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In recent years MIS has made a conscious effort to increase its corporate environmental responsibility. This has seen a change to many of its daily activities and the way we think about the tasks we undertake. As with any change it can take a little getting used to, whether it be remembering to recycle your waste or trying to safely cross our car park without being run over by a silently moving hybrid car. Our environmental champions are pushing us forward toward ISO14001, with our audit due later this month on which we are obviously hoping for success.

posted 12/12/2011

Revised HSG248 "Asbestos: The Analyst's Guide" not now expected in the near future due to pressure on HSE to release revised Control of Asbestos Regulations.

posted 09/12/2011

MIS have our final audit for ISO14001 accreditation on the last days before Christmas, hopefully an early Christmas present.

posted 09/12/2011

Canada has suspended mining of Chrysotile in their last two remaining asbestos mines this month.

posted 09/12/2011

MIS have teamed up with "BatteryBack" to ensure all our dry cell batteries are recycled properly by installing a battery recycle point in our Consett office, for more information contact BatteryBack

posted 09/12/2011

MIS Proudly supporting Oktoberfest at the Netwon Aycliffe Xcel centre, the North East's premier engineering and manufacturing event. This exciting one day event has guest speakers from Hitachi Rail Europe, Durham County Council and merchant place developments open the exhibition as part of the lead in to the manufacture and assembly new trains in 2015.

posted 19/10/2011

HSE release consultation for revised Control of Asbestos Regulations. Following acceptance of the EU's reasoned opinion on compliance with their asbestos directive, the Health and Safety Executive have acted quickly to redress the areas of non-compliance. The following link is to the draft changes on the HSE website, consultation period is short, so if you have any feedback, you had best be quick! http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd237.htm

posted 19/09/2011

As part of our ongoing commitment to continual improvement MIS Environmental Ltd are now actively pursuing ISO14001 accreditation for our Environmental Management System through BSI. We expect to have our accreditation in place by the end of 2011. The company will benefit enormously from efficiency in our consumption of resources and the systematic control and target setting an EMS will bring.

posted 07/07/2011

HSE have accepted the EU's reasoned argument over the licensing regulations and plan to repeal and re-issue the Licensed Contractor's Guide HSG247 in 2012. New non-licensed asbestos regulations will require all minor asbestos repair work on normally licensed materials to be notified. It will not require licenses for this kind of work, however the training and equipment requirements likely to be part of the package may mean more of this work coming to HSE licensed contractors anyway.

posted 07/07/2011

As an environmental company it is crucial that we recognise the impact that our business has on the environment and do all we can to control and reduce this. With most of our works being undertaken on site there is a need for personnel to be issued with transportation, and with 51 vehicles on the road we felt there was a need to review our responsibilities.

MIS have over the last 30 years sought to reduce impact by utilising car share wherever possible, and this has worked in many instances, however with a greater need for personnel to travel in and around our cities then another alternative was sought. As such we are pleased to announce the introduction of the latest hybrid cars to our fleet.

Following much deliberation we have selected an initial 12 White Honda Insight Hybrids to be used by staff whose travel is usually limited to less than 25 miles from the nearest office.

 

Following the huge success of our exhibition at IOSH10 in the Glasgow SECC earlier this year we are to exhibit once again at IOSH11 on 15th and 16th March 2011 at the London Excel. Come and see us at the premier Health and Safety Exhibition to discuss your requirements.

Mr Ben Gilhespy, Commercial Manager for MIS Environmental Ltd will be speaking alongside Mr Rob Hirst, Principle Inspector of Health and Safety at the upcoming meeting of the North East Housing Asbestos Management Group. With representatives from the regions housing associations in attendance this is sure to be another excellent session, allowing an overview of the regions performance and giving opportunities for improvement.

MIS Environmental Ltd are proud to announce they will be exhibiting at the forthcoming IOSH 10 at the SECC in Glasgow on the 24th and 25th March 2010. Please come and visit our stand to discuss the many compliance related services that we have on offer in addition to our exciting new services for 2010.

MIS Environmental Ltd are geared up for the introduction of the new asbestos, the surveyor's guide which is eagerly anticipated from the HSE later this year.

MIS Environmental Ltd are working alongside Sir Robert McAlpine on the Building Schools for the Future programme

As part of our continual expansion plan and increased demand MIS Environmental Ltd have opened new offices covering the Humberside area.

In January 2009 MIS Environmental Ltd opened a new flagship office in Manchester providing Asbestos, Environmental and Material testing Services.