17 October 2025 by CSG
The UK landfill tax was introduced in 1996 in order to better reflect the environmental costs of landfilling. The aim was both to reduce the overall levels of waste produced and to send less waste...

03 October 2025 by CSG
Did you know ineffective sewage systems and pollution place a multi-billion pound burden on the economy each year? Sewage pollution occurs when untreated or poorly treated wastewater contaminates...

29 September 2025 by CSG
Buying a home with a private drainage system can feel a little daunting if you’ve never dealt with one before. Unlike properties connected to the mains sewer, homes with a septic tank, cesspit or...

18 August 2025 by CSG
Have you ever wondered how having off-mains drainage can impact your local rivers and lakes? Across the UK, there are properties that are disconnected from the mains sewer system. Instead of...

21 July 2025 by CSG
Between the 9th and 13th of June, CSG came together once again for our annual Health & Safety Week – and what a week it was! Health & Safety Week is about building healthy workplaces...

23 June 2025 by CSG
What is UN-Approved packaging? United Nations (UN) Approved Packaging is packaging which has been designed and certified to enable the safe transportation of Dangerous Goods via road, sea,...

14 May 2025 by CSG
Septic systems often sit out of sight and out of mind beneath the surface of household gardens in the UK, but not all the parts of these systems are concealed below the ground. Tanks will often have...

18 March 2025 by CSG
Is your business ready for the UK’s new, Simpler Recycling legislation? Taking effect at the end of March 2025, this rule change aims to streamline recycling collections across the country....

10 March 2025 by CSG
Over a million properties across rural areas of the UK have off mains drainage systems. This means that they have a drainage system that does not connect to the main public sewage system. These...

11 February 2025 by CSG
The production of hazardous waste has been on the rise globally for nearly 100 years. Since records began in 1930 and the year 2000, the production of chemicals rose by an astonishing

11 November 2024 by CSG
The topic of sewage and how it is managed is currently making headlines in the UK. Sewage spills into England's rivers and seas by water companies more than doubled last year – from 1.75 million...

22 October 2024 by CSG
What are EWC Codes? An EWC Code is a six-digit code used to identify waste as it is listed in the European Waste Catalogue. They can also be referred to as a LoW (List of Waste) Code or a Waste...

05 August 2024 by CSG
If you purchase a property with an off-mains drainage system, you may not be aware of exactly how that system works. There are multiple different types of off-mains drainage system that your...

01 July 2024 by CSG
What are POPS? Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic substances that persist in the environment and accumulate in living organisms. They pose a risk to both human health and the...

19 April 2024 by CSG
Nitrate and phosphate pollution is on the rise in the UK and Ireland. These chemicals are all around us – both naturally occurring and man-made. They are essential to plant and animal life and the...

12 April 2024 by CSG
Disposing of unknown chemicals can pose a significant challenge to many UK businesses due to a lack of available disposal options. Unknown or unlabeled chemicals can also be a health and safety risk...

15 March 2024 by CSG
The waste industry has come a long way since the days of digging a hole in the ground and burying it. CSG has more 90 years of experience in handling domestic and industrial waste. Since 1934, we...

27 February 2024 by CSG
Knowing about spill control and chemical spill kits is important if your business deals with chemicals. Every year, industries use thousands of chemicals in their processes – it could be anything...

20 December 2023 by CSG
Septic tank and package plant care and maintenance can seem like a daunting task, but it's surprisingly easy. Being mindful of what you're doing inside your home is the best way to keep your...

31 October 2023 by CSG
Solar panels, also known as photovoltaics (PV), capture the sun’s energy and convert it into electricity that you can use in your home or business. As both the energy crisis and climate change...

16 October 2023 by CSG
If you own a septic tank or sewage treatment plant, then you are responsible for its safe and effective operation. Proper maintenance and consideration for habitat protection ensure the

14 August 2023 by CSG
What is an interceptor? Fuel and oil interceptors are drainage systems found at commercial and industrial sites. They prevent oil from polluting the environment or discharging into the sewer....

