A neighbour of my daughter is employed as an asbestos remover, we were chatting earlier & Bev asked him how they dispose of it, I was shocked when he said “landfill” how can that be safe?
It's only goes to hazardous wast disposal landfill with the appropriate licensesA neighbour of my daughter is employed as an asbestos remover, we were chatting earlier & Bev asked him how they dispose of it, I was shocked when he said “landfill” how can that be safe?
Its is only dangerous as a dust so care must be taken when removing it and transporting it other than that its safe enough and it will not go to ordinary landfill there will be a section for it so that once its buried (still double bagged) it will never be disturbed again so poses no hazardA neighbour of my daughter is employed as an asbestos remover, we were chatting earlier & Bev asked him how they dispose of it, I was shocked when he said “landfill” how can that be safe?
Quick answer, nothing, its buried deep foundations for anything are not going to get near it and even if they did its still just inert asbestos so no danger until you break it upI understand that but what happens years down the line when someone decides that the site is safe enough to build on?
Over years earth moves & erodes, buried things can rise to the surface.Quick answer, nothing, its buried deep foundations for anything are not going to get near it and even if they did its still just inert asbestos so no danger until you break it up
There are much more dangerous things buried in the uk to be worrying about rather than a spot of asbestos mate, it really would be a very specific freak event for any of it to cause a problem in years to come imoOver years earth moves & erodes, buried things can rise to the surface.
Asbestos related diseases can take 50+ years to develop as I found out during my time investigating asbestos related diseases in legal.My old man has just been diagnosed with asbestosis.
He has never been anywhere near asbestos apart from working (Air Traffic Control) in a room he thinks had asbestos lined walls, many years ago.
He's just started a course of immunotherapy.
Six years ago the wife's mother got a third of that for an uncontested case against the naval dockyard. She contracted the condition through hand washing her husbands overalls (he worked there and died of a lung condition years prior) .Mesothelioma is worth a minimum of £250,000
When we moved in this house every ceiling was artex, we hired plasterers who covered them in pva then plastered over themAnd beware scraping your old Artex off the ceilings which you thought looked good when you put it up.
Plus one on that. Anything pre-2000 is likely to contain asbestos.And beware scraping your old Artex off the ceilings which you thought looked good when you put it up.