement of soils.

February 2008 – As part of MB Envirotech’s staff training programme we are pleased to announce that another of our engineers has successfully qualified with the WAMITAB Certificate of Technical Competence (CoTC) 4TMHCL. This qualification is essential for the management of soil and groundwater remediation systems under the Environmental Permitting (EP) Regulations which came into force on 6 April 2008. These new regulations should make the existing legislation more efficient by combining Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) and Waste Management Licensing (WML) regulations and MB Envirotech are embracing this improvement of standards within our industry.

December 2007 - MB Envirotech has just completed the soil remediation at the site of an operational Engineering Works facility in Yorkshire. The site had historically stored and handled a wide range of fuels, cutting oils and organic solvents required for its manufacturing operations. These had been stored in a series of underground tanks and above ground vessels for use in the preparation of metals for the production of specialist machine tools.

The areas of soil impacted by the storage and handling of these products and diesel fuel formed the focus of the Remediation Works.

MB Envirotech designed the remediation scheme to include cleaning, degassing and making safe of underground storage tanks as well as excavating contaminated soils for remediation by Ex-situ Biopile. The remediated soils were re-used at the site once chemical validation demonstrated he clean-up targets had been achieved.

October 2007 - MB Envirotech Ltd (MBE) successfully completed another groundwater remediation scheme for a London and South East area vehicle dealer group this month.

The site had been impacted over a number of years by a mixture of fuels, lubricants and solvents. As part of the redevelopment scheme MBE designed and installed a remotely operated in-situ bio-sparging solution supplemented by targeted nutrient injections and groundwater pumping, all treated on site by our containerised plant. This allowed the redevelopment of the dealership to be completed on schedule and operated without any interruption to their vehicle repair, servicing and sales business.

July 2007 – MB Envirotech has just commenced soil remediation at the site of a major Multi-National’s manufacturing facility in Yorkshire. The site had historically stored and handled a wide range of fuels, cutting oils and organic solvents required for its manufacturing operations. Following a due diligence environmental investigation at the site, the contamination of the soil was discovered. With the detailed investigation from the site, MB Envirotech designed a suitable scheme to remediate the site. This included the cleaning, degassing and making safe of underground storage tanks as well as excavating contaminated soils for remediation by Ex-situ Biopile.

The remediated soils will be re-used at the site once the clean-up targets have been achieved. This project is expected to be completed within three months.

May 2007 – Following the completion of remediation work at a major UK Housing Developer’s site in Devon, MB Envirotech were contacted to deal with Hazardous Waste residues that remained above the Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC) concentrations for off-site disposal and were so heavily contaminated that an on-site solution was considered impractical due to the physical and chemical nature of the waste and the development time constraints. Through the combined experience of our parent group, DSV Environmental, we were able to arrange for the safe and economic disposal of the contaminated soil and sludge mix.

The Technical Manager of the HouseBuilding firm stated “We had the sludge material on site for over six months and it seemed as though no one was able to deal with it for us. We are very grateful to MB Envirotech for the efficient way they arranged the removal and off-site treatment of this material. We certainly know who we shall call next time we have an issue like this on one of our sites”.

March 2007 – Following the completion of a pilot study undertaken to determine the applicability of Reductive Dechlorination of a metal degreasing solvent in groundwater, MB Envirotech have been awarded their first such full scale project to remediate TCE from the groundwater beneath a former metal plating factory.

February 2007 – Following the successful remediation of a confidential client’s factory site, MB Envirotech have been requested to install an innovative Funnel & Gate system for the remediation of heavy metal contaminated groundwater at a site they are in negotiation to purchase later this year.

January 2007 - MB Envirotech's parent company, DSV Environmental A/S entered the UK soil remediation market in 2005 with the acquisition of the MB Envirotech Group. In January 2007, DSV further strengthened its position within the Scandinavian Soil Remediation Industry with the acquisition of the major Scandinavian company RGS 90, which operates in both Denmark and Sweden. Within Sweden, RGS 90 has been amalgamated with SoilRem-MB Envirotech AB to form the country's largest soil remediation company and treatment centre operator.

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MB Envirotech Ltd is an environmental contractor specialising in the in-situ and ex-situ remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater. The company has more than thirty years experience of remediating sites and MB Envirotech Group has completed over 200 projects since 1993. As a result MB Envirotech Ltd has the innovative technology and expertise to successfully and reliably carry out remediation solutions tailored to your needs. MB Envirotech Ltd has a wide ranging remediation programme to suit both the site and Client’s requirements.

