Lloyds Environmental take control of high-profile clean-up operations
24th June 2005

Over the last few months, Lloyds Environmental Waste Management has taken control of some extremely high-profile spills right throughout the United Kingdom. These include an extensive petrol and diesel spillage on the M25, flood remediation work in Carlisle and a large dairy spill at a factory in East Sussex.

M25 tanker spill

In November 2004, a fatal accident that resulted in an unprecedented closure of an 11-mile stretch of the M25 and an extensive petrol and diesel spillage was brought under control with the help of experts and specialist equipment from Lloyds Environmental Waste Management Ltd. In total, the work involved the removal of 100 tonnes of contaminated soil and several thousand gallons of contaminated water. Lloyds Environmental Managing Director Paul Segal said:

“This was a tragic accident which resulted in some of the worst traffic congestion ever seen on the M25.  The nature of the incident meant there was a real risk of explosion and made the task of removing the spillage extremely challenging.  Working with the Highways Agency, Environment Agency, Fire Brigade and Police we had a number of people on site as well as a range of decontamination units.”

Flood remediation in Carlisle

Following the organisation’s experience during the Lewes floods in 2000, Lloyds Environmental provided an emergency response to the flooding in Carlisle in January of 2005. Experienced crews carried out tankering, de-sludging, high-pressure water jetting and chemical clearance on commercial premises affected by the floods.

Dairy spill in East Sussex

In February 2005, Lloyds were also called out to an emergency operation after Arla Foods reported that 21,000 litres of cream had been spilled at a dairy near East Grinstead in East Sussex. Although the dairy acted quickly to contain the spill, there were concerns that some of the cream could end up at Newick waste water treatment works via the sewerage system, potentially affecting drinking water and damaging fish and water life. Thanks to the fast response of Lloyds Environmental, a potential pollution incident was averted with no risk to the environment.

Lloyds Environmental operate a dedicated response service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and can be contacted on 01273 401888.