Augean PLC

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Augean was formed in September 2004 and listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The Group strategy is to build and grow a specialist company competent to deliver extremely high standards of service to our clients underpinned by modern technology led infrastructure and to become the market leader in delivering solutions to difficult to handle waste streams from industrial society. The Group strategy is underpinned by European Directives transposed into UK regulations: Landfill Directive Hazardous Waste Directive Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control Directive Waste Framework Directive The Directives focus on recognising waste as a resource, that the UK infrastructure for handling waste needs to be modernised and that difficult and hazardous wastes need specialist facilities and technologies to manage them more responsibly. The board delivers shareholder value by focusing on the management of specialist wastes, usually of a hazardous nature and often in niche markets, using proven technology, trained and highly skilled staff utilising internationally recognised management systems

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Using IMS across the business has ensured we underpin all our business activities with a commitment to health and safety, environmental best practice and quality management. This approach has given us a significant edge, as our customers benefit directly from this best practice and added value, and we ensure their reputation through our safeguarding.

Neil Canwell - Director - Land Resources - Augean PLC

Augean are continually striving to address our impact on the environment. As a hazardous waste management company, we take seriously the need to reduce the overall impact on the environment, and we employ best practice and value added processes across the business in handling the waste of our customers. The decision to trial electric vehicles on this scale is just another example of how we are committed to innovative methods, to ensure we minimise our emissions. The trial with TATA will show just how effectively we can add to our zero emissions programme by working in partnership, and bringing every possible benefit to our business and ultimately our customers.

Edward Pigg - Director - Waste Network - Augean PLC

We are delighted to be working with Augean PLC on this trial programme. Our TATA ACE Mini Truck is innovative and designed for just the sort of environment in which the company operates. We have all the quality design features of other commercial truck operators, but with a versatile multi purpose vehicle, which ensures zero CO2 emissions. The many benefits of this vehicle to a responsible and forward thinking company like Augean, are obvious. Their commitment to best practice is exemplified through this type of activity.

Tony Miles, UK Sales Operations Manager at TATA Motors European Technical Centre

This is an important development, and demonstrates yet again our commitment to the sector, and the highest standards in handling hazardous waste. Our value added approach to safeguarding waste for our clients, means that we now offer a unique range of services for the hazardous waste sector. We now have within the business a scope of service which cannot be matched for quality and good practice.

Neil Canwell - Director - Land Resources - Augean PLC

The hazardous waste business is probably the fastest moving sector in the waste industry. This is largely driven by regulation, but also because we have an outstanding range of customers who need a partner for their waste management strategy. At Augean we offer a range of solutions and work with our clients to add value to their processes, and offer a consultative approach to waste management. This delivers a range of benefits. Major companies work with Augean because we are more innovative in the way we deal with their wastes

Edward Pigg

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Augean North Sea Services Acquires Blackdog Hazardous Waste Site

Tue, Sep 17, 2013 12:00 CET

Augean North Sea Services Ltd (ANSS) has acquired the hazardous waste site at Blackdog, Aberdeenshire, as part of its programme of extending and increasing specialist services, and investing in additional resources and facilities to meet the waste management needs of the oil and gas sector in the region.This acquisition is ANSS’s fourth facility and will enable ANSS to take the management and treatment of bulk liquid wastes from the Offshore Industry to the next level of compliance. The site’s primary role will be to receive oil in water emulsions for further new technology treatment

Chris Peaks in his support of Cancer Charity

Mon, Jul 22, 2013 16:08 CET

Raising funds for a cancer charity elevated Chris Brown to new heights as he took part in a major climb to the peak of Snowdon, raising much needed funds for the charity Balls to Cancer. Chris Brown is Operations Manager at Augean Oil and Gas services, Industrial Services team working from their site at Cannock, and he, alongside family and friends, were among a group who scaled the mountain last month raising over £1,000 for cancer research.Chris was part of a group of 8 fellow fundraisers, who decided to raise research funds and awareness about male cancer, through this challenging climb.

Partnership working is the key to avoiding the Hazards of the EU Waste Framework Directive

Mon, Jan 21, 2013 13:47 CET

How is the fastest changing sector in waste management providing Augean PLC the opportunity to turn hazardous waste into energy? Edward Pigg, Director – Augean Waste Network looks at some of the benefits of strategic partnerships in handling hazardous waste.The Hazardous Waste sector is the most tightly regulated of all the controlled wastes, and has seen significant changes in handling and treatment methodology over the past four years. Since its introduction in 2008, and its many revisions since, the European Waste Framework Directive, is placing a completely new emphasis on the duty of

Augean Build on Health and Safety Compliance Values with Achilles

Thu, Nov 15, 2012 11:26 CET

The latest signal of Augean’s commitment to excellence in safety and regulatory compliance has been reached with the successful audit of the businesses health and safety, environmental and quality procedures following an independent assessment from Achilles.Augean PLC, the UK’s leading hazardous waste management company have progressively introduced an Integrated Management System (IMS) to each site over the past five years and driven a continuous programme to achieve British Standards Institute (BSI) certification on sites wherever possible. Sites including Paisley and Rochdale have

Augean Add to Green Credentials with Electric Onsite Vehicle Deal

Thu, Nov 01, 2012 10:59 CET

Augean PLC have taken a significant step towards creating a Zero Emission environment at their site in Sandwich, East Kent. The leading hazardous waste management company has embarked on a trial of electric vehicles on the site, with international commercial vehicle manufacturer TATA to ensure all on site environmental impacts are minimised.Augean already use a range of electric tugs at its facilities across the UK, which generate zero emissions and the latest step being trialled, is to change all vehicles for electric equivalents. The deal with TATA means that on site, the TATA ACE mini

Augean Appoint New Head of Waste Network Division

Tue, Aug 07, 2012 13:04 CET

Edward Pigg has joined Augean PLC to lead the development of the Waste Network division.Augean offers a comprehensive waste management service ranging from the collection, storage, transfer, treatment, recovery and final disposal of waste streams with a broad range of hazards. The company has ambitious plans for growth in the sector and Edward has been recruited as part of the strategy of developing the service offer and partnership working with major companies requiring a complete solution for their hazardous waste management. Edward has been appointed as Director – Waste Network, and

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