Bethan Martin

The Health and Safety Executive issued an updated guidance document which provides practical advice on when you must measure exposure to airborne substances, how to measure exposure, the substances, demonstrating control, and what should be included in the content of a consultants’ report.

Hexavalent chromium is included in the REACH directive as it is a known human carcinogen. It is a SVHC (Substance of Very High Concern), and the waste produced from industrial processes involving it poses a serious threat to human health.

Envirocare’s Glasgow office is now UKAS & MCERTS certified for Stack Emissions Testing.

Envirocare are excited to announce the launch of our new website. The website has been designed to optimise user experience and demonstrate the range of expertly delivered services we provide.

Envirocare is pleased to welcome Andrew Clayton to the team as our new Workshop Manager. Andrew brings a wealth of experience to this role. He will manage the workshop and support our teams to further support the expansion of the business. We want to wish Andrew the best of luck in this new role.

We are delighted to announce the opening of Envirocare’s new Brackley office. Situated in a prime location, this expansion will increase our presence and allow us to better support customers all over the UK to confidently meet and exceed their environmental compliance requirements. Envirocare are an MCERTS and UKAS accredited stack testing consultancy, in addition […]

Does the Medium Combustion Plant Directive apply to my business? The Medium Combustion Plant Directive (MCPD) has expanded the requirements for Environmental Permits to include smaller sizes of plant which weren’t previously covered by environmental legislation. Now including new and existing plant over 1MWth input the updated permitting requirements are still being overlooked by many […]

Envirocare is delighted to welcome Ian Baggley to the team as Training Manager. Ian brings a wealth of experience with him, having worked in the industry for over 20 years. He has worked previously as an occupational hygienist and an emissions specialist. The team wishes Ian great success in this new role!

Envirocare is pleased to announce that we have three new Senior Team Leaders joining our Stack Emissions division. Further enhancing our expanding business we have Trevor Halliday, Carl McDonald and Adam Tran all joining the team and bringing with them a wealth of stack testing experience. Trevor and Carl both previously worked at Castings Technology […]

Envirocare is pleased to announce the opening of our brand-new, custom-built facility in East Kilbride, Glasgow. The brand new Glasgow office is situated in a prime location and will allow us to enhance service delivery throughout the UK. Our focus has been on improving customer experience; with a brand new senior management team, customer service […]

eDAS® (our Environmental Data Acquisition System) is now available to enable you track and trend all your emissions data. eDAS® makes monitoring your environmental performance more simple, you can: Centralise your environmental performance data  Integrate your legacy or EMS supplied equipment  View graphs and export data at the touch of a button  Get the information […]

During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many buildings have been left with reduced occupancy or have been closed. With reduced usage and interruption of cleaning regimes, water system stagnation is likely to occur. Stagnation offers an ideal breeding ground for legionella bacteria, increasing the likelihood of people contracting Legionnaire’s disease.  What is Legionnaires disease? Legionella is […]

Envirocare has gained UKAS accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2017  and the Environment Agency (MCERTS) performance standard for laboratories carrying out testing of samples from Stack Emissions Monitoring for the following methods: Rina and her team are now processing all gravimetric samples for our air monitoring teams. This shall greatly reduce, report lead times for our valued […]

Envirocare is thrilled to announce and welcome Toby Campbell as our new Business Development Director. Toby has extensive experience and an in-depth knowledge of industry practice. He will bring this experience to his new role to strengthen and enhance our existing client relationships and to maximise further opportunities. John Healey, Managing Director of Envirocare is […]

Envirocare is excited to announce the appointment of Barry Grant as Commercial Director. With over 20 years of experience and an in-depth knowledge of the emissions testing market, Barry will further strengthen the senior management team. Barry has held senior leadership roles within the emissions testing industry and has a proven track record at growing […]

Envirocare is delighted to announce that we have added BS EN 14181:2014 Stationary Source Emissions – Quality assurance of automated measuring systems to our UKAS schedule. BS EN 14181 is a European standard that describes the quality assurance procedures needed to assure that automated measuring systems, installed to measure emissions to air, can meet the […]

Yorkshire Environmental Monitoring Firms Join Forces as EMS Acquires Envirocare and Appoints John Healey as MD Environmental Monitoring Solutions Ltd (EMS) is excited to announce the acquisition of Envirocare, a Bradford based emissions monitoring and occupational hygiene consultancy. EMS and Envirocare will combine their services and solutions in supporting customers to confidently meet and exceed […]

According to Opinium, the average Brit spends around 22 hours indoors. Therefore it is important to understand the quality of the air we are inhaling, the effects of the quality of the air and what can be done to prevent poor air quality. What causes indoor air pollution? There are many factors that are associated […]

Employee safety should never be overlooked or be considered any less important than profit or reputation. In fact, employee safety can help develop a higher profit and an improved reputation. By creating a safe environment for employees to work in, companies are also protecting themselves. Safety Leads to Productivity Employees that feel safe and comfortable […]

The HSE Update In February 2019, the HSE released their latest bulletin, STSU1, which details the change in enforcement expectations for all welding fume including mild steel welding fume. The bulletin comes on the back of International Agency for Research on Cancer’s (IARC) reclassification of all welding fume including mild steel as Group 1 carcinogenic […]

We’ve already established a company’s obligation in terms of Noise Regulations but a question we get asked over and over again is “How often should noise assessments and noise surveys be carried out?” Unfortunately, there is no clear cut answer listed in regulation. In the Control of Noise at Work Regulations, they state that a noise risk assessment […]

The fifth step in the COSHH workplace exposure monitoring process happens once you have ensured all control measures are in place, and procedures have been put in to ensure that controls are used and maintained. We now need to see how effective these controls are. This can be done in two ways, the first of […]

Employers Basic Requirements For Noise Exposure Limits UK Noise Regulations (The Control of Noise at Work Regulations of 2005) states three stages of control regarding noise exposure limits in the workplace. These relate to the levels of exposure to noise of employees average over a specific working day or week and also the maximum noise to which […]

The fourth step in the COSHH testing and COSHH risk assessment process is to ensure that all exposure controls installed are used and maintained. So You Have The Kit, Make Sure You Use It From over 20 years of experience in the field, we know that making sure the above statement is put into practice can […]