Urban Mines is an environmental consultancy and charity committed to finding innovative solutions for waste materials in a manner which values people and respects the earth. Working with the public and private sectors, the aim of Urban Mines is to provide information, expert advice, support, direction and financial solutions to waste, sustainability and climate change problems.
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ThinkSpot
Douglas Evans, Addleshaw Goddard LLP
This month's Thinkspot author Douglas Evans - Partner and Head of the Planning Group at corporate law firm Addleshaw Goddard - asks:
"Should Environmental Interests Be Suspended In The Current Financial Climate?" - achieving the right balance between economically but sustainable development and the protection of environmental interests.
"Should Environmental Interests Be Suspended In The Current Financial Climate?" - achieving the right balance between economically but sustainable development and the protection of environmental interests.
Product of the Month
16/Oct/2008
Louise MacLeod is a glass and ceramics artist currently producing decorative and functional glas ... read more
Projects
03/Nov/2008
Waste Planning Specialist Assistance
Urban Mines gives specialist waste planning support to clients including the top waste managemen ... read more
Stakeholder engagement is complex and demanding associated with developing and building new waste infrastructure and meeting the demand to enable waste materials to move up the waste hierarchy.
We have first hand experience with this through promoting our own Sustainable Growth Park concept and encouraging multiple waste management activities all on one site! Urban Mines are committed to sustainable solutions for waste management and champion the identification of integrated proposals and making the benefits add up locally for community, environment and economy.
Clients include: top 5 Waste Management Companies
Products
- Stakeholder consultation (formal and informal) connected to waste infrastructure proposals and changes in waste management
- Stakeholder engagement and communication strategies & implementation facilitation
- Stakeholder surveying (formal and informal) connected to existing and proposed waste facilities
- Economic/socio-environmental multiplier assessments to measure wider benefits associated with new waste investment for the collection, transfer, recycling/reprocessing, treatment and recovery of waste materials.
- Specialist assistance coupled with waste planning applications covering SGP concept and assessing wider socio-economic and environmental benefits
For more information, contact Gill Tatum on 01274 699400 or gill.tatum@urbanmines.org.uk
News
14/Nov/2008
Minister states that C&I Waste is one of her Top Priorities
Speaking at the LARAC 2008 conference, Jane Kennedy MP, Waste & Recycling Minister, spoke about "Redefining Waste into Resources"
03/Nov/2008
Trade Missions in 2009 for companies exporting Environmental Technologies
UKTI are organising three trade mission opportunities in the first quarter of 2009. An initiative to introduce UK Environmental companies to new business opportunities, the missions will visit the Baltic States, Saudi Arabia and India.
Create new jobs, businesses, products and markets, leading a whole new way of thinking on how we use our earth’s natural resources for a sustainable future