06 July 2023 by CSG
If you own a property with a septic tank, there are new septic tank regulation rules coming that might impact you. If you already have a septic tank system, the new rules mainly apply to new...

23 June 2023 by CSG
We held our annual Health and Safety Week from 12th - 16th June and it was a huge success! We’d like to take this chance to thank everyone who helped to make this one of the best we’ve had so...

02 June 2023 by CSG
Vapes have proven to be a popular alternative to smoking in recent years. Yearly, people in the UK buy half a billion vapes, with 3 million vapes sent for disposal every week (that’s 2 every...

19 April 2023 by CSG
To help our customers, we have put together a guide for PPE disposal to help you choose the best disposal route for your surplus PPE waste. When the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020, a huge...

17 March 2023 by CSG
What is Hazardous Waste? Hazardous waste is generally considered to be any waste that is harmful to human health, animals, or the environment. This also includes materials or substances the...

10 February 2023 by CSG
National Apprenticeship Week recognises and celebrates the accomplishments of apprentices across England. This year, the annual celebration is taking place between Monday 6th February and Sunday...

31 January 2023 by CSG
Back in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic first began, hand sanitiser sales jumped by 600% compared to the previous year. Businesses and organizations stocked up on the product in unprecedented...

12 December 2022 by CSG
From the 1st of January 2023, any company involved in the transportation or handling of hazardous waste will require a Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA). The reason your company may now need...

02 August 2022 by CSG
The EA says package sewage treatment plants need servicing every year. But why is it so important? Package sewage treatment plants (such as Klargesters) support the growth of aerobic

13 April 2022 by CSG
Labs, schools, universities, and other research facilities often produce multiple streams of chemical waste stored in smaller containers. The chemicals cannot be mixed; therefore, they cannot be...

24 February 2022 by CSG
Rebated diesel is a chemically marked and dyed gas oil. In the UK, the colour of the dye is red, thereby the name red diesel. Red diesel usage is common in industries with heavy machinery, like...

10 February 2022 by CSG
2022 marks the 7th annual day for International Day for Girls and Women in Science. It is a UN initiative to encourage gender equality, equal access to and participation in Science, Technology,...

07 February 2022 by CSG
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to begin a career without a degree. While degrees are an important part of a skilled workforce, they might not be suitable for everyone. Apprenticeships offer...

01 February 2022 by CSG
Despite procedures to mitigate the risk of spills and leaks, accidents can still occur. What should you do when this happens to protect employees and prevent pollutants from escaping your

24 January 2022 by csg_web_admin
Have you recently moved into or live at a property not connected to the mains drainage system? Then you will most likely have a septic tank, cesspit or sewage treatment plant. Regularly...

17 November 2021 by CSG
On average Brits will spend 416 days of their lives in the bathroom. It's where we get ready to face the day and wind down for the night. It's where we go to escape, to forget our worries for a...

15 November 2021 by CSG
Road Safety Week is the UK's biggest annual road safety campaign organised by Brake. In 2021 it takes place between the 15th and 21st of November. In 2020, 1,516 people died on UK roads. A...

04 November 2021 by CSG
When founded by Edgar ‘Bunny’ Hart in 1934, the company’s core business was sewage collection. Over the last 80 years, CSG has perfected that art and now provide our industry-renowned sewage...

19 October 2021 by CSG
People are one of CSG’s core four pillars, our employees make CSG what it is today. Protecting our employees' health and safety, improving wellbeing, and developing knowledge, talents and

15 October 2021 by CSG
Gone are the days when waste was just something you put in the bin to not think about again. Following a change in perceptions, we now increasingly see waste as a resource. This transformation...

20 July 2021 by CSG
Clinical and healthcare waste is one of the most difficult waste streams to handle, but one of the most important. This is because clinical waste is: at high risk of exposure to infections and...

