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Contamination, the environment and sustainability: Implications for chartered surveyors and their clients (ARCHIVE)
Published April 2010
Effective from 1 April 2010
Archived 30 June 2018
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
The challenges presented by contaminated land and environmental issues, such as the flood risk caused by climate change, and the need to live in a more sustainable way mean that the demand for best advice has never been more important. Surveyors are uniquely placed to provide this advice to clients in all property sectors.
This guidance note aims to support and guide the professional activities both of those who are already highly proficient in this area and also those who are less experienced.
This publication was reviewed and a new standard was published in 2018: 'Environmental risk and global real estate'. -
Waste management – a guide to landfill (ARCHIVE)
Published September 1998
Effective from September 1998
Archived 30 June 2018
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Site waste management plan
A key tool in achieving effective waste management and minimisation is through the implementation of a site waste management plan, which for some sites is a legal obligation.
The form below is a sample form for such a waste management plan. -
Environmental liabilities directive (ARCHIVED)
Published March 2011
Effective from March 2011
Archived 30 June 2018
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
As chartered surveyors will be aware, there is a greater level of environmental protection and regulation than ever before. The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) Regulations 2009 introduced wide-ranging new requirements addressing environmental liability. The Regulations apply to environmental damage or the imminent threat of environmental damage to water, land, protected species and natural habitats, and Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). -
Energy from waste (ARCHIVED)
Published August 2009
Effective from August 2009
Archived 9 December 2016
This information paper is now out of date and held on isurv for information purposes only. -
Mining Waste Directive 2006/21/EC (ARCHIVED)
Published July 2011
Effective from July 2011
Archived 9 December 2016
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
This information paper was intended to explain the background to the MWD and give a broad overview of its implementation in England and Wales. It should not be relied upon as an interpretation of the law. -
Valuation of mineral-bearing land and waste management sites
Published April 2016
Effective from 1 July 2016
Reissued January 2023
The 2nd edition of this global professional standard (effective from 1 July 2016) replaces the 1st edition, which published in 2011. It identifies additional matters that valuers need to take into account when valuing natural resource wasting assets, such as mineral deposits, landfill and waste disposal sites.
This document was reissued in January 2023 as a professional standard. It had previously been published in April 2016 as a guidance note. No material changes have been made to the document. -
Waste and the built environment: A case study from the UK (RICS)
Published November 2011
The UK has one of the most ambitious targets for cutting carbon emissions in the world and sustainable waste management and resource efficiency will play a crucial part in our efforts to achieve these.