Dr Becky Wheeler

On the 12th March, the ORG held their 25th Anniversary Organics Recycling conference at Chesford Grange, Warwickshire. The EA’s compost and anaerobic digestate Quality Protocol was a hot topic, and here is the latest…

All biosolids and septic tank sludge to land will be regulated under the Environmental Permitting Regulations by 2021. The Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations, which has been in use since 1989, will no longer be needed. This comes from the…

Are you aware the Quality Protocol framework is currently under review by the Environment Agency? The compost QP is under the spotlight as part of the first wave of QP reviews. The EA may require the industry to make changes to the QP, or…

Do you rely on deployments to apply your wastes to land? Is it getting harder to gain EA/NRW approval? Are you struggling with storage and getting to grips with all the rules? If the answer is YES to any of the above, then please get…

Dr Becky Wheeler, Director, Head of Consultancy will be joining a panel of experts at the Energy & Rural Business show early next month. Becky will be involved in the panel session on ‘AD & Biogas – Optimisation and…

Due to continuous growth and development, we are recruiting within the company and have a full-time, permanent Agricultural Recycling Manager position available in the East Midlands region. This excellent opportunity includes working with…

We are pleased to be attending the REA Organics 2020 conference next month, ‘Lifting the lid on the future of organics recycling’. Dr Becky Wheeler, 4R Director & Head of Consultancy is joining the speaker line up to present on…

Back in August the Environment Agency (EA) announced the beginning of a full comprehensive review of the End of Waste Framework. You can read our summary of the review in our previous blog post. A Quick Recap The agency will spend the next…

4R Group are pleased to announce that we have once again achieved excellent scores on our fifth annual audit for Achilles UVDB B2 Verify Accreditation. This included assessment of both our management systems and on-site operational procedures…

22nd August 2019 This month the Environment Agency (EA) has announced it will conduct a full comprehensive review of the End of Waste Framework. The agency will spend the next 12-18 months scrutinising the current Quality Protocols (of which…