Our Community

Augean PLC recognises the important role it plays in the environment and communities within which it operates.

To keep our local communities informed, Augean publishes a bi-annual community newsletter.

We have invested in our local communities, because they are important to us. Through the Landfill Community Fund we contribute too many local initiatives and will continue to support the communities in the areas in which we operate. This process is managed by the South West England Environmental Trust (SWEET) for our southern sites and by the Teesside Environmental Trust for our northern sites. These independent bodies ensure objectivity in decision making and full accountability of the distribution of funds.

Our landfill site at Port Clarence contributed £290, 725 to the Saltholme International Nature Reserve in the Tees Valley during 2006. The reserve has transformed an area of industrial land to a wild flower meadow. Areas of wet derelict grassland have become a new wetland home for hundreds of birds with planted reed beds attracting new and exciting wildlife. The financial contribution received by the Trust from Augean is being used to help finance the development of Saltholme. During 2006 good progress has been made with architects preparing the working drawings for the new iconic visitor centre and associated facilities. These plans are now virtually complete.

Community Education

Augean has continued to work with Kings Cliffe Endowed School and visited the school to discuss waste management with the year five school children. Following on from this exercise we ran a competition for the best projects with the winning children receiving book tokens and gave a guided tour of our Kings Cliffe landfill site. The initiative was tremendously enjoyed by both the children and staff involved at the school but also by the Kings Cliffe personnel that took part. This project and competition is being undertaken again by Augean and Kings Cliffe Endowed School.  Further links have been made with schools further a field in Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire with similar initiatives planned.

Significant projects that have been undertaken are listed below:

• Kings Cliffe Memorial Hall - £55,376 provided for repairs, maintenance and improvements to the hall, including disabled access and other facilities.
• Orchids and Butterflies projects - £16,000 provided to enhance and restore the flower rich grass land on a number of publicly accessible sites in north Northamptonshire.  
• Bedford Purlieus - £71,827 provided for conservation, restoration and enhancement works for Great Crested Newts, bats, heather, dormice, and butterflies. 
• Christie Hall in Thornhaugh Village - £16,531 for provision of new fencing and new kitchen, including appliances.
• John Clare Dovecote Education Centre - £120,000 for restoration works.
  

Landfill Community Fund

The Landfill Community Fund (LCF), was designed to help mitigate the effects of landfill on local communities. Introduced with the landfill tax in October 1996, it enables operators of landfill sites to donate up to 6% of their landfill tax liability to environmental projects in return for a 90% tax credit.  

These should conform to one of the following:

• Projects that involve reclaiming land, the use of which has been prevented by some previous activity
• Projects that reduce or prevent pollution on land
• Projects that provide or maintain public amenities or parks within ten miles of a landfill site delivery of biodiversity conservation for UK species habitats
• Projects to restore or repair buildings for religious worship, or those of architectural or historical interest, within ten miles of a landfill site
• Projects that fund the cost of administrative, financial or other similar services, supplied to other enrolled environmental bodies
  

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Downloads:

 Comm_News_Feb_2007.pdf (253kb)

 Comm_News_July_2006.pdf (240kb)

 Comm_News_Feb_2006.pdf (242kb)

 Comm_News_Sum_2005.pdf (220kb)