Waste Management

These are times of change in the waste management industry, and with these changes come both uncertainty and new opportunities.  Implementation of new legislation and technical guidance throughout Europe will affect waste management practices across the board.  LQM is ideally placed to help your organisation adapt to these changes.

Working in the UK, Europe and internationally, in developing countries, LQM has the expertise to adapt the most appropriate technologies, policies and practices to suit local needs and achieve cost effective solutions to waste management problems.

LQM's breadth of experience can help you solve your problems in these areas of waste management. For details of how we can help in tackling your waste management issues email waste@lqm.co.uk. 

Strategic and Technical Policy

• Implementation of legislation and guidance
• Life cycle approaches to waste management
• Waste minimisation and recycling
• Hazardous and special wastes
• Sustainable landfilling and waste strategy plans
• Alternatives to landfilling

Landfill Gas and Leachate

• Environmental and human health risk assessment
• Methane and non-methane VOC emissions (Email landfill.gas@lqm.co.uk or odour@lqm.co.uk for further information)
• Leachate management and treatment
• Utilisation of renewable energy
• Emissions from landfill gas engines and flares (Email gas.treatment@lqm.co.uk for further information)
• Investigation and monitoring programmes
• Building protection

Environmental Auditing

• Expert services for investment and divestiture

Training and Applied Research

• Bespoke training in waste management

• Contract R & D projects

• Land Quality Management Trust

This page last updated: 20 January 2004