Dr Becky Wheeler

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It’s a day of Holes for Soil Scientists!

Soil scientists from our consultancy team are enjoying a day in a forestry plantation in Yorkshire today, taking part in some refresher training in forest soil surveys.

Supporting our Local Community

We recently joined children at Purston Infant School, Featherstone to see them plant 4R Group wildflower seed cards in their raised beds, in compost we also donated. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed this activity and can’t wait to see…

Keeping Up-to-Date with Environmental Permitting Regulations

We recently held a training workshop for our staff involved in deployments/ land spreading under environmental permitting regulations. This useful training gave staff from different parts of the business a complete understanding of the…

Who’s Going to the Royal Cornwall Show?

It’s only a couple of weeks until the Royal Cornwall show, we’ll be there on stand 548. Come and have a chat with our knowledgeable team about the beneficial use of biosolids and how we can assist with agricultural waste…

Organics Recycling Business of the Year Finalist

We had the pleasure of attending the prestigious Awards for Excellence luncheon for Recycling and Waste Management last week. We were shortlisted as a finalist in the category of ‘Organics Recycling Business of the Year’ and are…

ISO Certification Achieved at New Standard

Eight years after initially qualifying as an ISO registered company, 4R Group Ltd is delighted to announce that it has recently passed its re-certification audit for OHSAS 18001:2007 (Health and Safety) and has now also qualified to be registered…

Womersley Spoil Tip Eastern Flank

Pictured on 20th April is the eastern flank of Womersley Spoil tip. Seeded in September 2017 using a low maintenance, non-rye grass seed mix the 30-hectare area has struggled to grow through the winter and extremely wet conditions experienced in…

Field Officer/Land Finder Vacancy

We are recruiting within the company and have two full-time, permanent home-based Field Officer/Land Finder positions available, one in the North West region and another in the South Wales/Gloucester/Hereford region. This excellent…

Report on the “Lasting Impacts of Mining Operations on the Environment”

The 4R Group has many years’ experience in restoring former mining sites spoil tips throughout the UK. Over the last twelve years, in addition to quarries and landfill sites we have restored over 20 colliery spoil tips in the North of…

RICS Environment and Resources Conference

We are pleased to be a sponsor of the upcoming RICS Environment and Resources Conference taking place on the 19th April at the Nottingham Belfry Hotel. Paul Whyatt, our Technical Director will be joining industry leading speakers to present on…