17 June 2021 by CSG
What is soluble oil? Soluble oil is one of the most common waste streams CSG deals with on a daily basis. All oil and water mixtures are classified as hazardous waste and must be treated

04 June 2021 by CSG
National waste management specialist CSG has marked World Environment Day by assessing its own operational impact on landfill reduction – and the results are simply Titanic! Antony Gerken, CSG...

21 May 2021 by CSG
At CSG there is a strong consensus that our employees are our greatest asset and the importance of CSG’s people culture is driven by a Board that truly believe in it. To us taking care of,...

14 May 2021 by CSG
As part of Water Saving Week, national waste management company has celebrated its recycling achievements – cleaning enough water in 2020 to fill the Albert Hall four times over. CSG, which...

08 February 2021 by CSG
If you were asked to name five things you know about CSG, you’d probably list our reputation for excellence in waste treatment, our Hampshire base, our long history, our nationwide reach and our...

25 November 2020 by CSG
Casey Jones is a prime example of why CSG has invested in an extensive programme to train people. After completing her Customer Services Apprenticeship, she is now a fully-fledged and valuable...

05 August 2020 by CSG
National Marine Week is the UK’s annual focus on the protection of coastline environments – and allows us to turn the spotlight on a unique vehicle in the CSG fleet. Plying its trade on the...

08 March 2020 by CSG
At CSG its all about the people - because they enable us to offer high-quality services. On this International Women's Day we would like to highlight some of the very talented women we have within...

02 March 2020 by CSG
I doubt anyone has missed the many reports of coronavirus’s (COVID-19) spread across the world, now on the verge of becoming a pandemic. For people who have visited affected areas like China,...

13 February 2020 by CSG
What is hazardous waste - it can be defined as any substance that could cause damage to our health or our environment, for example, items that may easily ignite or are flammable, are toxic and...

16 December 2019 by CSG
As we enter 2024, we are trying to predict what the future of waste management will look like. The industry is constantly transforming, with the development of new technologies and better

09 December 2019 by CSG
My role in developing CSG's management systems is, I am pleased to say, never dull. CSG was recently visited by Achilles. Although I would love to say this was the mythological demigod from...

25 November 2019 by CSG
The countdown is on to another Black Friday, which for many retailers and e-tailers, is still the most frantic, most lucrative day of the year. Throughout its relatively short existence in the UK,...

07 November 2019 by CSG
Did you know that 2019 marks the 85th anniversary of CSG? If you didn’t here’s a brief journey through our history, from the day were created, by Bunny Hart, in 1934 to the present day. To...

06 November 2019 by CSG
2019 is an important year for CSG - it’s the 85th anniversary of our birth! ‘Hampshire Cleansing Service’ was founded in January 1934 by Edgar ‘Bunny’ Hart, the patriarchal figure of the...

17 July 2019 by csg_web_admin
March 1979 was an uncertain time. Emerging from the ‘Winter of Discontent’, James Callaghan’s government had lost a confidence vote, forcing a General Election. Airey Neave MP was killed by...

30 May 2019 by csg_web_admin
As you probably know, we take our Health & Safety responsibilities very safely, here at CSG. In April 2018, we held our inaugural ‘Health & Safety Week’, an initiative we repeated this...

30 May 2019 by csg_web_admin
As you probably know, we take our Health & Safety responsibilities very safely, here at CSG. In April 2018, we held our inaugural ‘Health & Safety Week’, an initiative we repeated this...

21 May 2019 by csg_web_admin
As you probably know, we take our Health & Safety responsibilities very safely, here at CSG.  Last April, we held our inaugural ‘Health & Safety Week’, something we’ve already planned...

11 April 2019 by csg_web_admin
As you probably know, we take our Health & Safety responsibilities very seriously, here at CSG.  Last April, we held our inaugural ‘Health & Safety Week’, something we’ve repeated this...

14 February 2019 by csg_web_admin
As any young lover will know, February 14th is St. Valentine’s Day, traditionally the day of the year where proclamations of love are offered to the object of our affection. Older lovers will also...

05 June 2018 by CSG
When I was younger, “Environmentalists” were seen as wacky modern-day “tree hugging hippies”, all “as high-as-a-kite” with names like “Swampy” or “Ocean” who protested against...

