Environmental Management and Compliance

Tetra Tech delivers integrated environmental management and compliance solutions that help clients meet regulatory requirements, optimise resource use, and advance sustainability.

Tetra Tech helps private and public sector clients on a range of industrial and waste sector projects including landfills for both domestic and industrial wastes, waste transfer and material recycling facilities, biowaste treatment, and energy from waste projects. Our approach leverages a global set of expertise in spatial intelligence, environmental science, and data visualisation to address compliance, permitting, monitoring, and resource optimisation challenges across the project lifecycle.

We help clients navigate complex regulatory landscapes while enhancing environmental performance by applying our deep technical expertise and leveraging advanced geographic information systems (GIS) and modelling technologies. We also have the experience to provide consultancy advice and support in the redevelopment of such sites allowing the sustainable reuse of otherwise despoiled or brownfield land. Whether for land development, industrial operations, or infrastructure planning, our services ensure robust decision-making and environmental resilience.

Spatial Intelligence and Environmental Data Solutions

We apply spatial intelligence and advanced data visualisation to support environmental monitoring, permitting, and decision-making.

Geospatial mapping, analysis, and visualisation using GIS
Remote sensing and drone surveys
Spatial risk assessments and constraint mapping
Advanced data collection in the field
Data dashboards for real-time environmental insights

Waste, Resource Management, and Circular Economy

As a global leader in solid waste management services, we are experienced in providing fit-for-purpose, holistic waste strategies focused on reduction, recovery, and responsible disposal. In addition, our experts are adept at transitioning waste systems toward circular economy models.

Waste audits and characterisation studies
Resource recovery and materials management
Strategic planning for waste minimisation
Integration with sustainability and ESG goals
Resource efficiency and reuse planning
Circular economy advisory and strategy development

Waste Management Facilities

We leverage global leadership in sustainable solid waste management services to offer our clients a full range of services, ranging from strategic planning advice through to site selection and evaluation, permitting, planning, waste classification, and design and procurement including construction management and Construction Quality Assurance. Once completed, Tetra Tech assists with scoping studies, closure and surrender strategies, risk assessments, environmental monitoring, restoration design, aftercare plans, and completion reports leading to rapid and successful surrender of environmental permits.

Geological and hydrogeological site review and investigation
Monitoring installations and baseline monitoring of landfill gas, leachate, and ground and surface waters
Containment and earthworks design and specification
Slope stability, surface waters, drainage, and gas management
Site recovery, monitoring, and closure
Construction management services, quality assurance, and reporting
Site regeneration (biodiversity and ecological management, renewable energy schemes, commercial schemes)

Environmental Permitting and Regulatory Compliance

We support clients through every stage of the planning and permitting process and help ensure ongoing compliance with environmental regulations. We manage environmental permit applications for new facilities, variations, transfers, and permit surrender. In addition, we support applications for installations, waste activities, water discharge activities, small waste incinerators (SWIPs) medium combustion plants, specified generators and flood risk activity permits.