MB Envirotech Ltd is part of the Danish multinational group of companies, DSV Environmental A/S. DSV Environmental deals with all aspects of soil and groundwater remediation, waste management, recycling and operates twenty four soil cleaning plants throughout Scandinavia. DSV Environmental Group consists of sixteen companies with over four hundred employees and a turnover exceeding £300 million. Annually the Group treats 500,000 tonnes of contaminated soil in the UK, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.

Soil and groundwater treatment is a complicated business requiring, knowledge, experience and technical solutions. MB Envirotech Ltd has this competence and is ready to apply this to sites anywhere in the UK.



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				NEWS FROM MB ENVIROTECH: December 2008 – The End of Landfill Tax Exemptions! Monday 1st December marks the end of Landfill Tax Exemption for contaminated soils going to landfill and the start of a ‘new dawn’ for the UK soil remediation industry following the Budget announcement of Chancellor Alistair Darling in March 2008. In addition, the Chancellor confirmed that the Landfill Tax will rise by £8 per tonne each year from the current £32 per tonne, to £40/tonne in April 2009 and £48/ tonne in April 2010, for both Hazardous and Non Hazardous soils The Landfill Tax was introduced over 10 years ago to encourage waste producers to minimise the volume of waste they were sending to landfill. However, the Landfill Tax Exemption scheme allowed developers or waste producers to avoid paying the tax if contaminated soils were being landfilled solely because of their contaminated nature. The exemption scheme stifled the growth of the market in which MB Envirotech Ltd provided site developers with technological treatment solutions rather than disposing of contaminated soil at landfill. This anomaly in the contaminated land market has at last been rectified and MB Envirotech are proud to be at the forefront in offering clients a wide range of environmentally friendly soil treatment solutions at very competitive prices. October 2008 – MB Envirotech has followed parent company DSV Environmental into the UK waste industry by launching its new service –. MBE Waste offers the same high standard that our clients have come to expect from MB Envirotech over the last eight years by providing bespoke remediation solutions to the environmental sector. To learn more about the range of services on offer from please visit our website at www.mbewaste.co.uk. September 2008 – MB Envirotech have just signed another contract to remediate an operation metals recycling facility. The busy site will keep running during the remediation. Disruption during the installation will be kept to a minimum by building the entire infrastructure underground. The remediation of the impacted soil and groundwater (lubricating oil, petrol, diesel and greases) will be completed within the scheduled six month programme. The local Environment Agency officer commented “it is good to see such a well prepared remediation contractor coming to solve the historical environmental legacy of many years’ scrap metal operation at this site”. The environmental consultant has been supporting this client’s upgrade plans at the site for the last 18 months and is pleased to be reaching the final remediation stage to complete the environmental improvements at the site. August 2008 – MB Envirotech has further expanded its experience of Chemical Oxidation treatments as a result of working with sister companies in Scandinavia on a number of projects. Under certain conditions Chemical Oxidation is an effective alternative to, or an enhancement for, bioremediation where speed is of the essence. Chemical oxidation involves the injection of reactive chemical oxidants directly into soil or groundwater for the rapid destruction of contaminants. Chemical oxidation is often deployed as part of a remediation scheme for rapid completion’ of other remedial schemes e.g. bioremediation or pump and treat. The chemical reaction destroys the organic compounds producing harmless end products of water and carbon dioxide. There are many factors that may limit the applicability or effectiveness of oxidation solutions and so consultation with our technical specialists is always required prior to implementation. May 2008 – As part of MB Envirotech's continued expansion plans, the company is actively seeking a suitable site from which to operate a soil treatment centre. These plans are in line with the Group’s core business activities where DSV lead the market in Scandinavia. April 2008 – As part of MB Envirotech’s commitment to bring new technologies to the UK remediation market, Paul Garrett, Managing Director of MBE Ltd, visited one of our European partners to see the latest developments of their in-situ thermal desorption units in operation. As the use of landfill for the disposal of organic waste becomes less and less sustainable, introducing thermal desorption technology to the UK offers a rapid, guaranteed and effective solution to the remediation of many of our polluted sites both large and small without the need for expensive excavation and replacement of soils. February 2008 – As part of MB Envirotech’s staff training programme we are pleased to announce that another of our engineers has successfully qualified with the WAMITAB Certificate of Technical Competence (CoTC) 4TMHCL. This qualification is essential for the management of soil and groundwater remediation systems under the Environmental Permitting (EP) Regulations which came into force on 6 April 2008. These new regulations should make the existing legislation more efficient by combining Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) and Waste Management Licensing (WML) regulations and MB Envirotech are embracing this improvement of