03 May 2018 by Daryl Tunningley
CSG have been working in field of waste removal for over 80 years but even that proud figure is dwarfed when you compare it to the hundreds of years of combined personal experience of all the people...

24 April 2018 by Daryl Tunningley
Between 3rd and 6th April, we held our first ever Health & Safety Week, across the 27 sites that make up the CSG group. Designed to promote awareness of the issues of health and safety at work,...

22 March 2018 by Daryl Tunningley
“Knowledge is power”. “Data is value”. “If you can’t monitor it, don’t do it”. We’re probably all familiar with these rather trite sayings because aspiring managers everywhere love...

15 March 2018 by Daryl Tunningley
In earlier blogposts, we’ve examined how CSG’s Heritage, Innovation and Customer Service make up three of the ‘pillars’ identified as upholding our brand values. In this, the final part of...

01 March 2018 by Daryl Tunningley
It’s 6am and another day begins for Ben Tully at our Botley depot. Ben is 21 and has just completed his apprenticeship and is ready to make the next move to become a tanker driver. Until he’s...

22 February 2018 by Daryl Tunningley
1976 was an awfully long time ago. Looking back at some of the events of that year – the first commercial flight by Concorde, The UK winning the Eurovision Song Contest and inflation hitting 16.5%...

29 January 2018 by Daryl Tunningley
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” wrote the Roman satirist Juvenal around the turn of the 2nd century, raising questions of the capability of those in authority to discharge their duties

17 January 2018 by Daryl Tunningley
Our recent blog post about CSG’s heritage showed the importance of history to this company. Developing the idea, we thought it might be interesting to take a closer look at one of our sites, our...

11 December 2017 by Daryl Tunningley
You may have read about the way we’ve defined the four main aspects of CSG, our brand pillars – and perhaps read more about two of them, Customer Service and Heritage. In this, the third of the...

07 November 2017 by csg_web_admin
Kevin Mooney is not a man given to taking ‘no’ for an answer. As CSG’s Health & Safety Manager, it’s a necessary virtue to have – it’s an area where tenacity can be repaid by life and...

11 October 2017 by csg_web_admin
By now, you may be familiar with CSG’s recent efforts to identify the most important elements that make us what we are – which we’ve called our brand pillars.  Last week, we examined our...

26 September 2017 by csg_web_admin
If you’ve spent any time involved with the Waste industry, it’s a fairly safe bet that you’ll be familiar with the Waste Hierarchy. As long ago (or as relatively recently, depending upon your...

14 September 2017 by csg_web_admin
You may have read of our recent efforts to define the strongest parts of what makes CSG what it is. After much discussion, we arrived at four distinct elements, what we like to call our ‘brand...

22 August 2017 by csg_web_admin
Over the last year, we’ve spent a lot of time thinking about CSG, what it means, what it stands for and what it is that sets us apart from our competitors. Technically, you could call it a...

10 August 2017 by csg_web_admin
For decades, CSG subsidiary Willacy Oil Services has been one of the leading providers of specialist oil storage cleaning services in the UK. From their Flintshire headquarters, close to the huge...

03 August 2017 by csg_web_admin
The man who said there were only two certainties in life - death and taxes – got it wrong. He forgot waste. It’s an inevitability of pretty well all human activity from domestic to

12 July 2017 by csg_web_admin
The great and the good of CSG gathered in a Hampshire hotel recently to celebrate another landmark occasion in the company’s long and illustrious history. The cause for celebration was the...

03 July 2017 by csg_web_admin
Centrifugal force is one of the more entertaining laws of physics. Many of us have swung a bucket of water around our heads (hopefully, without spilling any) in an attempt to impress small...

21 June 2017 by csg_web_admin
CSG were recently pleased to present the River Bourne Community Farm in Salisbury, Wiltshire with a funding boost of £20,000. The contribution was made via the Landfill Communities Fund, an...

