Latest Developments

Training dates set

Gordon Mackie Associates is pleased to announce the provision of a 2-day training seminar to be held on 18th and 19th June at the Stockport Britannia Hotel, Manchester in partnership with Albion Environmental Ltd.

The event will provide an excellent opportunity to learn essential regulations and legislation relating to the UK’s current waste industry and will also provide background knowledge and understanding for WAMITAB candidates.

If you are new to the industry or responsible for waste management within your company, this course is for you. However, it would also suit more experienced waste managers who simply want to keep abreast of new developments within the industry. Further details can be found by clicking here

‘Alternatives to Weekly Collection and Beyond’ Seminar

Gordon Mackie Associates has taken the privilege of organising a further seminar that will provide delegates with the opportunity to learn from, and liaise with, other Local Authority waste managers. This seminar, will look at options surrounding Alternate Weekly Collections (AWC) and other service developments available to Councils throughout the UK. Accredited by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, the event will be recognised as providing Continuing Professional Development.

‘Alternatives to Weekly Collections and Beyond’ will bring together four Local Authority waste managers who have first hand experience of providing waste management services in Councils throughout the country. They will demonstrate case studies relating to the introduction of AWC and other solutions they are using to help develop further efficiencies and improvements to the waste and recycling services they manage.

We are pleased to announce that there will be no charge for this event, which will be held in Newport Pagnell on 15th May 2008. Delegates who require further information or wish to express an interest in attending the event are invited to contact Trevor Nicoll by either telephoning our head office on 0161 351 9356 or e-mailing trevor[a]gordonmackie.net (please simply replace [a] with @ when e-mailing). Please note that places are limited.

Healthcare waste

Gordon Mackie Associates has recently undertaken work for an NHS Foundation Trust Teaching Hospital. The project involved reviewing and updating the Trust’s waste management policy which was outdated having originally been written in 2004. Since then, there have been considerable changes in legislation and regulation in addition to a range of best practice guidelines which have been issued to improve waste management practices in the health sector.

We subsequently reviewed all current relevant and impending legislation, regulations and guidelines and updated the policy accordingly. This included changes to duty of care, health and safety regulations and definitions of waste. The updated policy ensures the Trust legally fulfils all of its duties in regards to waste and supports the promotion of best practice. Gordon Mackie Associates would be more than happy to undertake work for similar NHS Trusts as we consider the correct and legal disposal of all types of waste to be imperative. To discuss any particular issues with us that you may have, you can contact us here

Future events

Since the company was founded, we have always attended the CIWM Waste Management Exhibition in Torbay each and every year. 2008 is no exception and, as we have done for the past two years, we will be exhibiting in the Torbay Park Pavillion (this year on stand T100). If you are attending as a delegate we would be delighted to see you at our stand for an informal chat and will be only too happy to discuss any issues you may have concerning municipal waste management. The exhibition runs from 10th – 12th June 2008 and registration can be completed here