standards within our industry. December 2007 - MB Envirotech has just completed the soil remediation at the site of an operational Engineering Works facility in Yorkshire. The site had historically stored and handled a wide range of fuels, cutting oils and organic solvents required for its manufacturing operations. These had been stored in a series of underground tanks and above ground vessels for use in the preparation of metals for the production of specialist machine tools. The areas of soil impacted by the storage and handling of these products and diesel fuel formed the focus of the Remediation Works. MB Envirotech designed the remediation scheme to include cleaning, degassing and making safe of underground storage tanks as well as excavating contaminated soils for remediation by Ex-situ Biopile. The remediated soils were re-used at the site once chemical validation demonstrated he clean-up targets had been achieved. October 2007 - MB Envirotech Ltd (MBE) successfully completed another groundwater remediation scheme for a London and South East area vehicle dealer group this month. The site had been impacted over a number of years by a mixture of fuels, lubricants and solvents. As part of the redevelopment scheme MBE designed and installed a remotely operated in-situ bio-sparging solution supplemented by targeted nutrient injections and groundwater pumping, all treated on site by our containerised plant. This allowed the redevelopment of the dealership to be completed on schedule and operated without any interruption to their vehicle repair, servicing and sales business. July 2007 – MB Envirotech has just commenced soil remediation at the site of a major Multi-National’s manufacturing facility in Yorkshire. The site had historically stored and handled a wide range of fuels, cutting oils and organic solvents required for its manufacturing operations. Following a due diligence environmental investigation at the site, the contamination of the soil was discovered. With the detailed investigation from the site, MB Envirotech designed a suitable scheme to remediate the site. This included the cleaning, degassing and making safe of underground storage tanks as well as excavating contaminated soils for remediation by Ex-situ Biopile. The remediated soils will be re-used at the site once the clean-up targets have been achieved. This project is expected to be completed within three months. May 2007 – Following the completion of remediation work at a major UK Housing Developer’s site in Devon, MB Envirotech were contacted to deal with Hazardous Waste residues that remained above the Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC) concentrations for off-site disposal and were so heavily contaminated that an on-site solution was considered impractical due to the physical and chemical nature of the waste and the development time constraints. Through the combined experience of our parent group, DSV Environmental, we were able to arrange for the safe and economic disposal of the contaminated soil and sludge mix. The Technical Manager of the HouseBuilding firm stated “We had the sludge material on site for over six months and it seemed as though no one was able to deal with it for us. We are very grateful to MB Envirotech for the efficient way they arranged the removal and off-site treatment of this material. We certainly know who we shall call next time we have an issue like this on one of our sites”. March 2007 – Following the completion of a pilot study undertaken to determine the applicability of Reductive Dechlorination of a metal degreasing solvent in groundwater, MB Envirotech have been awarded their first such full scale project to remediate TCE from the groundwater beneath a former metal plating factory. February 2007 – Following the successful remediation of a confidential client’s factory site, MB Envirotech have been requested to install an innovative Funnel & Gate system for the remediation of heavy metal contaminated groundwater at a site they are in negotiation to purchase later this year. January 2007 - MB Envirotech's parent company, DSV Environmental A/S entered the UK soil remediation market in 2005 with the acquisition of the MB Envirotech Group. In January 2007, DSV further strengthened its position within the Scandinavian Soil Remediation Industry with the acquisition of the major Scandinavian company RGS 90, which operates in both Denmark and Sweden. Within Sweden, RGS 90 has been amalgamated with SoilRem-MB Envirotech AB to form the country's largest soil remediation company and treatment centre operator. scroll MB Envirotech Ltd is an environmental contractor specialising in the in-situ and ex-situ remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater. The company has more than thirty years experience of remediating sites and MB Envirotech Group has completed over 200 projects since 1993. As a result MB Envirotech Ltd has the innovative technology and expertise to successfully and reliably carry out remediation solutions tailored to your needs. MB Envirotech Ltd has a wide ranging remediation programme to suit both the site and Client’s requirements. MB Envirotech Ltd is part of the Danish multinational group of companies, DSV Environmental A/S. DSV Environmental deals with all aspects of soil and groundwater remediation, waste management, recycling and operates twenty four soil cleaning plants throughout Scandinavia. DSV Environmental Group consists of sixteen companies with over four hundred employees and a turnover exceeding £300 million. Annually the Group treats 500,000 tonnes of contaminated soil in the UK, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. Soil and groundwater treatment is a complicated business requiring, knowledge, experience and technical solutions. MB Envirotech Ltd has this competence and is ready to apply this to sites anywhere in the UK.