Bywaters - Bund Repair and Relining

Fosse Liquitrol Helps Bywaters Gain ISO 14001 Certificatiion and Comply with New Oil Storage Regulations

Bywaters, London’s biggest recycling and waste management company, operates four sites in east London.  With a commitment to improving the environment and a further, legal requirement to comply with the new Oil Storage Regulations, Bywaters has implemented an environmental management system (EMS) in line with ISO 14001, using the expert services of spill response and containment solutions provider, Fosse Liquitrol.

At the Lea Interchange site in Leyton, east London, Bywaters operates a vehicle workshop that houses approximately 90vehicles, including twenty skip lorries, twenty rolonof trucks, seventeen refuse collection vehicles and articulated waste vehicles. The company also operates a waste transfer station in Leyton and engineering workshops, a sales development office and a recycling facility in Stratford. Increasingly aware of public, government and industry drives to reduce waste and clean up the environment, Bywaters management initiated the EMS, beginning with an internal environmental audit of the Lea Interchange site.

RELINE OF 54,000 LITRE DIESEL TANK BUND

Vegetation at the bottom of a concrete bund containing a diesel storage tank with a 54,000-litre capacity indicated damage to the bund’s base, compromising its ability to contain spills. As the site was due to be relocated shortly to make way for the Olympics in 2012, it made more economic sense to reline the bund rather than replace it. 

Fosse Liquitrol repaired and relined the bund with minimal disruption with a GRP long life lining.  "The bund repair and relining was carried out to our satisfaction within about a day, and the risk assessment and subsequent recommendations by Fosse Liquitrol enabled us to supply the appropiate spill kits to the sites, ensuring successful environmental auditing.  I would definitely recommend their services".  Dr Alan Kirk, Environmental Manager

ACCREDITED SPILL RESPONSE TRAINING

“Spill response training is an integral part of the overall environmental training that is a fundamental requirement of an EMS looking for certification to ISO 14001” explained Dr Alan Kirk, Bywaters’ Environmental Manager. “The use of Fosse Liquitrol as the training contractor meant that I could concentrate on other aspects of the EMS implementation and expansion.  Because the training was done on site, the activities of the day had an immediate, identifiable relevance to the participants.