Dedicated monitoring technicians work to agreed programmes and protocols with the Environment Agency and gather qualitative environmental data which is reported to our regulators at agreed periodic intervals. Augean reports environmental performance in respect of landfill gas (landfill sites only), ambient air emissions, leachate, surface water, ground water, dust and noise.

Our environmental controls start well before the waste arrives at our treatment centres or landfill sites. Our technical assessors conduct a detailed analysis of the waste stream to determine its suitability for acceptance at the site and then specify the correct control systems that apply for reception at site.

Our rigorous compliance systems ensure that every drum or container that arrives for treatment or landfill disposal undergoes a thorough inspection by a qualified chemist. Similarly all bulk loads that arrive at our treatment centres are inspected by a chemist. Those bulk loads destined for landfill disposal are periodically inspected by a chemist and all are subject to a visual spot check by either a chemist or COTC holder to ensure acceptability for site. All our sites have dedicated quarantine areas to ensure that waste determined unacceptable for the site by our chemists can be stored safely and with minimal risk to the environment while an appropriate means of treatment or disposal is found in consultation with the Environment Agency.

We are a heavily scrutinised business not only by our own internal compliance teams but also by the Environment Agency, our local authorities and our external auditor, the British Standards Institute. Our clients frequently audit our site to ensure that we operate to the high standards that they require.