14 June 2017 by csg_web_admin
If you’ve ever visited CSG’s Cadishead depot, you will probably have met Phil Jones. Phil is stationed in the weighbridge at the entrance to the site and administers all the visitor passes to...

06 June 2017 by csg_web_admin
CSG has completed a project to develop one of the most advanced sewage treatment facilities within the private sector. The facility, in Worcestershire, became fully operational in March this...

10 May 2017 by csg_web_admin
Earlier this year, 25 of our team underwent training to enable them to work safely and correctly in confined spaces. Confined Spaces Regulations have been in force since 1997 and are designed...

15 March 2017 by csg_web_admin
On an unremarkable industrial estate just past Queensferry in North Wales, less than a mile from the English border, lies an operation that can claim to be at the very frontier of industrial...

02 March 2017 by csg_web_admin
1972 was a hugely significant year for the waste industry.  It was a year when operators were forced to act far more responsibly in their disposal of hazardous waste. It took an incident that made...

23 February 2017 by csg_web_admin
CSG recently welcomed Kevin Mooney to our ranks, in the role of Health & Safety Manager. It’s an appointment that highlights the paramount importance of the health and safety of our staff,...

09 February 2017 by csg_web_admin
You may not have given much thought to the way your septic tank works – which is fine as long as it is working – but knowing just a little can help you ensure that it remains in good order...

18 January 2017 by csg_web_admin
One of CSG’s more unusual oil disposal services can be found in Middlesbrough, on the river Tees, performing a valuable task at any time of day or night. The Erimus Star started life as a...

30 November 2016 by csg_web_admin
If you have a Small Waste Oil Burner (SWOB) are you aware of the changes to the law permitting their use? Since 1st April 2016, DEFRA (The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural...

22 November 2016 by csg_web_admin
Autumn has certainly arrived and as a result, it’s a good time to think about interceptor cleaning for all businesses required to have one on their forecourt. After a mild start to season,...

11 November 2016 by csg_web_admin
We’re often called to help when someone has had a problem with their septic tank. Our advice to know a little about your system and follow a few simple steps and you should never have to call...

10 August 2016 by csg_web_admin
You may remember in 2013 CSG reported on a former 10-acre landfill site at Wyrley Grove, Pelsall in Staffordshire which was operated by the Fareham based waste solutions specialist until it was...

18 July 2016 by csg_web_admin
CSG Lanstar is part of a long-established independent family-owned waste management company – but there’s another family playing a big part in the organisation’s operations. Among...

17 February 2016 by csg_web_admin
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have recently amended their classification of small waste oil burners. As these units are considered technical units due to their...

10 February 2016 by csg_web_admin
From the 1st April 2016, there are two changes you need to know about: 1. Premises Registration – There will no longer be a requirement for any premises in England to register with the...

13 July 2015 by csg_web_admin
The way waste is assessed and classified in the United Kingdom has changed significantly and Environmental Agency guidance document WM3 is now in force, replacing WM2. This new document has...

18 May 2015 by csg_web_admin
  You may have heard of these additives that suppliers claim provide an effective alternative to getting your septic tank emptied regularly. But what a lot of you may be wondering is...

16 March 2015 by csg_web_admin
What is a Moffett forklift truck? A Moffett forklift truck is a type of forklift vehicle that is able to attach itself to another vehicle, as shown in the image above. Why is a Moffett...

21 October 2014 by csg_web_admin
Over the last few months the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have been consulting on making changes to the regulations on domestic sewage systems in England. DEFRA has set...

23 May 2014 by csg_web_admin
  It might look like a quaint period piece now, but this ancient Dennis tanker was the vehicle that launched a multi-million pound waste management business still going strong today and...

25 February 2014 by csg_web_admin
Cleansing Service Group would like to draw your attention to some key changes within the Environment Agency's Technical Guidance document, which are scheduled to come into effect on 1st April...

17 September 2013 by csg_web_admin
Waste oil comes in different forms and its chemical composition can vary significantly based on how the material was used during its operational life. Oils flexibility can however have drawbacks as...