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Asbestos Disposal
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral, made up of long thin fibres. Asbestos fibres can be dangerous if they are inhaled as dust and are known to contribute to increased risk of lung cancer, scarring of the lung tissue and cancer of the lining of the chest and the lining of the abdominal cavity.
Asbestos was commonly used as an acoustic insulator and in thermal insulation, fire proofing and other building materials. Removing asbestos is a complex procedure and must only be done by a contractor who has the necessary training and paperwork in order. Improper removal increases the risk of fibre inhalation.
Lehane Environmental can dispose of Asbestos via direct export routes for large quantities of Asbestos – Each consignment needs to be pre-notified which takes about 40 days. If you have an upcoming project that requires large volumes of asbestos to be disposed of then we can offer you possibly the cheapest disposal price available in Ireland.
- All Waste is exported in accordance with Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations (TFS Regs)
- Certificates of Disposal are issued to the Client on Completion of the Disposal Operation.
Asbestos Waste is shipped in 40foot Box Containers direct from the Site to the German Disposal Facility. Lehane Environmental can also provide for the removal and disposal of Asbestos in small quantities.
The HSA have published an information sheet outlining the dangers associated with Asbestos and the relevant legislation.
The Notification Form where the planned asbestos related work activity will expose or could expose workers to a concentration of asbestos fibres in air in excess of the exposure limit value can be downloaded from HSA website.
Asbestos Amendment Regulations
The Safety Health and Welfare at Work (Exposure to Asbestos) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (SI 589/2010), which were signed into law by the Government in December 2010, amend a number of the provisions of the Asbestos Regulations 2006 (SI 386/2006).
The provisions relating to the 'plan of work' (Regulation 15) have been extended to include repair and maintenance. The entire of regulation 15 has been repealed and re-enacted with the addition of new or significantly revised sub-clauses. Regulation 25, which provides for the maintenance of an occupational health register now requires an employer who is ceasing business to ensure that individual medical records are made available by the employer's responsible medical practitioner to the HSA or whomever the HSA directs. Regulation 26 is also repealed and re-enacted with a provision concerning the application of asbestos by spraying.
The amended regulations in effect adopt as Irish national law the new EU Asbestos Directive 2009/148/EC. Now also, when an employer is carrying out an activity which would or would be liable to expose an employee to dust or materials from asbestos the employer shall let the HSA have a copy of the plan of work.
For further information on Asbestos Disposal, please contact our office on 021 4351020.
